Quote Originally Posted by jays442olds
Hello, I have been trying to find info on people dropping a 455 in an 80's model cutlass. I have hit a few dead ends with nothing more than pictures. The cutlass right now is a 231 V6. Does anyone know of any big issues I am going to face dropping the 455 in? I have heard that I cannot do headers because of a clearance issue on the passenger side. I am a major olds fan and any info you have for me would be greatly appreciated!
virtually anything you want to know about olds heads, blocks(bb,sb) what will interchange with what, any issues, actually anything you can think of is addressed simply by going to ask.com (ask jeeves) the site is called "the olds faq compiler" a more complete site for oldsmobiles i've never seen. give it a shot. I,too am a major fan of olds' ,partly because it's what i'm putting in my hot rod (see "old spirit"), but mostly the respect i've gained from my research. There is a hard core group of us that hang out in the smoke shack at work every day and we have the typical debates about the merits of this car or that, but there's something that slips by the tone deaf chevy diehards, and that's the unmistakable rumble of an olds, as distinctive as the difference between a harley and a honda.