If you owned one of these foldouts back in the 1980s, you may have been one of the lucky few who had purchased a 1983 hurst olds. Compared to the typical lg4 305 4bbl, rated at about 150hp, or the 302 mpfi 150hp with single exhaust in crown vics, the 307. Im an oldsmobile fanatic and ive owned many classic olds cars. We offer a plethora of oldsmobile 307 engine for your vehicle needs. The 307 was built from 1980 through 1990, produced from 140hp to 180hp, and was installed in just about every car oldsmobile built in that period, at one time or another, to include the cutlass 19821988, delta 88 19801985, regency 98 19801984, toronado 19801985, and custom cruiser 19801990. Since, each gm division used a distributor with unique shaft dimensions, you will need to get one from an olds engine to work in an olds engine. Oldsmobile used the popular lv2, a 307 cubicinch 5. Mondello performance performance oldsmobile parts and. Maxperformance oldsmobile in this book im sharing almost 30 years of accumulated oldsmobile knowledge to help in your oldsmobile performance endeavors. Mondello performance performance oldsmobile parts and engines. Brand acdelco 507 standard motor products 318 dorman 168 four seasons 123 powermaster 119 tuff stuff performance 104 comp cams 97 centric parts 95 cardone. This book covers smallblock and bigblock olds v8 motors, including.
Mondello performance manufactures and sells quality custom oldsmobile performance parts and engines. It was used in cars from every gm brand buick, cadillac, chevrolet, oldsmobile, and pontiac. Camshafts oldsmobile camshafts oldsmobile v8 39 307455 hyd. Oldsmobile parts books, part numbers, part interchange. Get some cylinder heads from a 1967 330 and have them drilled to accept the larger head bolts. Clean egr tubes the 307 engine is very sensitive to egr flow, even a 50% reduction is enough to cause pinging headaches.
The booklet was provided as an adjunct to the oldsmobile. Professional powertrain vc42 chevrolet 350 4bolt engine, remanufactured. In 1964, oldsmobile came out with a new 330 cid engine. Now, to thoroughly confuse you, olds made two different version of each of these engines. The oldsmobile history with hot rodding lends these engines a significance that can put a modernbuilt, traditionalstyle hot rod in tune far better than a pair of rocket valve.
Every 307 used a 4bbl carb there were no 2bbl models. The oldsmobile v8, also referred to as the rocket, is series of engines that was produced by. These were the only models to get the hotter vin 9 307 cubic inch engine, and it was the only engine available. The perfect book for modifying muscle car electrical circuits for cooling fans and or power windows, wiring a hot rod from scratch, or adding a big stereo and other conveniences to modern performance cars.
Real book how to build maxperformance oldsmobile v8 engines by r. Get the best deals on complete engines for oldsmobile 88 when you shop the largest online selection at ebay. They contain a large number of detailed blow up diagrams which illustrate individual parts, label the parts and show how they fit together with their adjacent parts. Oldsmobile expert dick miller feels theres enough to slay the giants gunning for the engine masters title, and hes willing to show us how.
I mainly use this car as a truck, pulling a boat and hauling around stuff that. Find a hei distributor at the salvage yard for one of the above engines. How to build and modify, veteran author and chevy expert wayne scraba shows you all you need to know to build a killer street or strip nova. This book contains engine modification information for the oldsmobile division of general motors. The 307 is a good enginereliable, decent gas mileage, easy to find parts for, and it.
Addresses component selection, durability mods, and tuning for both street and. The 307 is a good engine reliable, decent gas mileage, easy to find parts for, and it comes with a 4bbl quadrajet. Plenty of fullcolor photos and stepbystep engine builds showcase exactly how these engines should be built to deliver the most power per dollar. Pontiac motor division pmd was commissioned, for lack of a better term, to produce olds. The internal part of the qjet idle circuit was the culprit.
Build max performance oldsmobile 455 425 403 400 350 330 307 260 engine book. The oldsmobile 88 marketed from 1989 on as the eighty eight is a fullsize car that was sold and produced by oldsmobile from 1949 until 1999. We carry domestic engines as well as japanese and european imported engines. Cam style hydraulic flat tappet 79 hydraulic roller tappet 12. Engine code, emission and tune, cooling system, air filter, radiator stripe decals.
The v8 maintained a consistent peak with the likes of the 442s in the 60s right through the 70s and 80s with classics like the cutlass, delta 88 and toronado before. A low second recipe would be a stock short block 307 with the following mods. Included is detailed information on driveline upgrades, rearsuspension options for the ultimate hook, frontend suspension and chassis components for good handling and weight transfer, excellent brake upgrades, engine. Your 350 olds engine uses the same size distributor as hei used in the 307, 350, 403, 455 engines.
Yes, most 80s v8s put out little power, but the 307 was at the bottom of the list. Most of us utilize the very engine that is in our car looking to get a rebuilt engine, but if your small block olds is a paltry 307 it will be challenged to perform as a larger. For all oldsmobile engine repair kits, engine solutions, engine. Get the best deals on complete engines for oldsmobile delta 88 when you shop the largest online selection at ebay. Professional powertrain do05 oldsmobile 455 complete engine. In 1965 the 400 and 425 cid taller deck height engines were introduced. The last of the gm 4bbl engines and the last gm carbureted. It was used by every domestic gm automobile marque except for gmc and saturn. Many people have been wondering how they can tell if they have an olds small or big block engine. The traditional oldsmobile v8 powered some of the most memorable cars of the muscle car era.
The same olds hei or points distributor will drop into a 330, 425, 350, 455, 403, 260, or 307. Hey everyone,i would like your personal experiences and thoughts concerning the 5. Flat tappet cams elgin oldsmobile v8 hydraulic flat tappet cams. Look in the book under engine rebuilding and see what you find to compare, the 9 gets a lot of listing differently.
Whether carbureted or fuel injected, we have the engine for you. We install engines and transmissions and have been doing it for over 70 years. Olds engines used 716 head bolts up til 1976, after that they used 12 head bolts. Engine compartment decalsfusick automotive products, inc. Professional powertrain do15 oldsmobile 307 complete engine. The recipe for building a potent v8 oldsmobile performance engine for your car is a procedure that has been crafted through years of experience at eddies performance. In 1985, roller lifters, floating piston wrist pins, and swirl port intake runners were added. The chevy 307 from the late 60s to early 70s is a real small block chevy engine and not to be confused with the 307 olds from the 80s, which is a real oldsmobile engine and common to other small block olds motors 260 307. The traditional oldsmobile v8 powered some of the most memorable cars of the muscle car era, from the 442s of the 60s and early 70s to the transams of the late 70s. Jan 01, 2009 check out these v8 oldsmobile engines that are still used throught the world of hot rodding and used to be used in the world of nascar inside street rodder magazine. Oldsmobile 455 425 400 350 330 performance v8 engine rebuild. This engine only lasted five years, with the last model being produced in 1973. The 307 stayed carbureted until the bitter end of production 1990.
I have a 1987 chevy caprice station wagon with the 307 oldsmobile v8 one of the best engines ever. Also, on the show the horsepower guys show you how to tune your truck hauler for better. It is a musthave for tuners and calibrators and a valuable resource for anyone who wants to make horsepower with a fuelinjected, electronically controlled engine. We have the largest variety of instock remanufactured engines in texas. Aug 15, 2015 anyone considering an oldsmobile v8 to power their ride will save time, money, and headaches by following the clear and honest advice offered in oldsmobile v8 engines. Performance oldsmobile 455 425 403 400 350 330 307 olds. Oldsmobile camshafts performance engine parts, racing. The 307 was also the last carbureted v8 that general motors manufactured. Robinson analytical overcomes an impossibly small budget to build a 435hp pumpgas olds 307 for the engine masters challenge. The carburetor is a rochester quadrajet fourbarrel with a. Welcome to the website that can help you make your 307 oldsmobile perform. Thanks to jim chermack, bob barry for this information. Build max performance oldsmobile 455 425 403 400 350 330.
The 307 shares the same stroke as all the other olds smallblocks 3. The heads would receive a mondello bracket porting job, and be fitted with the 1. Go to cartech books to rebuild and correct its design faults,and. It was an ohv pushrod engine like the thennew oldsmobile rocket v8. No matter what youre driving, we have the right oldsmobile 307 engine for your automobile. Buy professional powertrain do15 oldsmobile 307 complete engine, remanufactured. Read about the oldsmobile 307 engine and see pictures as it gets built under an impossibly small budget with an edelbrock performer rpm intake manifold, ross custom pistons, and msd ignition. Complete engines for oldsmobile delta 88 for sale ebay. The 231 and 252 v6 engines have two timing marks on the crankshaft pulley. Remanufactured rocket oldsmobile engines from remanufactured. From 19831985, this engine was flattappet valvetrain, and rated at 180 hp240 ftlbf torque. The chevy 307 v8 engine was introduced in 1968 to replace the chevy 283 v8. Oldsmobile parts books parts books compiled by general motors, oldsmobile division are automobile books which are detailed and specific to oldsmobile cars, only.
Horsepower builds a big block engine, augmented with two power adders. Olds specialist dick miller readies a rocket by scott parkhurst as smallblocks go, the 350 olds doesnt get much mention. With a 10 year parts warranty, available payment plans, and our mondello expertise, well help you build the perfect custom engine for your oldsmobile. Oldsmobile v8 39 307455, 6684 camshafts, oldsmobile v8 45 300, 400, 425, 6467 camshafts. Mar 18, 2010 replacing a seized oldsmobile 307 with another one. Up through mid85, 307s had normal 5a cylinder heads and normal hydraulic flattappet lifters.
In mid85, gm changed over to a 307 with 7a cylinder heads and a hydraulic rollerlifter drivetrain. Buicks first generation of v8 was offered from 1953 through 1956. From 1950 to 1974 the 88 was the divisions topselling line, particularly the entrylevel models such as the 88 and dynamic 88. Most of us utilize the very engine that is in our car looking to get a rebuilt engine, but if your small block olds is a paltry 307. This time horsepower rescues a discarded olds 350 for a budget build. Brand comp cams 66 lunati 12 howards cams 8 crane cams 3 melling 2 makeengine loading recent engines. The 442 9 307 engines, at least for 1985, did not have roller lifters. Keep your gm car all gm air cleaner decal for 196877 oldsmobile v8 engines. The 716 head bolts took 85 ftlbs of torque, and the 12 bolts took ftlbs.
Anyone considering an oldsmobile v8 to power their ride will save time, money, and headaches by following the clear and honest advice offered in oldsmobile v8 engines. Look in the book under engine rebuilding and see what you find to compare, the 9 gets a lot of. Sce gaskets rear main seal small block oldsmobile 307 350403 v8. I get a lot of people asking me for suggestions to spice up their little 307 s, so i thought id write it down here. The boxwrench engine specs database is a community resource for mechanics of all skill levels to access a reference library of firing orders, distributor rotation directions and blockcylinder numbering as well as torque specs, timing settings and cylinder head tightening sequences among other engine specs. The 307 was built from 1980 through 1990, produced from 140hp to 180hp, and was installed in just about every car oldsmobile built in that period, at one time. Introduced in 1949, the oldsmobile v8 engine remains a beloved reminder of the muscle car era.
All 19641990 except 394 olds engine distributors interchange, including points distributors. You might just end up with an engine that is of better quality than the original stock engine, in the process. The idle metering tubes are very small and a speck of something would plug it. In 1986, the 307 engine received a rollercamshaft valvetrain and new swirlport heads to improve economy and lowend torque. Its an old superflow setup for a manual transmission crankshaft, and mines an automatic crankshaft. The olds 455 was introduced in 1968, it was developed from the olds 425, which was a talldeck version of the 330 engine. This remanufactured engine site has engine swaps, performance engine upgrades and general information at links below. I heard that this motor was better quality than the chevy 305 and oldsmobile 307 highoutput being produced at the s. Nov 01, 2009 read about the oldsmobile 307 engine and see pictures as it gets built under an impossibly small budget with an edelbrock performer rpm intake manifold, ross custom pistons, and msd ignition. Plenty of fullcolor photos and stepbystep engine builds showcase exactly how these engines. Because they are so hard to find and rarely used, they will not be covered in this manual. Oldsmobile cutlass supreme questions 307 v8 cargurus. Its wrong, toosince the basic design is both durable and full of power potential.
Oldsmobile v8 engines street rodder magazine hot rod. Oldsmobile 307 engine quality auto parts, new, used and. May 16, 2009 i feel for you bro that engines accessory drive is a turd. This journey began at age 16 when i rebuilt my first 455 olds engine. Experienced tuners know the olds design allows bigblock heads to be bolted on the smallblock, and dick plans to take full advantage of this by topping the block with a pair of aluminum aftermarket olds. It became known as the nailhead for the unusual vertical alignment of its smallsized valves, features that were the result of putting both valves on the intake manifold side of the pentroof combustion chamber used in this engine. This engine was designed to function well in lowperformance vehicles such as sedans and other familyfriendly cars.
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