Re: Why do so many frown upon swapping Chevy engines into Ol
I was just gonna say up where I am...there's Chevy, Ford, Mopar or Tuner =(. I agree with the whole idea of it being all GM anyway. That being said I have always wanted and loved both the olds 455 and the chevy 454 and LS engines as they progressed. I have had 3 cutlasses.
1st was rust-bucket maroon 85 with 231 Buick junk and 200c junk 3spd, I was still in high school and on a serious budget. I ended up falling into an 84 Regal with Olds 307 and a junk 200c that was hit in the rear and totaled. So there was my 1st motor swap and it was great. Sold that one and made some cash.
Next I got a gray 86 cutlass with 307 and unfortunately another 200c junk and bench seats...was in better condition than previous rust-bucket, this is still my daily driver now. She is bruised and battered from NY roads and weather.
When I got my 3rd cutlass (the one in my signature) it was an 84 beige cutlass with Buick 231 and 200c junk again, but this one had everything else I wanted. Dark briar brown interior, bucket seats, floor shift, rallye gauges, rallye rims and it was real clean with the exception of the d/s door rot. I went the Chevy route with this one b/c in my opinion the sheer fact that they are a more popular motor there is the direct correlation that parts will be cheaper, parts will be easier to obtain, more diversity of parts(brands, designs, materials), and finally more research & development to design better quality and performing parts. So now my 3rd cutlass is powered by a Chevy 355 and a 700r-4. I felt with 350 & 455 Olds engines like I was limited to such few choices for parts. For example I could really only find 3 different intake manifolds and they were all about $200 more each than Chevy. So another factor became where as much as everyone might have a Chevy...it seemed all the Olds must look almost the same.
That being said the 4th cutlass that my dad owns is a gold 87 cutlass with an Olds 455 and 200-4r, and it's freakin badass lol. The only thing that scares me into maybe going 454 or LS with my next build is watching him get aggravated trying to find parts that he needs, and parts that he likes(he gets jealous that nobody makes sh*t for dressing up a 455, like sheer amount of valve covers, intakes and pulley systems they make for other brands like Chevy and Ford. I do have hope seeing builds like FE3X's and I thing someone on here was also building a badass looking and performing Poncho 455 I think.
Sorry for the rant. It's Okay to put a Chevy in your Olds. I love the car either way and get compliments all the time. I love doing all the work myself. To me the biggest thing about any build is the quality of the work and that is up to you and not the brand title.
I was just gonna say up where I am...there's Chevy, Ford, Mopar or Tuner =(. I agree with the whole idea of it being all GM anyway. That being said I have always wanted and loved both the olds 455 and the chevy 454 and LS engines as they progressed. I have had 3 cutlasses.
1st was rust-bucket maroon 85 with 231 Buick junk and 200c junk 3spd, I was still in high school and on a serious budget. I ended up falling into an 84 Regal with Olds 307 and a junk 200c that was hit in the rear and totaled. So there was my 1st motor swap and it was great. Sold that one and made some cash.
Next I got a gray 86 cutlass with 307 and unfortunately another 200c junk and bench seats...was in better condition than previous rust-bucket, this is still my daily driver now. She is bruised and battered from NY roads and weather.
When I got my 3rd cutlass (the one in my signature) it was an 84 beige cutlass with Buick 231 and 200c junk again, but this one had everything else I wanted. Dark briar brown interior, bucket seats, floor shift, rallye gauges, rallye rims and it was real clean with the exception of the d/s door rot. I went the Chevy route with this one b/c in my opinion the sheer fact that they are a more popular motor there is the direct correlation that parts will be cheaper, parts will be easier to obtain, more diversity of parts(brands, designs, materials), and finally more research & development to design better quality and performing parts. So now my 3rd cutlass is powered by a Chevy 355 and a 700r-4. I felt with 350 & 455 Olds engines like I was limited to such few choices for parts. For example I could really only find 3 different intake manifolds and they were all about $200 more each than Chevy. So another factor became where as much as everyone might have a Chevy...it seemed all the Olds must look almost the same.
That being said the 4th cutlass that my dad owns is a gold 87 cutlass with an Olds 455 and 200-4r, and it's freakin badass lol. The only thing that scares me into maybe going 454 or LS with my next build is watching him get aggravated trying to find parts that he needs, and parts that he likes(he gets jealous that nobody makes sh*t for dressing up a 455, like sheer amount of valve covers, intakes and pulley systems they make for other brands like Chevy and Ford. I do have hope seeing builds like FE3X's and I thing someone on here was also building a badass looking and performing Poncho 455 I think.
Sorry for the rant. It's Okay to put a Chevy in your Olds. I love the car either way and get compliments all the time. I love doing all the work myself. To me the biggest thing about any build is the quality of the work and that is up to you and not the brand title.
