The Oldsmobile Rocket 455 V8 engine met the same exact fate as the Pontiac 455, leaving the marketplace by the end of 1976. When efficiency became a top priority, these massive 455 V8 engines just ...

Oldsmobile 455ci - Fortified 455. Prepping an Olds Motor for More Power. ... There are people that will tell you that the 455ci Oldsmobile Rocket motor makes a better street engine than a race motor.

Last Driven in 1982, This Sad 1969 Hurst/Olds 455 Was Traded In for a New 1973 AMC Gremlin YouTuber's Rare 1970 "His and Hers" Road Runner Find Dies on the Way Home 19-YO Got This 1967 GTX Hemi 37 ...

By 1970, the Toronado was rocking the biggest Oldsmobile engine available, the 455 Rocket V8, with its enormous 455-cube displacement (7.5 liters) and equally monstrous torque rating (500 lb-ft ...

Taking the "Rocket" name from its predecessor, this engine was a genuine giant with a displacement of 455 cubic inches (7.5 liters), and power outputs ranging from 310 to 400 horsepower.

If your 8-cylinder engine displacement wasn’t in the mid-400s, you were already behind the ball. With a rich history in V8s, and four divisions jockeying for muscle car domination, ...

The Oldsmobile 455 Cubic Inch “Rocket” V-8 is one of the biggest and baddest engines that played a pivotal role in cementing the Oldsmobile Cutlass 442's reputation as an iconic American ...

This all-original 1974 Oldsmobile 442 Indy Pace Car is equipped with the optional Rocket W-30 455 cubic-inch engine and comes with less than 40,000 miles.

The 4-4-2 became its own model, and the limited-production Hurst/Olds featured the 455 cubic-inch Rocket V8. 1972 would mark the final year of the third-generation Oldsmobile Cutlass.

There are people that will tell you that the 455ci Oldsmobile Rocket motor makes a better street engine than a race motor. In truth, a stock 455 does have a couple of drawbacks that are ...