For Olds guys

[oldtinsmith]

88hurstolds,
In your post, you said that if it wasn't for Olds, chevy wouldn't have a V-8 as we know it. I agree with that statement!
Just thought you'd like to hear an FYI tid-bit.
In 1917-18 Chevy built a short-live 90-degree V-8 engine.It had vertical valves and detachable cross-flow cylinder heads. Bore/strokewas 3.375 x 4.00, for a displacement of 288 cubic inches and 55 horses. Only 6350 (some say less) were produced. Not until 1955 would Chevy build another V-8. [ 100 Years of the American Auto....By James M. Flammang and the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide ] Book was a birthday gift from my wife 😀 !

Doug

 

[mheath717]

I just wish they never did away with Oldsmobile. Its horrible how they got rid of the rear wheel drive V8 cars. What are hot rodders supposed to do twenty years from now? There won't be any cheap cars to start a build with. Unless you want a Honda If you want a fun rear wheel drive V8 car from GM, you get either a Camaro or Vette. Hard to make one of those into a sleeper.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

They shoulda dropped Saturn instead of Oldsmobile.

 

[upandaway84]

They shoulda dropped Saturn instead of Oldsmobile.

Didn't they drop Saturn after the bankruptcy?

 

[oldtinsmith]

They shoulda dropped Saturn instead of Oldsmobile.

I agree!!!!!!!!!
My Cutty isn't a G-body, and I've owned it since new (1993). It's a Cutlass Supreme convertible with the 3.4 DOHC V-6. I got 214,000 miles on it (maintenance done every 3000 miles ALWAYS) and it uses no oil between oil changes. It still runs like a scalded cat!
R.I.P. Oldsmobile and Pontiac.

Doug

 

[Randy_W]

Chevy was in danger of not being able to premier the V8 in '55 because they couldn't get the valvetrain to live, Pontiac was ready with their engine a year before but GM told them they couldn't introduce the Pontiac V8 until Chevy did. So the Pontiac guys went over and basically gave them a version of the Pontiac setup, which was used as long as the SBC was. Check out the similarities in everything from lifters through valve covers on the two. :wink:

 

[Bonnewagon]

This is true. Pontiac invented the stamped steel rocker that all GM divisions used. They also introduced the fully machined combustion chamber, assuring cylinder head uniformity.