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Olds FAQ -- 455 CID Engine Detail - ClassicOldsmobile. com According to my trusty Olds engine book, the 455 was available in 310 hp, 320 hp, 365 hp, 370 hp, 390 hp, all street engines, with full manufacturers warranties The 455 is a very forgiving and long-lasting engine To eek out more HP you can go with higher compression, which will prevent pump gas usage (highest stock 455 comp was 10 5:1)
Olds FAQ -- Engines Olds simply raised the deck height on their small block casting about an inch to accommodate the 4 25" stroke of the big block 455 The above is a simplification, but the bottom line is that virtually nothing is interchangeable among the engines of the different GM divisions, without a lot of machine work
Olds FAQ -- Heads Olds engines used 7 16" head bolts up 'til 1976, after that they used 1 2" head bolts The 7 16" head bolts took 85 ft lbs of torque, and the 1 2" bolts took 130 ft lbs [ Thanks to Jim Chermack, Bob Barry for this information PMD Head Castings Pontiac Motor Division (PMD) was commissioned, for lack of a better term, to produce Olds heads
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Experimental 455 Engines - 1964 - 1990 The twin-turbo injected 455 on display at the REO museum is, I believe, one of the Can-Am (see "Aluminum 2 Valve 455" in this section) motors (note that it is NOT a DOHC motor) Iron, Aluminum 2 Valve 455 Hemi (W-45) The W-45 was an experimental engine that Olds developed to compete with the Chrysler Hemi It was a overhead cam of some sort
Summary of Olds 425 455 Engines - ClassicOldsmobile. com Summary of Olds 425 455 Engines You wish: 0- Exotic heads: D, F, H, or maybe K Block? Crank? If the price is right, who cares!? Best of the best: Toro 442 engine 1968-69 Big valve C heads 4V carb High compression Toro engine has oil pan with extra capacity, built-in crank scraper, factory windage trays
Olds FAQ -- Cranks Oldsmobile FAQ Crankshafts section Cranks 1949 - 1964 Identification All crankshafts of this period are forged Strengthening Machining Cranks 1964 - 1990 Identification There are about seven types of cranks: Early series big block, short stroke, all forged 400, 425's They have an "L" or "check mark" shaped notch on the drive flange One leg much longer than the other, one corner, one leg