Just a convo starter here, what are some of the cool Olds speed parts you guys have come across over the years? I keep doing eBay searches for a gold iridated front cover to match my Milodon oil pan, well knowing that it probably never existed haha.

 

Not really a lot in my stash.

Richmond 3.90 gears for the O-Type rearend.

One each Edelbrock Performer 455, Performer 350, and SBO Performer RPM.

Hooker BBO headers.

Oh yeah, the Hurst Dual Gate that’s in my 71 convertible.

 

There were experimental parts cast years ago. Check this tread out for some details. https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...neering-63490/

Always fun to look at multiple carb and blower intakes. The hemi Olds come up every few months to discuss and dream about. I enjoy a good read on stroker set ups, nascar blocks and even the DRCE .

I've not owned any of these mentioned.

I don't see why a timing cover couldn't be coated like milodon pans. Probably not a proprietary or exclusive coating.

 

Algon injection! I'd love to have 8 stacks.

 

Years ago at a swap got some vintage Hookers in the box. 2 inch tubes for a 67 442. Racing headers, that are so cool they should be wall art.

 

You're gonna make me post these, right.

 

Ansen NHRA bell housing on my '67 442.


67 Olds 442 Gasser

67 Olds 442 Gasser

 

Speed Parts from Kenne-Bell late 70"s early 80, Tim

 

So damn cool.
Do you know what the "cross ram" type intake was to be used for?
NASCAR? Road racing?

 

3.90 for O type is a good find! Dual gate is pretty slick too

 

ever seen a M/T Olds blower base..? Shh.. but yes, probably could get one coated, just something about the original old school stuff though.

 

yes!

 

nah man, throw em on something and be the talk of the town! Haha.

 

Damn! I should have known you’d pull something out of the hat like those haha. I’ve researched a lot of Olds speed parts but I really don’t think I’ve ever seen the cross ram setup before!

 

killer!!

 

Neat! Ironic that the quote says they weren’t the least interested in Ford applications when the article was written. Kenne Bell was all the rage for the Ford mod motors in the early 2000s!

 

You jogged my memory. I also have an O-Type from a ‘68 442 4 speed - TL code with 3.42 gears; HD version with 31 spline axle shafts. It's the one in the middle.

 

Experimental only

 

Kenne Bell made the best-fitting Olds headers I've ever installed. Wish I could get more.

 

Here's an odd duck Offenhauser intake. This is for a small block. I've never seen another one. Cast in 1984.

 

I've seen that intake used on SOHC 2 valve feasibility test motor.

 

Not a factory intake, but a few years ago a guy had a custom intake built to take four (YES FOUR) Q-jets. the engine sounded like no other sound coming from an Olds engine. Would RPM immediately and fall on its face.

 

Cool thread. Cool parts.

Joe please elaborate on what you have there.

 

Correct. It's seen in the two page photo in Hot Rod July 1969 issue.

 

The cross ram and Weber intakes are factory experimental. The Algon injection intake is aftermarket. I'd post more details but I don't have my computer here at Carlisle.

 

I remember that disaster....it had such bad fuel standoff, it would soak the windshield in gas when driving.

 

Seen a few cool parts at the 100th anniversary in Lansing. Stainless steel water jacketed valve covers that olds used for endurance testing on the dyno. and a W30 intake that wasnt flat like usual,,it was like a high rise dual plane.

 

https://www.enginelabs.com/engine-te...odding-finest/

 

It was designed to impress the uninformed

 

If there had been a way to isolate each side of carb butter flys from the other, this thing might have worked. Opening all of the butter flys at the same time was its downfall. One side of the butter fly was ready for fuel but the other wasn't . Had there been a plenum under each carb, it would have been better.

 

There is no Olds engine in the world that needs 3,000 CFM. Best bet would have been to lock out the secondaries and just run on the primary barrels.

 

Not exactly a speed part, since it involved a swirl port 307. The experimental TBI intake for the 85 and up swirl port 307 motors. I thought one on a mid 85 to 87 442 would make people scratch their heads, since it would look stock.

 

nice!!

 

neat! Can’t say I’ve seen one myself

 

bet those valve covers looked pretty rad!

 

Sweet!

 

 

wow!! Mind telling us some more about that stuff? I’ve never seen that base or timing cover.

 

Spare Hairy Olds parts!!!

 

The timing cover is off of the Terrifying Toronado. The valve covers and blower intake are from the rear motor of the Hairy Olds.
Reproduction valve cover thrown in there also.