mugzilla

Most people detest c**** engined in an Olds ...

A couple of them are toying with the Idea of using a C**** Electronic trans,
which I would do on a heartbeat ...

rocketraider

For those who haven't figured it out yet... I detest Chevy engines in anything but a Chevrolet! I'm fine with them there, though I still think a 350 SBC is the most boring engine on the planet.

The saving grace on the electronic OD is that it will usually have "HydraMatic Div GMC" stamped into it somewhere.

But in all honesty, with the extra electronics it takes to make the thing operate, I'd as soon stick with a 200-4R or even a 700 to get overdrive. At least all that would require is a quality adapter plate.

mugzilla

Would it be O.K. to use a Rat Motor if you took it out of a 'Vette and parted out the rest ...

In my quest for a replacement motor so I could drive my car while working on the motor, I found 3 compleat 454s' at local pick-a-parts (eng/trans for 500) and not an Olds in site...

wjustinmartin

I like seeing original on my cars, but if a 454 is what you can get and it works, for me, seeing an Olds on the road is good, even with a Chebby drivetrain. The Olds engines are very good, especially a 455, but the body styling is what initially attracted me to Oldsmobiles initially.

RAMBOW

What the heck are you even talking about here? is this a question or a statement?

Can't you guys let this crap go? If you don't want a chevy motor or chevy anything in your car, don't do it.

If you want to- then do it and be damned what other people think.

Its like a bunch of JR high girls arguing...

mugzilla

You don't want To annoy me ...

What I'm getting at moron is that some "purists" toy with the Idea of running a non-Oldsv...

If this board gets too strict it's to da loo ...

mugzilla

You got something against women ..?

Who died and made you Pope ..?

mugzilla

A topic comes up , someone posts a poll ...

It's the intraweb ans we have way too much time on our hands ...

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Oldsguy

I will probablly put a Ford 9 inch in my '46 some day so I voted the last option but that is just for me. And let's stay polite...............

RAMBOW

What are you on, cause i want some....

If purists toys with the idea of runnin non-olds equipment, they are not Purists- by the general definition of "Purist".

I'm one of the guys planning to yank out and scrap my original #'s matching Olds motor to drop in a belly button BBC, So i'm pretty far from a purist.

So seriously- I just don't understand what you were trying to find out here

Olds64

I would consider putting a 700 R4 or 200 4R transmission in an Olds. I think that is different than putting a Chevy engine in an Olds. If someone wants to build a Chevy engine and put it in there Olds then that is ok, it is their car. I will still make fun of them though since Chevy engines are goofy!

68conv455

In my 68 cutlass conv., I have a Buick 2004R and a Pontiac 3.55 10 bolt posi.
Does that make me some kind of Commie?
I'd like to have an all Olds, but the Buick 2004R has a good reputation, and I got the 10 bolt cheap, and it was better than my 2.56 Olds one legger.
PS. The 455 is Oldsmobile.

70 cutlass s

All the talk about the putting Che%y engines in them. I would like to go another direction. How about a 500 Caddy engine.

ent72olds

Coldwar, I thought Marty Feldman was dead!

By the way, is a 442 still a 442 with a Chevy engine in it....or is it a "Chevelle Tribute Car".....

citcapp

Lets Just remember to keep this thread civil or it will be closed

Bluevista

That dude will keep two eyes out for you.
It's the human version of this guy ----> .

The kind of people who put chebby engines in the cars also call them four forty twos.

mugzilla

sufficiently obscure ...

S.W. santa monica, or Ocean Park , ca. ...

class o' 69 might explain it better ...

Oldskeeper

Is it ok for me to remove my 350 chevy out of my suburban and replace it with a 455 ? because if I blow one more engine in this truck I'm going to retrofit one bada$$ 455 in this thing.
Just me pondering what the outcome would be and if I could change the badging to OLDS.
Steve

70 cutlass s

I think it would be cool. What year, GM put 350 Olds diesel engine in them in the 80's Blazers if you can find one in the junk yard. You can take the engine mount bracket off it and use it on yours if it is 73-90 Suburban and I believe it would have to be a 4x4 frame I don't know if it would work on a 2wd Suburban. If newer then you will have to do some fabrication.

ent72olds

Funny you say that...at Seven Springs this past year, there was a Suburban with all chevy badging removed and olds badging installed! He created Olds' version of the Suburban. I think it was all cosmetic changes though!

Ranzan

It`s hot rodding............. do what you want to make it go fast....................simple

OLD SKL 69

Now we're talking! The bigger the better. Those motors were torque monsters. I had a friend with one of those in his deville. That thing would smoke the sh*# out of the tires. Another friend of mine had a stage 1 455 pushing 550hp in his 73 Electra. Talk about big boat surprise!

I know I am getting off the subject here but if I could get my hands on something like that.....

mugzilla

That could only improve it ...

mugzilla

78 and later heads suck, says the man who went through 2 sets of heads on a 78 blazer ...

Maybe a GMC thang...

A pal has a 455 Olds in his 72 Sprint ...

442much

What makes my car special....is that it has a genuine Oldsmobile engine. I like Olds because it's different. It's not something you see everywhere. Chevy/Ford parts are everywhere. Oldsmobile brings the curious over at car shows and cruise nights. But it's your car.

Cecil Anderson

If you want to use a chev engine in your used to be Olds, fine just have mercy on others and keep the bonnet closed .

svnt442

Not sure what the implication is here..........

70 cutlass s

My first car was a 72 GMC Sprint. It was fast the with a 350. With a 455 holy crap batman.

70 cutlass s

I'm pretty sure he means don't over think it have fun.

Jamesbo

I can't even figure out what they're discussing

Kennybill

The easy way out is to throw in a Chevy crate engine. But I've never liked easy. I always figure it's thier car they can do what they like. I personally like to see the same brand engine as the car. At a car show I first look at the engine and if it's not the same brand as the car I just move to the next car. Ken

70 cutlass s

If you go to a car show look at the 32 Fords. Most them have Cheby engines about 90% of them. I like to see someone build one with a Olds engine.

wmachine

I have to go with Rambow here. I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but this isn't a question of ethics. Like most situations like this brought up here, it is just a matter of preference. To me, it sounds like you're asking for permission, which is, uh, more like JH girls arguing than it is getting any meaningful advice.

Olds64

You could always put a Chevy engine in your Olds with faux Oldsmobile valve covers. That would even fool the guy with the red beard.

Ranzan

Randy no implication at all.........I`m olds powered some are not that simple
some have budgets some don`t ...all I`m saying is it`s not my car so do what they want with it
and it will be a cold day in hell when someone tells me what to do with my car ....other than the better half of course

drec02

So what would a Olds engine in a Chevy make it?

1974 Chevrolet Impala with a high performance 72 350 SBO

In your face Chevy Purist, its ROCKET POWER

70 cutlass s

mugzilla

You guys want to talk about arguing gurls are sexist ...

The arguing you should worry about are the judges ...

If you think I am asking permission doesn't know me ...


which brings me to ...

mugzilla

You have a 69 H/O convertible with a smashed front. Smashed enough to tweek the firewall. I replace the entire frame in this case as the old one is unfixable in my opinion ...

mugzilla

I don't take pics of any car with a c**** engine in it ...