350s

[84cutlassjuggalo]

i've been wondering whats the differance between chevy,buick and oldsmobile 350s ie 350HO or 350 rockets etc.

can any one tell me what if there are any differances between theres motors. also what kind of 350 would you suggest to be put into an 84 cutlass supreme?

 

[monte olrac]

You about to open a can of worms!

 

[84cutlassjuggalo]

You about to open a can of worms!

haha why do you say that ?

 

[cdg1984]

You about to open a can of worms!

haha why do you say that ?

haha...you'll see

 

[Peter]

everything

 

[81Regal]

can any one tell me what if there are any differances between theres motors. also what kind of 350 would you suggest to be put into an 84 cutlass supreme?

If it has a 3.8L engine, I would put a Buick 350 in, if it has a 307 Olds engine I would put a Olds 350 in it.
This is purely from an ease of swap picks. All three 350's have there good points and bad.
To quickly ID the difference between the three
1: Buick 350, dist in the front & aluminum timing chain cover with the oil filter sticking out front
2: Olds 350, Dist in the rear, Oil fill tube sticking up in the front
3: Chevy 350, Dist in the rear, no oil tube in the front. Some of the older Chevy 350's had the oil filler tube in the intake but this is mostly an exception anymore.

 

[dan2286]

What exactly are you looking for out of the car? Are you just looking for a little more power or tons of power?

 

[khan0165]

Imagine 4 brothers, ones name is Chebby, another's name is Oldman, one's name is Poncho, and the last guy's name is Buck

... Mr. GM, their dad, came up to them and said, "I want each of you to design an engine".

so they all went off into their own little rooms and made V8s. Non of them knew what the other was doing, nor did anyone go into each other's room to see what might be happening.

The result was 4 VERY different 350s. They are all V8s, and all essentially have relatively the same displacement. But they are all different in everyway.

Chebby, Oldman, Phonco, and Buck later went onto design many more different engines, big blocks, small blocks, V6s, etc...

Also, Mr. GM noticed that Oldman, Buck, and Poncho all design the same bolt locations for their transmission. This is known as the BOP transmission bolt pattern. So poor Chebby couldn't use his transmissions on Oldman, Buck, or Poncho's engines.

... true story

 

[Minion1186]

its an olds right? so put an olds 350 in it.

 

[84cutlassjuggalo]

What exactly are you looking for out of the car? Are you just looking for a little more power or tons of power?

all im really looking for is an engin that will give me alot of torque and that will match up well with my th350. I have been thinking of getting a 350 4 bolt main or try to get a 350 HO. ALthough im only a student so i want a car that i ccan use as a daily driver till maby oct and store my cutlass for the winter.

its an olds right? so put an olds 350 in it.

i would really love to have a 350olds but where im livin the only 350 i can find are all chevys or guys selling 350s they hardly know the history of but im thinking of saving up enought to get a crate engin. i was thinking of getting an olds crate engin but teh only ones i could find so far were 454s which is far from pratical