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Old September 24th, 2014, 09:56 AM
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The CanAm twin turbo 455 story

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Old September 24th, 2014, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Octania
The July 1969 issue of Hot Rod has a nice story on the twin-turbo aluminum 455 motor built for these cars.



Oh, and does this intake look familiar?

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Old September 24th, 2014, 07:38 PM
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My what could have been. Not only for Oldsmobile in racing but racing in general. It also could have propelled Oldsmobile in advancing production cars. Think of that Transmission technology being used in the 70's and 80's. An AWD Toronado maybe?
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