Posted by jdemaris on December 18, 2010 at 16:00:53 from (72.171.0.143):
In Reply to: 350 Olds Rocket V8!! posted by Murray Hebblethwaite on December 18, 2010 at 11:25:27:
I was never a big fan of the Olds 350 probably because I was a Chevy fan and the Olds 350 did not rev like a Chevy SB.
My Olds favorite in the 1960s is the aluminum V8, 215 cubic inches, and turbocharged. Two guys could pick it up. Complete engine weighs around 300 lbs. 62-63 Olds Jetfire turbo 215 was rated 215 horsepower, i.e. one horse per cubic inch. Also had 300 lbs. of torque at 3200 RPM. I had one in a British MGB. British Leyland bought the engine from General Motors. It got used in Land Rovers, Rover cars, TVR, MGC, Triumph TR8, etc. I worked on a few. It was weird to see an American - Olds-Buick-Pontiac engine with British carbs on it.
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