I have had my OL396 intake and a box full of Holly 94's sitting in the garage for over ayear. Finally decided it was time to use them. My car is a 1950 Olds 98.


Here is the original setup. It ran ok, but no power at all.


Here is the setup as it was when I bought it.


Here is the new valley pan. Had to trim around a half inch off each side to make it fit. gave it a quick polish.


Here is the intake installed.


Carbs are on.


One minor set back the intake only has one water bung. I needed two. So I drilled and tapped one of the rear water jacket covers for the heater return hose.



Finally all the plumbing.


I also replaced the fuel lines with 3/8" tubing and installed a Holley electric fuel pump.

Here is a short video.
http://player.vimeo.com/video/44701068?autoplay=1

 

Looks good! I like it.

(You're going to catch a lot of crap for that Saturn in the background)

 

Holy crap that is awesome...

 

That's my girlfriends car, It's a Saturn Sky redline. Pretty fast.
And thanks.

 

I hope you didn't put that setup on a stock 303 and expect huge power gains. I don't know what you would expect with a stock engine putting out 135 horsepower and like 7.25 to 1 compression. Was a new cam chosen or any work done to the bottom end?

 

I believe that the "Redline" is Honda powered, they offered that for a couple of years in some of the models, before switching back to GM engines, which were more pedestrian.

 

I have that EXACT setup that I am going to start working on in a couple of days. I have many questions for you out of curiosity:

What size power valve did you use for the outer and primary carbs? Did you block of the outer ones?

What did you do about the throttle plates on the secondaries? Did you file them so they will close without sticking or did you buy the new ones from vintage speed?

What size jetting did you use?

What did you do with the throttle valve linkage? Could you possibly post detailed pictures of it?

What fuel pressure regulator did you use?

And most importantly, how does it run?

Could possibly make my life a lot easier during my swap. Any info would be appreciated.

 

Ok well thanks for the compliments. First 59 59 59 I really don't have this car for performance (I have a procharged Corvette for that), I just wanted the nostalgic speed look. And it really is running and sounding a lot better than it did with that rear draft carb it had. The throttle response is smother, the automatic transmission kick down is a lot stronger. I'm happy with the results, and that's all that matters. And only other thing I have done is true dual exhaust.

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Great to see you back. You have been gone for a while. What happened to the Oldsmobile Rocket pieces on the valve covers. I love those valve covers. I love the look of 3 dueces.

 

Excellent! All of my Oldsmobiles have engines with 3 carbs (1966). One suggestion: get rid of those rubber hoses and use steel lines, like brake line, with double lap flares. Or at a minimum, copper (but it stress cracks easier with vibration). The factory didn't use rubber on top because of the possibility of engine fires. The heat is hard on the rubber lines.

 

Awesome looking setup, love the old school speed stuff.....Tedd

 

Love it!

 

Very Cool !! Looks good, sounds good !!!

 

Thanks, been traveling a lot for work. Been out of country a lot. Hadn't even started the Oldsmobile in over a year. Had a complete air bag set-up for it. During one of the my trips someone stole the bags and tank from my garage (still have compressors and valves). I still have the wire looms for the valve covers. They just were off whill I got everything working good.

Run to Rund. Thanks for advise on hoses. The reason I went with the clear hose is to create the old school look. It is fuel line, and I bought quite a bit in case I need to replace some. The car is not used a lot, I will make sure I inspect things before I pull it out. I have been thinking of polished copper or steel lines. I left the fitting on the end of the 3/8" line in case I change my mind (which I do very often). I am always open to advice from members.

 

505, you are just up the road from me. I'm in Albuquerque.

 

Great, maybe I've seen you around (race track, meets ect)

 

That set up looks fantastic.gif maybe one day for my 53

 

I like the three dueces too!Obviously