Is this a real H/O? Or just a clone?

 

Its real. Its number 343. Non numbers matching though, if out was numbers matching or I planned on getting ruid of it I would have painted it red.

 

Its a good day today. finally figured it out and she fired up today. motor looks good in there (especially for a rattle can job lol) and she fires up better than since i owned her . now just waiting on header gaskets and then safety inspection and should be good to go.

 

Got the whole car back together, minus the inner fenders cause waiting on new ones, and pulled it outta the garage, then the whole car just died on me.... no battery connection, no starter turnover, nothing, any ideas?. I think it might be the horn relay so getting a new one today to see if that fixes it.

 

Just an update... was driving it for a while then one morning i got something going on with some sort of noise i need to get checked out....

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...tml#post325492 is the thread on that one if interested or havent seen it

 

Pulled the motor out... upon further investigation found out it was a spun bearing, so out she went...

Disassembling on sunday!

 

That sucks but that is what I said it was from the beginning.

 

I don't like to give advise, but if it were me and I had a non numbers matching HO I would get a different correct dated standard bore 455 block out of a 69 delta or ninety eight and go .30 over, not waist my time & energy on this 4 sleeved .60 over motor. From what I hear .60 over is ok but it gets pretty hot, especially here in San Antonio. Remember when you sleeve it the shop drives the sleeve in; it's a press fit and that can deform the adjacent bores... " knocks them out of round" Bearing failure maybe

 

like i said we shall see when it gets disassembled on sunday... I will talk with Danny also and see what he says, but looking at my bank and what i got, looks like i will be sticking with this one lol

 

I have a nice std bore 455 F block I would let go for $250.00

 

Is this a black friday deal only

 

Its a Richard is broke and needs to sell anything and everything until these darn doctor bills are paid off deal.

 

details on this block?

 

Its just a nice seasoned block ready for the machine shop. Its the block I was saving to build for my 66 but sold the car. I was holding on to it for a future project and have not even advertised it but I saw you might be in need and I could use the cash.

I also have the 4 speed crank that went to it for another $150.00 if you buy the block.

 

So i took her apart today.... and well i will just let the pics do the talking......

 

more pics

 

...and there you have it the reason for the noise and the copper... Le spun bearing

 

Damn that's enough to make a person wanta puke

 

so its not bad that now i am sitting here looking at the pics that i have a tear in my eye ;(

 

A real bummer - sorry to hear.... Could you figure out why it happened, and why so late? If it was impropper assy, it would not have taken so long to occure...

 

Looks like oil starvation to me.

 

So I got a message asking to see pics of my exhaust system and i then realized i never posted pics of it.... Please remember that I have not taken it to the exhaust shop toget final tweaking done on it and welded.

First pic is of the exhaust on my floor laid out, I was like a kid in a candy store lol. The second pic is of the muffler internals. Rest are of it installed and on the Lift with my first oil change i was doing on her

 

More pics.....

 

and the last bunch of exhaust

The last 2 are Pypes Oldsmobile tips that i will be putting on it when i get it finished

 

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PYE-SGA13S/
Exhaust system btw

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PYE-EVT35/
And the tips

 

Sorry to see that it was a bearing. I've been there twice and it is very frustrating. Hopefully the damage isn't to bad. The exhaust looks great, love the car.

 

thank you for the pics....
was it a easy bolt on kit and do have enough space at the springs/shocks..maybe a pic ;-)

regards from germany

 

I thought i posted them.... guess i didnt. i will post them tonight after i get home, and it was an easy kit to install. Only thing i had a problem with and held me up for the longest time was 2 things: I had a spacer on the top of my shocks that made it impossible to put them in there, but took those out and gtg. and the other thing was you have to cut a pipe, due to its made for various A-bodies. But like i said if you get it i would take it to a muffler shop to get it welded together

 

havent done much on the car, waiting on a spare engine to be pulled and temporarily put in the car. But i was going through pics and found this video and posted it on youtube so here you go...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDxeP..._VYHDuvfiuvZbY

 

What kind of exhaust are you using ?
i like it looks like 3 inch pipes ...
love the h/o
thanks Dave

 

Thanks Dave, yes it is a 3 inch exhaust and here are the links to the kits i am using on her. Also using Hedman Hedders but reconsidering that option due to not that far off of the ground....

Still trying to get my donor motor so i can start working on her again but with ALS and $$$$ it is kinda hard lol.


http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PYE-SGA13S/
Exhaust system

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PYE-EVT35/
And the tips


If these links dont work they are posted a couple above this post.

 

is the Donor Motor the one that Gearheads was offering you last fall ??

 

No a guy in the club has a pure stock motpr from a 75 toro. Not an hp beast at all but I can enjoy the car and get other things done. Also I can slowly build up the motor to the specs I truly want

 

Sorry to hear about the motor, my 455 that i have momentarily mothballed had one as well when i got it (most likely why it was pulled). I swear when i get around to building it im going to take a jackhammer to those oil passages haha. Hopefully i can avoid my own horror story.

Were your valves burned up much at all on that piston?

 

hey man , if you like the color of the engine .... go for it!!! , I actually think it does spruce it up a bit in comparison to being all black.... or maybe I'd just like a new engine no matter what color it is lol

 

sorry , old news ... I guess I was on the second page he he

 

LOL its cool, i like hearing compliments at anytime . Yeah i really liked it when it was installed and i will be TRYING to keep it like that.

 

TBH i really cant answer that one because i didnt get the heads worked ><. If you are talking about different valves i am not sure what you are talking about then lol

 

Would you get this thing back together already? I wanna cruise!

 

Well give me your motor and we can lol