Acknowledgements

Note this doc may contain errors. The FAQ was built off several email newsgroups and other places on the web many years ago. Some things were taken out of context and applied to other years of the same model, etc. It was an attempt to assemble various Olds knowledge, however flawed it may have been. Submit corrections and additions to this information to Outright Olds Contact Page.

I really enjoy the Olds mail list server group because of the high quality of postings, and how polite we tend to be with one another. The humor from the list, dry one liners, experiences, jokes you can see a mile away, have really brightened my day! We're even polite (sometimes) in regard to that lesser, though more popular, brand.

This FAQ favors Olds' from around the muscle car era, and ignores a bunch of 70's to 90's 4 & 6 cylinder and corporate me-too models. This has resulted from the absense of mail list server postings about these cars.

Thanks to everyone who have made this FAQ possible. Initially I just tossed everything together, and as a result lost a lot of contributor information. I then started to give people credit for posting information. I plan to keep doing this until it turns into a maintenance nightmare. Please let me know if I have included something you posted and your name is not listed. Overall, let's just say that the FAQ is ours. Not mine, but yours, deal?

The people contributing to the mail list server are the knowledge base. I have also contributed certain information, but have decided to leave my name off. My apologies for leaving anyone off this list - I'm sure there are some - there are a few anonymous contributors. Please e-mail me with the appropriate addition!

Remember, this is a member driven project. The more input and information recieved from members, the better the FAQ will become.

Please mail any changes, comments, complaints and/or disagreements to , and I will respond to you.

And now a little something for the spammers: Permission to use the following e-mail addresses for unsolicited business e-mail is withdrawn as of Sept. 2, 1998. Unsolicited business mail will be proof read, and a $200.00 US charge invoiced to the sender.

The following people have contributed information found in this FAQ, and have made putting it together rather easy.

Tom and Gail Adams
Jason Adcock http://www.erols.com/adcockjk/	Doug Ahern www.cosmic.uga.edu/doug.html
George Aigeldinger http://estimator.camd.lsu.edu/georg/sparetime/olds.html
Eric Aksomitis http://www.dlcwest.com/~jed	Mike Aldana
Michael Allen
Brian Alling
Brian Ammons
Robert Anderson	Susan Aprill
Donny Arnold
Ed Atlee	Mike Van Auken Mike Van Auken
Nick Augenstein
Brad Baker	Bob Barry
Thomas Bartee Without Greg administering the Olds Mail List Server, none of us would have this FAQ.
Peter Berusch
Richard Biebrich
Lou Biggs
Ed Binnix	John T. Blair
Bob Blanchard
Mike Bloomer http://members.tripod.com/CutlassFreak
Bryan Bodine	Loyd Bonecutter
Frank Boerger
Matthew Bremmer	Paul Brillhart
David Brode
David Brown
Josh Brown
Eric Brubakken
Bruce D. Brumm	Charley Buehner
Edwin Burger
G. Douglas Burton
Mike Burton
Dave Carolfi
John Carri
Jeff Carter	Dennis Casteele Olds Authority - what else is there to say other than we'll miss him?
Angel Castrodad
Brett Chaveriat	Jim Chermack
Gerald Christiana
Tim Churchill	Pat Clark
Scott Clark	Mike Coccagna
Glenn Connors
Mark Cornea
Ray Costanzo
Gary J. Couse
Brent Covey	Matt Cremean
Dave Cullen
Bill Culp A big THANKS to Bill for the abundance of interchange information!	Roger Currie
Tim Customs	Todd Daenzer
Danny	Daren
Databook and Price Guide 4-4-2 1964-1986 by R. Perry Zavitz
Charles Dempsey	Nick DiGiovanni
Dave Dillon
Ian M. C. Dixon

Jim Donoghue
Wayne Drusch
Carl Dudash
George Dumpit
Collyn Eastham	Jeff Easton
Michael Ecker
Ed Ekstrom	Paul Elosge
Derek Esplin
Bobby Etzel http://home1.gte.net/betzel/BE.html	Mike Evans
Todd Evans
Chris Fair
Sean Fay	Cliff Feiler
Robert F. Feitt
Erik Ferguson
Lloyd Ferguson	Joe Ferrero
Brent Fields
Matt Finholm
Mike Fisher	Patrick Flowers
Ron Forsee	John Foster
Michael R. Frederick Toro Mail List Administrator A big THANKS to Mike for all the Radio and Speaker tech info! Without Mike administering the Toro Mail List Server, we wouldn't have that resource.
Alan Friedrich	Marvin Friesen
Wes Fujii	Art Fuller
Stefan Gadecki
Don Gatrell
Gene Gatti
Bruce Geiger
John Gene http://www2.cybernex.net/~gene
George
Andy Geeting
Scott Geiger
Randy Geisel
Mick Gillespie http://home.sprynet.com/~mgillespie/oldspage.htm
Gene Gilpin	Glenn's Oldsmobile Tune-up and Repair Guide 1955 -1974 by Harold T. Glenn Copyright 1974, Harold T. Glenn
Bill Gochenour
Ed Gonfindini	Frank Gonzalez
Bill Goodnight	Spencer Grant
Andrew C. Green
Rich Grega	Daniel A. Gulino http://ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu/~gulino/rides.html
Pat Hadwin
Bob Hale	Michael R. Hall
Todd Hall
Tim Hammerlund	Bob Handren
Glen Hankins
Steve Harrison
Jim Harrell
Steve Harris	Paul Hartlieb	Roger Heath
Dennis Heinle	Kurt Heinrich http://www.442.com/heinrich.html
Henry's Garage
Randy Hermsen
Jeff Herndon
Roger Hitson
Jim Hoekendijk
Luke Hogan	Kevin Hoopingarner
Stephen Hoover
Everett Horton	Kurt Horton
Howard Hosenbold
Peter L. House
Gerald Hughes	Jeff Hunter
Jim Hurd
The Hurst Heritage, High Performance History by Robert C. Lichty and Terry V. Boyce Copyright 1983, Dobbs Publications Inc.	Esko Ilola
JJ	Ernie Johnson
Dennis Johnson
Sam Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Mike Jones
Greg Kalkhoff Toro FAQ Administrator Thanks to Greg for creating the Toro FAQ!
John Kreitzer	Ray Kelly
Steve Kenny Brothers Automotive http://www.oldsparts.com
Denney Keys
Clif King	Doug Kitchener
Aaron Kollsmith
Scott Kozhill
Kerry Kroger
Mike Krumwiede	Jason Labay A big THANKS to Jason for the abundance of 442 information!
Don Lacey	Robert Lavey
Peter Landowski
Robert Lawrence
Trevor Lee http://www.mergetel.com/~lee/cutlass	Tom Lentz
George & Joan Lesperance
Rob Lewis
Brian Lorway
Gregg Ludlam	Jar Lyons
Lance Mackey http://www.3rdplanet.com/~lamackey/hurst_hp.html	Lisa Madsen http://exo.com/~jht/olds/
Rob Malland
Dan Mann
Margaret	Paul Martin
Thomas Martin	Scott Martindale
Matthew Mayer
David McDougall
Cliff McFarlane
Jim McKeague
Sean Meldrum
John McMenamin	Travis McWaters
Michael
Chris Miller
Tom Millard
Tony Molinaro	Mondello Performance Products, Inc. 1103 Paso Robles Street Paso Robles, CA 93446 http://tcsn.net/mondello/
John Monnin
Ray Moriarty	Todd Morris
Scott Mullen
Jeff Mullenix	Jaakko Mustakallio
Flynt Myrick
Mat Nadrofsky
George Nenadovich	Aaron Neumann
Bob Newbegin
Brad Nicholson President, Capitol City Rockets
Frederick Nissen
R. Kevin Noon	Chuck Noppe
Erik Nowacki	David Nye
Kevin O'Brien	Steve Ochs
Oldsmobile, Division of General Motors http://www.oldsmobile.com Well, they sort of originated everything in this FAQ!	Oldsmobile Muscle Cars by William Holder and Phillip Kunz Copyright 1994, Phillip Kunz
Jim Olson
Brad Otto
other A special thanks to those people who I cannot identify!	Joe Padavano
John Pajak
Jonathan Parke
Scott Parker
Paul Pate
Dave Paulison	Steve Paulson
John Pajak http://members.tripod.com/~JSPajak
Trond Jarle Trond Pedersen
Larry Pegg
Phil Penketh
Frank Evan Perdicaro
Roger Peterson	Clayton Pierce A big THANKS to Clayton for proof reading the FAQ!
Ken Pilidis
Brent Pinkstaff	John Preston
Mark Prince	Fernando Proietto
Greg Pruett
Randy in Oklahoma
Steve Reed	Bill Reilly
Rod Rickenbach http://www.voicenet.com/~rinacker
Bruce Roe
Dave Rogers
Greg Rollin	Mike Rothe
Ken Rotten
Gary Rubrich	Gilbert Russell
Ryan
Curt Salada	Blaine Sanders
Dave Van Sant
Robert Schinkel
Mike Schlottman
Chad Schwartz
Rich Scott	John "Shoe-Man" Schumacher
Drew Senko http://members.aol.com/drewinva
Ron Setran	Setting the Pace
Brian Shankle
Kurt Shubert
Cliff Simpson http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~csimpson/TheOldsZone.html
Laurence Simpson	Slant/6 Web Site http://www.bev.net/people/dreistadt/sl6/oxy.html
Peter Sliskovich	Peter Slisz
Cecil Smalley
Chris Smetana	Dave Smith Engineering P.O. Box 607 Corona, CA 91718-0607
Thomas Smith http://www.crosswinds.net/~smithtp/olds/LaunchPad.htm
Ken Snyder http://www.chasinracin.com/racers/ksr7
James Stafford
Sherry Soball
Jeff Stanish
Stephani	Steve
Graham Stewart	Thomas Stoner
Schurkey Swanke
Rob Thomas
Igor Todorovic
Mark Tupper
Mike Turley	Shawn M. Twomey
Rob Turner	Chris Urban
Mike Van Auken	Bob Valentine
Al Varhus
Delvin Vogle
Dave Voorhis
Butch Vosburgh
W1Sleeper	Tony Waldner
Todd Wallin
Mark Weinberger	Jack Wendel
Jon Wessel Director, Hurst/Olds Club of America
Scott Wheeler	Robert Whitaker
Warren Whitmore
David Whittemore
Tony Williamson
David Wilk	Dan Williams
Brett Wilson
Chris B. Witt Rocket Science the Rocket Scientist A big THANKS to Chris for the abundance of engine information!	Kevin Wong
Ray Woodward
Scott Woodworth	Dave Wyatt
Dorian Yeager
Chuck Zallow
Ali Zalzala http://www.flash.net/~texas442
Jeff Zeilmann Harry

Table of Contents • Index • Acknowledgements

History • Engines • Blocks • Heads • Cranks • Intakes • Exhaust • Pistons
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Best BB • Best SB • 260 • 303 • 307 • 324 • 330 • 350 • 371 • 394 • 400 • 403 • 425 • 455 • Diesel
Rebuilding • Buildup • Swap • Restore • Option Codes • Wheels • Ignition • Comp Ratio
The W's • The H/O's • The 442's • Toronado • 88 / 98 / Starfire • Cutlass • Jetfire • Wagons
Basic Tech • How To • Miscell • All Vehicles • Additional Information

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