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April 9th, 2008, 09:01 AM
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Question about Aurora production
Were the last Auroras manufactured in 2003 or 2004?
If 2004, then were all body types (coupes, sedans, etc.) manufactured then? (Is there such a thing as an Aurora coupe, anyway? I forgot to check...) I'm asking because it might be kinda nice to get a 2004 Olds - either Aurora or Alero - for gobs of personal-choice reasons. Wikipedia and other sources didn't cover production as far as I could see, and eBay only lists Auroras out to 2003. |
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April 9th, 2008, 01:52 PM
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I believe the 4.0L V8 was the Cadillac Northstar engine.
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July 22nd, 2008, 09:10 PM
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Cadillac Northstar is 4.6L V8. Olds Aurora used a variant built as the 4.0L and produced 250HP. The detuning was in the cylinder heads to match the smaller engine displacement. The Aurora V8 was featured in IRL racing and was pitted against the Infiniti V8....Olds was victorious in about 99.9% of the races. Regards, Fred
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July 23rd, 2008, 06:39 AM
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I think it would be cool to get one of the Aurora engines and put it in a little Omega or F-85.
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September 9th, 2008, 07:38 PM
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Your point? The Aurora V-8 was run as a 3.5 litre variant to take advantage of less mass and to allow for higher RPM operation. As with most "racing" engines they are quite different from their production cousins. Still an Oldsmobile AURORA engine. Fred
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September 10th, 2008, 07:52 AM
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This reminds me - I saw an Aurora on the way home yesterday; L-plate read C DAT 1... Someone else is proud of owning part of a dwindling breed...
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September 10th, 2008, 07:44 PM
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The 4.0L V-8 and the 3.5L six in the later Auroras share the same engineering architecture in a modular way. I think the "Shortstar" moniker was coined by some jealous Cadillac engineers when they heard that the Olds variant was chosen to power the IRL racers. Fred
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October 11th, 2008, 08:45 PM
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Now if some I could just get some aftermarket performance parts I'd be really happy.
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