Anybody ever see this? A guy on cadillacpower said this sometimes had a strong 403 when tested.
http://www.oldsfe3x.com/fe3xcutlass.htm
http://www.oldsfe3x.com/fe3xcutlass.htm
85 442 concept car
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Hey man. Didnt realize youre on this forum as well.
Yea the FE3X is fairly well known on here I think, thanks to this car;
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16132&hilit=fe3x
Yea the FE3X is fairly well known on here I think, thanks to this car;
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16132&hilit=fe3x
Yeah it's pretty well known in Olds circles. You can't tell from my small avatar pic, but I have one of those FE3X cowl scoops on my car but mines molded on. There was only one FE3X built and it didn't have a 403.
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I had the pleasure of working at Olds Engineering as a co-op student '81-86. Got to drive lots of 442s and some Hurst Olds too, working for Bill Porterfield. Darth Vader was one car I never got to drive. A buddy got the keys and had it sideways leaving the security gate. No one else got the keys after that. It had a build 403 for a time, but think it was mostly shown with a 307. They also broke a wheel pulling over a G on the skid pad.
The 442s drove nice, but 8.5 sec 0-60s feel slow by today's standards!
Hard to believe that they sold over a million Oldsmobiles per year in the early 80s (82?), and 20 years later they are gone.
http://www.oldsfe3x.com/fe3xcutlass.htm
I had the pleasure of working at Olds Engineering as a co-op student '81-86. Got to drive lots of 442s and some Hurst Olds too, working for Bill Porterfield. Darth Vader was one car I never got to drive. A buddy got the keys and had it sideways leaving the security gate. No one else got the keys after that. It had a build 403 for a time, but think it was mostly shown with a 307. They also broke a wheel pulling over a G on the skid pad.
The 442s drove nice, but 8.5 sec 0-60s feel slow by today's standards!
Hard to believe that they sold over a million Oldsmobiles per year in the early 80s (82?), and 20 years later they are gone.
http://www.oldsfe3x.com/fe3xcutlass.htm
cadiac said:
Cool story. Have you ever connected with Angelo?
I've often thought the same about Olds success and demise. It is amazing how quickly poor management killed Oldsmobile.
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