Buick 455 questions
#1
Buick 455 questions
Gentlemen,
Just bought a 70 Cutlass S with a Buick 455 engine. I obviously, want to replace it with an Olds 455. I will be pulling it soon, cleaning it up and selling it. It runs and seems to be in pretty good shape.
I'm not familiar at all with Buicks. I know the Skylark was the Cutlass' brother, or cousin. The GS was the same for the 442. I know what to look for on an Olds 455 to verify if it's the real deal. I have no clue when it comes to Buicks.
I don't want to make a killing when I sell it. I don't want to give it away either. What should I be looking for? Any help would be appreciated. here's a few pics. I'll take more tomorrow.
Just bought a 70 Cutlass S with a Buick 455 engine. I obviously, want to replace it with an Olds 455. I will be pulling it soon, cleaning it up and selling it. It runs and seems to be in pretty good shape.
I'm not familiar at all with Buicks. I know the Skylark was the Cutlass' brother, or cousin. The GS was the same for the 442. I know what to look for on an Olds 455 to verify if it's the real deal. I have no clue when it comes to Buicks.
I don't want to make a killing when I sell it. I don't want to give it away either. What should I be looking for? Any help would be appreciated. here's a few pics. I'll take more tomorrow.
Last edited by Blackpage; March 1st, 2012 at 01:08 PM.
#3
Ayyup. The low-comp 2bbl 350 I had in my '71 Skylark was surprisingly peppy, even with 130,000 miles and burning a quart of oil per tank of gas. I'd imagine the 455 is more so.
- Eric
- Eric
#4
#5
Would bring a decent amount as a running core, BBBs are really thinning out. One guy near me is trying to sell 2 of these, one a running motor and one a non-running core, both for $1200, a few others are selling non-running cores for between $400-$600. So maybe call it 8 or 9? Wish i could help more, ive been expanding my knowledge to Buick recently but still havent gotten much yet. I have no idea why someone would go to the trouble of swapping a Buick into a Cutlass when the 455 Olds swaps so ridiculously easy with the Olds 350, but at any rate, good luck with your swap!
#7
http://www.buicks.net/shop/reference...ent_where.html
http://www.buicks.net/shop/reference...ent_63_75.html
Looks like Buick moved the location of the code around quite a bit.
http://www.buicks.net/shop/reference...ent_63_75.html
Looks like Buick moved the location of the code around quite a bit.
#8
I had a 455 that a friend of my son need money and sold it to me cheap. I put it for sale,like $350,and I had so may calls on it, I'm sure I could have gotten lot more. Lot more calls then when I try to sell a Olds motor. Guess there hard to find, it also was not a running motor either.
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