Oldsmobile's rarest engine, the J-2 Golden Rocket V8, was produced in only 2,500 units and featured in the 1957 model year. The Golden Rocket V8 was designed for both racing and daily driving ...

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Moreover, the original Rocket V8 engine is still under the hood (although the carburetor is missing). Unfortunately, our host believes this Olds is only weeks away from getting scrapped.

Production began in 1978 Initially offered as a 350-CID V8, a V6 version was offered in 1979 and again in 1982 Largely based on the Oldsmobile 350-CID gasoline engine Plagued by severe problems ...

One of the earliest turbo systems was the Jetfire Turbo Rocket add-on that Oldsmobile introduced as ... The system boosted the F-85 Jetfire V8’s output to 215 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque.

While Oldsmobile became overshadowed ... the 455 V8. The 455 V8 was a second-generation design, succeeding the original Rocket engine. Due to variant designs, its output was between 310 to 400 ...

Some argue it was the 1949 Oldsmobile 88 with its Rocket V8, the first high-compression ... relatively few electronic nannies and a large engine. Produced between 2004 and 2006 Based on the ...