Railguy

Can anyone tell me what engine was in the early years Starfire?What was the first year for the Starfire?The one I'm talking about was the year that looked like the chevy II or the Falcon.

rocketraider

You're thinking about a Jetfire, which was an F85- Oldsmobile's "senior compact". The Starfire was a full-sized land yacht.

1962-63 F85 Jetfires had turbocharged 215 cid aluminum block engines. Other F85/Cutlass had normally aspirated 215 engines. Those style F85 were made 1961-63, then they "grew up" in 1964 and used a more conventional iron block 330.

Starfires had 394 cid 4-barrel engines with higher compression and wilder cams than 88/98 versions. They were introduced mid-year 1961 as a high-performance personal luxury convertible and continued thru 1966.

aliensatemybuick

With the 425 "Starfire" engine, starting in 1965 of course (which interestingly continued through 1967, even if the CAR didn't).

Yellowstatue

'57 Olds 98 convert is called a Starfire...'56 also, '55??...

Railguy

Perhaps I titled the thread wrong.I wasn't aware there was a Starfire engine I was referring to the car named Starfire and wanting to know the engine size.There was a Starfire car right?Refer to thread named "Olds story" in General discussion