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So I have a set of oldsmobile 350 heads, now I know the olds 350's are pretty different then the chevy's, but I was wondering are the heads any different, can I bolt them up to my chevy block with no issues or will they just not work?, I am fairly new to engine building and any help would be great
no........... no.......... no i have olds heads for my bbc but them are not stock and is not any thing othere then the olds name casted in the big cheif head there made to fit the bbc head bolt pattern and i think they did the olds sbc chevy stuff as well but thats race stuff that s built to work off chevy spec s
NO completely dlfferent engines.gm made many 350's,buick.chevy,pontiac,olds.they also made 400's.again buick,chevy,pontiac,olds,455's buick,olds pontiac.nothing interchanges except things like alt.dist caps.etc....
Don't you guys remember how p o ed everyone was when GM put the chevy motors in Olds??? that is what started the Michigan people to buy Toyodas---
So-----yes, if you have an Chevy powered olds, the head will fit a chevy block.
It was in 1977----Olds couldn't make enough engines so corp put chev 350 in some of them---
Wait til wizard fills us in om this
if its a chevy in a olds yes the heads will fit .he did say olds 350 heads hard to say what he has tell him to hold them up to the screen we can get a better look at them olds heads:whacked:
pat you so crazy:D
Hey barb you know me well :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jyardgirl
Sorry---but since then they have all been GM Corporate Engines!!!!!
Jerry-you PM'ed him?????.:confused::confused:Oh man!!!!!!.:eek::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
No I didn't PM anybody----I been drag racing many more years than him,done more high performance things than him,won more races than him,set more records than him,been in more magazines than him, had more models built of my cars than him, drove more mule teams than him,drove more tractors, combines, and corn pickers than him, flown more airplanes than him------can spell better than him -----and except for this post , posted more short posts than him-------
Any Questions?????
THANK god you did not call him:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
And I forgot to mention M151, 113,114,M48a and VTRs
I think GM Corporate just put anything they could in the BOP's.. only Chevys were gaurenteed to get Chevy engines.. I'v seen trans am's with oldsmobile engines, as well as other pontiacs of that time period.. looked at a 1978 Cutlass cruiser custom a few years ago.. woulda made a sweet sleeper with a 455.. thought it was a 307 or 350 olds. but when I popped the hood, I found a SBC and the valve cover emissions sticker said Oldsmobile corporation .. weird because the '80 Cutlass supreme my dad had years ago, was powered by a 307
yep we had a 80 trans am with a olds in it it ran good we beat alot of stuff with it:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Matt167
Hey Guys- since we're talkin' heads- I have a question- I have a 1958 283 outa' of a Corvette...but..the heads are missing- I have a line on a good set of 350 heads (casting # 462626) for it. Any idea how these heads for a larger V-8 would perform on the lil' 283 ?? Would the compression suffer ??
Any comments would be greatly appreciated as I'm a real novice on this subject...
Thanx-a-bunch
Tbbronson in Orlando
Most likely the 350 heads won't work because of the small bore of the 283. At best it will shroud the intake valve severely but most likely the intake valve will actually hit the side of the cylinder. And we all know that ain't real good.