just got back from a the mechanic! Bad and Good.

[ANTHRAX_4_SALE 10+ year member]

OK.........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif just got back like an hour ago. mechanic said i threw a rod. its a 1983 delta 88, 307 5.0 with 100,000 miles on it.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif good there is a motor for it for 650 dallors. 350 with 8,600 miles on it. dont believe it until i see it. but the mechanic said it will work but something about a harness for it that will not. anyone knows what he is talking about? i had a th400 ***** put on couple months back. i want the engine, so please help. also is it good to run electric fans? i need alot advice to keep my baby running strong. like carbs, intake manifold, headers............//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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[GabeC 10+ year member]

ehh,....look around see if u can find a 307 for it if not you'll have to buy a harness or spend alot of money making it fit

anything will fit anything with enough money

 

[ANTHRAX_4_SALE 10+ year member]

True.... money will make anyone work if you want the green.

 

[dropped_mazda]

is the 350 olds or chevy? wiring should stay the same would have HEI distributor which if both olds can use from the 307

 

[dropped_mazda]

now if its a chevy 350 need adapter plate for the ****** and new motor mounts relocated etc.....

 

[ANTHRAX_4_SALE 10+ year member]

it is from a olds 350 mazda.

 

[CRXBMPN 5,000+ posts]

wow I had this same car back in the day! I called it my pimpmobile! lol

sorry you lost the engine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[dropped_mazda]

you should have a problem most all should interchange

 

[1991Brougham 10+ year member]

1983 Olds Delta 88's are only worth a few hundred. When they die, you bury them...LOL! Go find another car is my advice. When it comes to el cheapo old used cars, they're as disposable as old computers, TV's and home appliances. If you put a pile of money ino the old Olds, you still will just have a car worth a few hundred.

Rick

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Try to find an Olds 455 engine. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[1991Brougham 10+ year member]

Try to find an Olds 455 engine. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Olds 455 story: I had a 1970 Olds 98 LS in 1975. That engine was the high compression premium-burning one. Where two freeways came together in LA, the merging entrance road had two lanes....that suddenly went to ONE. Right besides me was a Rolls Royce. I mashed the gas and the 455 leaped up like nobody's business to carry my 5000 pounds of car and content forward, thus avoiding a massive wreck that would have massively ruined my insurance rates...LOL!

I've believed in 455's ever since.

Rick

 

[DD_Dave 10+ year member]

Olds 455 story: I had a 1970 Olds 98 LS in 1975. That engine was the high compression premium-burning one. Where two freeways came together in LA, the merging entrance road had two lanes....that suddenly went to ONE. Right besides me was a Rolls Royce. I mashed the gas and the 455 leaped up like nobody's business to carry my 5000 pounds of car and content forward, thus avoiding a massive wreck that would have massively ruined my insurance rates...LOL!
I've believed in 455's ever since.

Rick

455 olds ftmfw //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

My pops has had 2 455 Hurst Olds I

Advanced autoparts has decently priced crate motors...Id check them out.

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

I believe in the Olds 455, too. My father and I stuffed one equipped with a 4bbl (Rochester?) out of a '75 D88 into a '83 Bonneville 4 dr since both prior motors threw rods (factory 281ci V6 then the crappy 301ci). Loved that 455... iirc, it was 250hp and 350 ft-lbs. Talk about a sleeper of an early-mid 80's Bonneville. Because of the way the chassis was set up, we didn't have room to run a true dual exhaust, so we got a single 3" with a glass pack. Didn't sound too bad.... pretty deep and lopey.