Oldsmobile V8 engine | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:03 1 Generation I
00:03:26 1.1 303
00:06:18 1.2 324
00:08:54 1.3 371
00:11:28 1.3.1 J-2 Golden Rocket
00:13:16 1.4 394
00:15:21 1.4.1 Sky Rocket
00:16:39 1.4.2 Starfire
00:17:14 2 Aluminum 215
00:21:01 2.1 Turbo-Rocket
00:23:27 3 Generation II
00:25:24 3.1 330
00:26:16 3.2 400
00:28:51 3.2.1 4-4-2 Rocket
00:29:57 3.3 425
00:30:52 3.3.1 Super Rocket
00:31:33 3.3.2 Starfire
00:32:21 3.3.3 Toronado Rocket
00:33:13 3.4 455
00:35:20 3.5 350
00:38:12 3.5.1 L34
00:38:54 3.6 403
00:42:32 3.7 260
00:44:39 3.8 307
00:48:11 3.8.1 LV2
00:50:20 3.8.2 LG8
00:52:47 4 Generation 3
00:54:00 5 See also
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The Oldsmobile V8, also referred to as the Rocket, is series of engines that was produced by Oldsmobile beginning in 1949. The Rocket, along with the 1949 Cadillac V8, were the first post-war OHV V8 engines produced by General Motors. Like all other GM divisions, Olds continued building its own V8 engine family for decades, adopting the corporate Chevrolet 350 small-block and Cadillac Northstar engine only in the 1990s. All Oldsmobile V8s were manufactured at plants in Lansing, Michigan.
All Oldsmobile V8s use a 90° bank angle, and most share a common stroke dimension: 3.4375 in (87.31 mm) for early Rockets, 3.6875 in (93.66 mm) for later Generation 1 engines, and 3.385 in (86.0 mm) for Generation 2 starting in 1964. The 260 cu in (4.3 l), 307 cu in (5.0 l), 330 cu in (5.4 l), 350 cu in (5.7 l) and 403 cu in (6.6 l) engines are commonly called small-blocks. 400 cu in (6.6 l), 425 cu in (7.0 l), and 455 cu in (7.5 l) V8s have a higher deck height (10.625 in (27.0 cm) versus 9.33 in (23.7 cm)) to accommodate a 4.25 in (108 mm) stroke crank to increase displacement. These taller-deck models are commonly called "big-blocks", and are 1 in (2.5 cm) taller and 1.5 in (3.8 cm) wider than their "small-block" counterparts.The Rocket V8 was the subject of many first and lasts in the automotive industry. It was the first mass-produced OHV V8, in 1949.
The factory painted "small-blocks" gold or blue (flat black on the late model 307 cu in (5.0 l)), while "big-blocks" could be red, green, blue, or bronze.As is the case with all pre-1972 American passenger car engines, published horsepower and torque figures for those years were SAE "Gross," as opposed to 1972 and later SAE Net ratings (which are indicative of what actual production engines produce in their "as installed" state - with all engine accessories, full air cleaner assembly, and complete production exhaust system in place).