We build a bunch of the Olds motors, but we are in Phx,Az. In fact, I wrote the Olds article for HOTBOAT magazine years ago. Other than there are some better intake manifolds and heads available for the Olds, the rest of the article is still relevant. We have reliable, iron headed 550-700+ HP pump gas motors running for 6-8+ years with no issues.
The only trouble that folks have with the articles content is that the shops don't know what's important with an Olds or why, and don't do everything as recommended, its an ego thing. I included in the intro to give the shop owner a copy of the article to read, then see what his thoughts were. I recommended to go elsewhere if they didn't want to follow the article completely. I have had a few calls from machine shops that had disappointing results from the article, because they didn't do everything that was recommended, they just picked and chose what to do. Then when it didn't work out, they called me to bitch. I always tried to explain nicely that if they were more versed in the Olds, why read the article at all? Why not write your own article. Treavor's iron headed, dual plane intake, single carb, +.030 455 ran 86 to 88 MPH for years till he sold it and the new owner put a built BBC in it. It runs slower with the Chevy.... We have a lot more happy customers than not. TIMINATOR
