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shortymac83 · 01-28-2004, 07:14 PM

iluv, either you are smoking something or I am. If all olds blocks after 1974 are "buicks" why can you get edelbrock parts that fit every SBO from the 330's to 403's, even though the first 403 was in 1977 and thus, according to you, was a "buick" block. Yeah, buick made some motors for the big cars, chevy did too, and ya can't forget the POS 301 that pontiac made, but the 307, 350 and 403 are all olds blocks. I don't know what your problem was, but when I was rebuilding a 70 350, I used parts that I got out of a 1977 olds 98...You SURE that's an Olds motor you had in there?

Oh yeah, and the "rocket" motor was the same motor as the one in the granny cutty supremes with 350's, the only differences were lower compression and a milder cam. And the "Rocket" name was used from the first 303 in 1949 to the last of the 1974 350's, so no, the rocket name wasn't specifically for the 350's from 68 and 69, and in fact, were used on the big blocks as well. I think you might be thinking of the W-30, 31 and 32 motors for the high performance "Rocket" motors.

No, I'm not wrong. If you think I am, try asking the guys on the forum that I posted. Oh yeah, and I read up on what to do and how to do it. Believe me, when it comes to olds, except for the windowed blocks, every part is physically the same and should fit between the two. As a matter of fact, all SBO cranks in the windowed blocks (307, late 350 and 403) were identical, but I can't remember if that held to 76 and before, so I'll just stick to the windowed later OLDSMOBILE (not buick) blocks.

Speaking of just asking them, I just posted what you wrote, and they said that if you're not wearing clown shoes and a big red foam nose, you should be.

01-28-2004, 07:14 PM	#45
shortymac83 hmm... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Culver, Indiana Posts: 1,631	iluv, either you are smoking something or I am. If all olds blocks after 1974 are "buicks" why can you get edelbrock parts that fit every SBO from the 330's to 403's, even though the first 403 was in 1977 and thus, according to you, was a "buick" block. Yeah, buick made some motors for the big cars, chevy did too, and ya can't forget the POS 301 that pontiac made, but the 307, 350 and 403 are all olds blocks. I don't know what your problem was, but when I was rebuilding a 70 350, I used parts that I got out of a 1977 olds 98...You SURE that's an Olds motor you had in there? Oh yeah, and the "rocket" motor was the same motor as the one in the granny cutty supremes with 350's, the only differences were lower compression and a milder cam. And the "Rocket" name was used from the first 303 in 1949 to the last of the 1974 350's, so no, the rocket name wasn't specifically for the 350's from 68 and 69, and in fact, were used on the big blocks as well. I think you might be thinking of the W-30, 31 and 32 motors for the high performance "Rocket" motors. No, I'm not wrong. If you think I am, try asking the guys on the forum that I posted. Oh yeah, and I read up on what to do and how to do it. Believe me, when it comes to olds, except for the windowed blocks, every part is physically the same and should fit between the two. As a matter of fact, all SBO cranks in the windowed blocks (307, late 350 and 403) were identical, but I can't remember if that held to 76 and before, so I'll just stick to the windowed later OLDSMOBILE (not buick) blocks. Speaking of just asking them, I just posted what you wrote, and they said that if you're not wearing clown shoes and a big red foam nose, you should be. __________________ 1983 Oldsmobile Delta 88 1967 Chevy C-10 stripper www.fcrperformance.com - wanna go...faster? talk to FCR. Last edited by shortymac83; 01-28-2004 at 07:43 PM.