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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This 1969 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds 455 is currently getting auctioned ... deck lid), blacked-out grille, a black pinstripe, plus a 455 ci Rocket V8 with a ... this engine would have been rated at ...

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.

1968 Oldsmobile Vista-Cruiser 455. 1968 Oldsmobile Vista-Cruiser 455. ... Big engines are usually thundering torquers, but shy on the zappy responsiveness of small-displacement screamers.

The Olds and Pontiac 455 engines were both big-block V8s, but they had differing power outputs and development philosophies.

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.