1970 Olds W-31 Engine Idling; Lets’ hear your small block olds

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March 1st, 2014, 08:11 AM

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z11375ss

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Uhhh.........I don't know how to respond to the last post. Is this a joke?

March 1st, 2014, 08:18 AM

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What do you mean?

March 1st, 2014, 08:25 AM

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aj71, thanks for sharing. If I may offer some friendly advice, your next video try to film during the day so we can see your ride, and the less camera movement the better. Tend to get a little dizzy watching the video go in circles around the car. Position the camera behind the car, a good 10 ft away. This will help prevent wind noise (from the exhaust) on the mic while recording, have a buddy rev while you record, or vise versa.

March 1st, 2014, 08:33 AM

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Well this was old video taken on the spur of the moment. That was 2 years ago. My wife did the best she could. Draging it back from Corpus Christi sometime next month its been stored for 10 years. The elements have taken toll on this car so it a junker right now in my head its not going to be as pretty as you alls ride.

March 1st, 2014, 11:22 AM

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I was 45 when I got my Cutlass. It took me that long. You're doing a lot better than I was at your age. Good luck getting the car back on the road.

March 5th, 2014, 08:11 PM

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350 rocket

not sure if i did this correct but here you go!

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May 25th, 2014, 07:47 PM

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Oldsmobile Dave SBO

Here is a short clip of the SBO in my 1987 442 @ idle.

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May 25th, 2014, 08:12 PM

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This one isn't mine, but I came across these videos when searching 214/224 oldsmobile cam info. Makes a nice sounding small block that's easy on the street with some *****.

Taking a ride.

May 25th, 2014, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Siltman

By the way, the video of my '69 W-31 was during a test-n-tune where we rented Capitol Raceway. I had just finished the "new" drivetrain and had a very mild tune and was running through the exhaust system. That day we were just making sure evrything was good and were leaving the line around 4500rpm and "granny" shifting at 5000rpm.
I really gotta hone my computer skills so you guys don't start "pickiing on me!!!"
You all should enjoy the little video----Thanks BIG TIME to whoever will post it.

Dave that things sounds insane, what are your 1/4 mile times?

what is done to your motor and what have you done for exhaust ?
Once again that was great watch 10 times in a row lol

May 25th, 2014, 09:22 PM

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Here is a short clip the SBO in my 1987 442 @ idle.

Wow! Bone stock. That thing looks factory fresh! Nice!

May 26th, 2014, 12:52 PM

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Olds 330 HC, with CompCams 265DEH (211/223 duration at 50), 2.25" dual exhaust, stock exhaust manifolds, and Flowmaster 40s.

This was filmed after driving for about 15 minutes, so even warmed up, it has a nice performance sound with a little lope, although the Flowmasters drone badly at 1,800 rpm (no x/cross-over pipe)

May 26th, 2014, 01:51 PM

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Curious

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Wow! Bone stock. That thing looks factory fresh! Nice!

I am confused by this post. There is nothing factory fresh or bone stock about this car.

July 7th, 2014, 10:50 PM

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What happens when your 22 year old takes car to Cruise nite

October 18th, 2014, 07:51 PM

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Olds 330 HC, with CompCams 265DEH (211/223 duration at 50), 2.25" dual exhaust, stock exhaust manifolds, and Flowmaster 40s.

November 23rd, 2014, 02:47 PM

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I deleted my last post here is a good one.

January 18th, 2015, 06:51 PM

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Finally found out how to load vids from my phone to youtube . Here are some I intended to post.

January 18th, 2015, 07:30 PM

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Sounds good, Copper.

Here's another for the archive. Dynomax with H-pipe

January 20th, 2015, 06:57 PM

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This is my SBO shortly after rebuild.

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January 29th, 2015, 11:33 AM

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Stock 307 with custom single to double exhaust, lol , sounds best if u have some stereo with some bass..

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February 12th, 2015, 06:27 PM

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Anyone running spintech mufflers on SBO? I know the BBO on YouTube sounds evil!

February 12th, 2015, 08:03 PM

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February 13th, 2015, 06:20 PM

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Nice! And I love that diff cover.

February 15th, 2015, 06:59 AM

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Anyone running spintech mufflers on SBO? I know the BBO on YouTube sounds evil!

I may swap to Spintech's soon. I'm running Hooker AeroChambers now, but I plan on adding catalytic converters in the Spring. If they quiet the car down too much, I'm going to try Spintech.

February 15th, 2015, 08:18 AM

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Id like to share mine, being I just got new exhaust put on however, with the new exhaust my manifold gaskets are leaking ( probably stock and never been off ) I attempted the other day and twisted one bolt off. Now I’m afraid to touch it. Any suggestions for getting the manifold bolts out? Do I try my luck and then pull the heads?

1970 Cutlass S 350 Rocket

February 15th, 2015, 01:16 PM

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I may swap to Spintech's soon. I'm running Hooker AeroChambers now, but I plan on adding catalytic converters in the Spring. If they quiet the car down too much, I'm going to try Spintech.

Curious, why the cats? I thought they were only good for the environment in California.

February 15th, 2015, 01:22 PM

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Soak those babies with Deep Creep or PB Blaster. And soak them for a long time. I soaked mine, with the engine out, for two or three weeks. Then they came right out, no problems. The exhaust pipes to the manifolds was a different story. broke ALL of them.