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Olds64 · 01-01-2008, 04:15 PM

I don't know of any aftermarket supplier that provides billet main caps for Oldsmobiles. Eventhough your friend threw a rod he should still be able to replace the crank and damaged rods. He can also sleeve the damaged cylinders. It takes pretty heavy damage to make a block completely unusable. I can't imagine how your friend threw a rod on a stock engine though. Maybe over revving. Stock Olds big blocks don't like to turn more than 4000 rpms.

01-01-2008, 04:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Olds64 Landyacht Club President Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lawton, OK Posts: 1,590	I don't know of any aftermarket supplier that provides billet main caps for Oldsmobiles. Eventhough your friend threw a rod he should still be able to replace the crank and damaged rods. He can also sleeve the damaged cylinders. It takes pretty heavy damage to make a block completely unusable. I can't imagine how your friend threw a rod on a stock engine though. Maybe over revving. Stock Olds big blocks don't like to turn more than 4000 rpms. __________________ "Some men are Baptists, others Catholics. My father was an OLDSMOBILE man." Ralphie Billingsley A Christmas Story 1983 "We rei-eign, supreme, ooooh god! Burrito supreme, and a chicken supreme, and a CUTLASS SUPREME!" Tenacious D 2007