Today, 08:16 AM

so this pile followed me home last summer, and like so many others before, I just put it to the side never really thinkn anything would ever happen with it, but it was a legit 442 and the deal was to good to pass up.

fast forward to Saturday, now you all know my Buick project is my priority right now, But Saturday, I get a call from a friend,
Hey, you don't know any body who would want a running olds 455 for 200 bucks would you? long story short within the hour im at a local guys house, there sets a 71 chevy 3/4 ton longhorn addition (rare itself)
and under the hood is what turns out to be a running olds 455 and th-400, sounded ok had oil pressure, So this afternoon after work im going out in the heat and pulling it and bringing it home,

Im a firm believer in storing motors under hoods, so im def going to pull my frozen motor and drop this 76 model smogger in, and heck once its in the car, might as well get it running, oh and I have those good heads on my 70 455, might as well toss em on before dropping it in, and I saw a howards cam 213/223- 480.480.-on 112, its only 120 bucks, and I got that 78 T/a 6.6 torque converter I been saving, then there is that 8.5 posi unit sitting on the bench, that's a drop in to the 3.23 single track In car, oh and a set of coated headers on cg in Houston for 150,

its a major distraction from the buick, but im thinkn a easy fun project, that will get some of my junk off the shelves and in use at least,

 

Works for me, its better than it just sitting collecting bird crap.

 

That's a cool car.

Good luck with the motor.

 

Well laid on my back, using nothing but hand tools last nite after work and got motor pulled and home, will steam clean it sat Saturday and open it up for quick rering, and a set of 70 model heads,
picking a set of coated headers of cg tommorrow

 

Look forward to seeing that ole dirty girl running and squealing tires !

 

Well project junk pile is already looking, pulled a valve cover, clean as a pin, and got a huge surprise, comp cams guide plates, studs, roller tip 1.6 rockers, and good springs!!!

 

Well you might just ought to leave it along and just drop it in with headers and a tune up !

 

Drop her in, prime the oil system, fire that baby up.

 

I still think you got a marine engine since the crank was drilled for 4 speed. Gonna be tough not taking a peek to see what pistons are in it as well as valve size and what cam is in it.

 

totally agree, steam clean, test compression, measure cam lift, read plugs, run for awhile on stand, if all that passes, pull head and timing cover,
or use this as excuse to by a bore scope???

 

The engine had a Lansing car VIN from 1975 so that clears up the marine thought. The crank drilling is the type to accept the bronze bushing and clear input shaft but not the snap ring groove roller type. I would build the C heads you got and swap Comp valve train over.

J '73 - '76 455 80,82 411783 All 445's. 'Smog heads',
restrictive exhaust valve pockets.
No big valve units.

 

all good advise, of course you know a 125 hp shot will far out way the advantages of swapping heads!!!

 

LOL, yeah.. Just stick a nice very well split cam to cover it

 

ok my buddy, Pontiac larry perused this little craigs list deal for the tan man, olds 455 performer intake and 2 sets gaskets, $160, and the guy drove 70 miles one way to meet me in Cut and Shoot!!!

 

#12 Today, 05:34 PM

good thing about this intake is its dual pattern, holley and quadrajet, notice the area where im doing the car craft point, that divider originally came all the way up to the top front and rear, and someone did a very good job of cutting it down about a inch and a quarter,

this will work great with one of my holleys (1000cfm 3 barrel) and with a plate nitrous system, since all 8 cylinders can pull from the common plenum,

note area where, im pointing I will need to create an insert about a 1.5 inches long, to bring that area back up flat, for use with quadrajets and carter super thermoquads,

testing by pretty well know Pontiac enthusiast, Jim Hand has proven a noticeable gain in throttle response, 60 ft, and et. I will post that info if I can find it on line.