VOLUME 2 ISSUE 4 - MAY 2010 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 4 MAY 2010 455s fit in the Darndest Places What's New You can always go to www.wildaboutcars.com for up-to-date information 24-7. News: Hemmings Muscle Machines Spring 2010 Musclepalooza XI is May 30! Lebanon Valley NY. Featuring the FAST Shootout. Stock-appearing, tweaked and tuned muscle cars run head-to-head drag strip shootouts. Plus Muscle Car Show. For info:
[email protected] or call Trisha Grande at 1-800-227-4373 ext. 79500 Next Month’s Feature: Is this car worth anything? Tune in to find out! V-6? 260 V-8? 350 V-8?. Looks like it to me. Nope there is a 462 BB in there! Sticking a Big Block in the Olds G-Body I think all of us know that Oldsmobile’s Gen 2 V-8 has such similar architecture that the only main difference is the deck height of about 1.3” (9.330” vs. 10.625”). The big block is about 3” taller and about 1.5” wider, which, in some instances, can mean a tight fit. But if you fiddle around, there isn’t an Olds body rear-drive body short of the late Starfire (H-body) that won’t allow fitment. That said, we all know that sticking a 455 in an Omega (X-Body) or 1964- Look at this hunk of junk! Would you pay big 77 A-body is just a engine hoist away. If the small block went in, the big bucks for it? If you knew what it is, you might.