Newbie Olds 260 question?
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Looks to me like either one will work, did they say how much? How soon could they pull the top end off one of the motors? I really appreciate you finding this stuff and the pictures.
Its $60 per head, includes the rockers/springs/valves but not the valve covers, $50 for the intake. Shipping does look to be cheaper through FedEx at $125
So it would be $295 shipped to your door. The yard will be open on the 4th part of the day so I can pull the parts on the 4th or 5th.
So it would be $295 shipped to your door. The yard will be open on the 4th part of the day so I can pull the parts on the 4th or 5th.
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That's good because you can't!
All Olds motors are like that. The 260 will actually at times get worse milage than, say a 307 or 350, because it's so weak you have to give it more gas to do the same work the bigger engine can do with much less throttle opening.
That true to some extent but there are some motors that suck in so many other ways making then never able to overcome their lack of displacement. The Olds 260 is one of those engines. Racing is one thing. Having a decent running engine that can actually get out of it's own way is something else. I actually find the 260 to be almost unsafe ( unfit? ) to drive on the roads today since you can't even merge or change lanes at times with such a creampuff.
There is a reason for the bashing. When an engine like an Olds 307 is considered a definate upgrade over another engine, then that other engine must be really bad....
Not trying to tell you not to fix your 260 and get it running, just saying you may be better off swapping in a different Olds engine since it would bolt right in, give you better performance, BETTER milage around town, be just as smooth and reliable as the 260, and cost you LESS money and effort to do, assuming you find a running engine locally ( even a 307 ).
I'm gonna go out on a limb a say DoubleV doesn't care for the little 260.
If you were anywhere close to northeast Texas, I've got an 86,000 mile smog-pump free 260 and transmission you can have. Just give me a hand pulling it out of the car.
I also have to say my daily driver is a 260 equipped '79 Cutlass. It has never let me down and gas milage is tolerable. I'm looking for a good deal on an Olds 455.
If you were anywhere close to northeast Texas, I've got an 86,000 mile smog-pump free 260 and transmission you can have. Just give me a hand pulling it out of the car.
I also have to say my daily driver is a 260 equipped '79 Cutlass. It has never let me down and gas milage is tolerable. I'm looking for a good deal on an Olds 455.
Im going to have to agree, haha I've never been rear-ended merging onto the highway, and I do it almost every day. Are you sure the 260 car you drove was running correctly? Or maybe I just have a bad-@#$ 260 lol, pretty sure it will not be a hazard to the general driving public. If I was closer to Texas I would gladly take you up on the offer, this car would probably be better off with a 200r4 instead of the 350. It turns a lot of rpm's at 75mph but its all done shifting at like 20mph lol. Of course with the tach in V6 mode it reads about 4,900 at 75mph, I'm thinking its more like 3,700
Never understood all the 260 bashing...
My '79 Cutlass had a 260 and while it was no power house, it ran smooth as silk and was just fine for tooling around town.
It got 19 mpg driving 75 mph from Minneapolis to Boulder, CO. and back. Not bad for a car that was only built to go 55.
Now the 3.8 V6 is a dangerously underpowered turd that deserves ridicule.
Both of my Buicks had them, and I would watch my rear-view mirror with outright horror when pulling into traffic... :lol:
As far as the stock G-bodies I've owned, every V8 car got better mileage than the V6 cars...
My '79 Malibu with the 267 got 20-22 mpg. My V6 cars never got better than 17.
Sure, bigger V8s are more fun, but I say kudos for keeping what you've got on the road.
My '79 Cutlass had a 260 and while it was no power house, it ran smooth as silk and was just fine for tooling around town.
It got 19 mpg driving 75 mph from Minneapolis to Boulder, CO. and back. Not bad for a car that was only built to go 55.
Now the 3.8 V6 is a dangerously underpowered turd that deserves ridicule.
Both of my Buicks had them, and I would watch my rear-view mirror with outright horror when pulling into traffic... :lol:
As far as the stock G-bodies I've owned, every V8 car got better mileage than the V6 cars...
My '79 Malibu with the 267 got 20-22 mpg. My V6 cars never got better than 17.
Sure, bigger V8s are more fun, but I say kudos for keeping what you've got on the road.
Thank You! like I said before in this post I don't need 350hp to get to work or go to the store, and that is all that I really do in this car. And as much as I'm sure the die-hard Olds guys will hate this I will say that if the 260ci in this car ever does hit the concrete no way would another Olds motor go in it. Parts for them are not as easy to come by, are way more money, and when your all done the oiling system in these engines won't support big power numbers or high rpms without major work. A Dart Little M blocked, Brodix headed, 434 inch chevy configuration motor is more motor than you could ever need in one of these cars, and it will last forever. I know of a fox body with that exact motor in it, that car would probably smoke most the cars on here that people think are fast, while pulling my car with a chain, lol
With that 434 you're talking a large investment money wise. Sticking with a good used Olds engine is an easy swap. It's cheap and provides a nice little torque increase for the street. An all out SBC will morph into a rearend upgrade, transmission upgrade, suspension upgrade, etc. That's what used Corvettes are for.
I thought the 80 442 came factory with the 350? Much like the later swirl port 307, everyone always complains of no power.
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