I used to have one I'd flip the lid on the breather so you could really hear those secondaries opened on the q jet it sounded like it would suck the hood down LoL
@Scott Duffy I had a 71 Skylark 2 door hardtop with a 455 it was a screamer would smoke the tires easily and had a great Quadrajet with no bogging it would immediately open up and would swap ends with you if you weren't careful
@@netrioter Who never used Olds cop cars? I'm sure the Lansing PD did. I've seen several magazine articles on them. Original 442 ad was a cop car package. And Olds wasn't too much more then a Chevy or Ford.
@@mcqueenfanman Not only the Lansing PD, but the California Highway Patrol went with OIds in 1967. Oldsmobile didn't do the volume Chevy, Ford, Dodge and Plymouth did, but they did offer and sell police packages. So did Buick.
When I was a kid I put one of These engine's in a half ton 77 Chevy Bonanza pickup and it ran like a beast. If I had known about gearing back then the 2.56 gear would have been gone and would have had a true rocket on my hands
My parents had one of these but in a 2 door. I just remember it constantly breaking down on the capital beltway in D.C. and my father walking to the closest call box to get it towed to the dealer. They didn’t have it long. Traded in for a 1973 Dodge Dart 2 door with the slant six. Me, I’m an Oldsmobile and Chevy guy these days. I have a 1970 W-30 and a 1967 C10 with a 383 stroker. Both run very, very strong. And neither one will break down on I-495.
@@msquaretheoriginal Your 4 cyl Exploder is turbocharged. You conveniently forgot to mention that little diddy. It also has shorter gearing, radial tires, yada yada. Apples and oranges…….
@@msquaretheoriginal And what's your point? 50 years of technology kinda does stuff like that. It'll still an Explorer though and will never be as cool as this Olds.
@@sidefx996 if you were talking about a 442 I might agree. This car wasn't that cool in its own time. Just another mid-priced family sedan not as well built as its previous generation.
These are some of my favorite cars! But I have to tell you guys it’s very funny that they are presenting these beautiful gigantic luxury machines as if they are sports sedans!! The reality is the driver in this video has skills that probably don’t exist anymore! Let’s just say he was probably original drifter! Those poor children and their Japanese cars would not know what to do with a 4500+ pound American car in a corner at high speed! They would be crying in a panic! To ride in one of these giant 60s and 70s cars was just beautiful!
These were never built to be performance cars in any way at all. They were a tank to drive even with the 455 motor. If I drove mine that way, it would have been wrecked. Got 'a love these car commercials.
Darryl6636 I would think that this Olds would've hit 60 mph in the 7's because it hit 50 mph in less than 6 secs. Still has a considerable amount of rolls through the pylons but this considered good with the HD suspension. My dad owned a the same exact car but with a 455 2bbl.
Yea but for a 455? For 1970, horsepower was 370 and got knocked down to 315 (I think) for 1971 on the same engine. That’s a sign of the malaise era of clean air and mediocre output.
I'll bet the main thing keeping that behemoth from posting a faster time is because its final drive is a little too tall. Probably something like low 3s/high 2s.
It was rated to tow 7,000 pounds "when properly equipped" and with the 455 engine. People towed with their family cars back then so, it had to be tough.
Cars of this day were so much heavier duty than average cars are today. With a big block V8, TH400 trans and a sturdy solid rear axle these cars were comparable to the pickup trucks of the day for towing. With the proper gearing and some air shocks or bags in the rear you’re good to go! Cars today might have higher horsepower but won’t stand up to towing like these would. Today if you want to tow anything substantial you pretty much need a pickup. Some of the larger SUVs are ok too (think Suburban, not CR-V ! haha)
still better than any modern shitty low end honda or entry level chevy that have slow 4 banger and that have a beyond mediocre torque at low rpm. Put modern radial tires on this car and the ride is phenomenal
People didn't drive their big FAMILY cars like assholes back then. They knew what their car would and wouldn't do too. This car was never designed to be a sports car.
ThunderAppeal Rebound and recovery was more like Roll and Flounder...lol That whole video was ridiculous...that car was not designed or intended to perform Acrobatics
@@msquaretheoriginal You and that pos Exploder turbo 4. Give that shit a rest already. A proper 455 in anything other than this big beast would obliterate your precious Found On the Road Dead.
@@Lucille69caddy A normally aspirated 392 Hemi would eat any 455 for breakfast. Hell, a Pentastar V6 would. Or GM's own 3.6, let alone an LS out of a Silverado. Not to mention the Coyotes. Don't like turbos? Plenty of alternatives you can drive out of a showroom. All of which would give you double the gas mileage at least. Bottom line, any V8 from that era would take a lot of work just to match these newer engines stock.
@@msquaretheoriginal Notice I said, “proper 455”, as in a well tuned, blueprinted, balanced engine. Not the generic factory tunes of back in the day. I mean DIALED IN. My buddy pulled the anemic 455 out of his ‘75 Trans Am 4-speed and put in a 455 out of a wrecked low miles ‘72 Grand Prix. He ate 5.0s and Corvettes for breakfast. This was back in the mid to late eighties, and the 455 was still stock at that time. He later pulled the 455, raised the compression to 9.5 to 1 (so he could still run pump gas), and blueprinted and balanced it. He then put on headers and true dual exhaust minus the cats, and super/tuned it. That car could now break the tires loose in all 4 gears. With the stock cam, which he left alone because he wanted to keep it streetable. This car would leave every car you mentioned in the dust. I wouldn’t say his upgrades were “a lot of work.” Just set up like the factory should have done from the showroom. Impossible since it was the dawn of pollution controls. And that meant less engine airflow, which meant much less power. I noticed that you had to graduate from your turbo 4 Exploder to your other mentioned cars. LMAO…..
@@msquaretheoriginal Wrong. I had a Saturn Aura 3.6 liter several years ago. Way back I had a number of big bruisers with the big v8 motors. Let me put it this way. The Aura was quick, yeah, but in the raw power department, locking the front bumpers and stepping on the gas, that '71 Olds would push that wimpy little Aura down the street backwards!!! The old 70's bruiser cruisers had power that is only found now in a truck, and would out power smaller modern trucks as well.
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I had a 71 Cutlass 455 Rocket. It was a beast!
I had a 71, Delta 88 Royale coupe, dark blue with the 455 Rocket. God I loved that car.
I used to have one I'd flip the lid on the breather so you could really hear those secondaries opened on the q jet it sounded like it would suck the hood down LoL
LMAO this was my first car. I paid all of $100 in 1987. And I flipped the lid too
@Scott Duffy I had a 71 Skylark 2 door hardtop with a 455 it was a screamer would smoke the tires easily and had a great Quadrajet with no bogging it would immediately open up and would swap ends with you if you weren't careful
Yea..they sounded like a police car with those air breather lids flipped upside down 👍
This was my first car. everyone in school called it the old green boat. LOL
I really liked that car.
Gotta love the tire SQUIRM, i thought the front was going to roll off
Beautiful ❤...back when Detroit still ruled...😊
455 what a beast!
Bring them back! I'll buy one.............................
My 57 super 88 was quicker.
Olds had some pretty good Cop Car packages back then, this one must have had it.
They never used Olds as cop cars...too expensive. GM used Chevrolet as the police cars.
@@netrioter Who never used Olds cop cars? I'm sure the Lansing PD did. I've seen several magazine articles on them. Original 442 ad was a cop car package. And Olds wasn't too much more then a Chevy or Ford.
There was a small portion of the fleet using Oldsmobiles. Mercury was also used in 1970.
@@mcqueenfanman Not only the Lansing PD, but the California Highway Patrol went with OIds in 1967. Oldsmobile didn't do the volume Chevy, Ford, Dodge and Plymouth did, but they did offer and sell police packages. So did Buick.
Great test for all those people who tracked their Oldsmoboats and didn't use them to cruise down the highway
I love Oldsmobile’s, and personally I want a 73 olds eighty eight, also, I’d kill to have the narrators voice
Just smoke two packs of cigarettes a day and eventually you’ll get it
Yeah! My Aunt had one (brown lol) when I was a kid we took a few road trips in. Loved that car and I miss them both. Good times.
My friend had a ‘73 Delta 88 with the 455. That beast was FAST but Lord help you if you tried to turn.
I learned to drive on my Mom's '74 with the Rocket 455. Man, I loved the torque of that motor.
Maximum power at 4400 rpm. That motor could live forever.
Low rpm horsepower all the way
Tons of low end torque from that big block 455 V8
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Kids today cannot conceive how big these cars were! 7 people could ride to the mall in one of these spacious tanks....
My dad had a 1972 Delta 88 Royale. He was sad when he sold it.
WHOA!! That was TERRIFYING! I do not understand how this land barge did not just burst into flames.
Nice car. I had the same year but a convertible. Great handling also.
Land Yacht !
I miss all those cars!
When I was a kid I put one of These engine's in a half ton 77 Chevy Bonanza pickup and it ran like a beast. If I had known about gearing back then the 2.56 gear would have been gone and would have had a true rocket on my hands
THAT SLALOM COURSE LOOKED LIKE DEATH WAITING TO HAPPEN......... GOOD HEAVENS
WE HAVE MADE SOME HUGE LEAPS SINCE
The test driver was really skilled. Check out the test on the Riviera. Incredible.
The city still owes me money for sweeping the streets with my 68 olds 88 .
Ah full size GM those were the days yes sirreeee
Pre roger Smith era before the accountants took over in the early 1980's
Drifting that boat like a sailor
My parents had one of these but in a 2 door. I just remember it constantly breaking down on the capital beltway in D.C. and my father walking to the closest call box to get it towed to the dealer. They didn’t have it long. Traded in for a 1973 Dodge Dart 2 door with the slant six. Me, I’m an Oldsmobile and Chevy guy these days. I have a 1970 W-30 and a 1967 C10 with a 383 stroker. Both run very, very strong. And neither one will break down on I-495.
my dad had one just like this same color i was a small child when he had it but i remember it was an awesome car and crazy fast
A 71 delta 88 with a 455 and a quadra jet carburetor, are you kidding me, that,s magnum force on wheels.
A new four cylinder Ford Explorer will get to 60 in 6.8 seconds (two seconds faster) and trip the 1/4 mile in 15.3. And it's slightly heavier.
@@msquaretheoriginal Your 4 cyl Exploder is turbocharged. You conveniently forgot to mention that little diddy. It also has shorter gearing, radial tires, yada yada. Apples and oranges…….
@@msquaretheoriginal And what's your point? 50 years of technology kinda does stuff like that. It'll still an Explorer though and will never be as cool as this Olds.
@@sidefx996 if you were talking about a 442 I might agree. This car wasn't that cool in its own time. Just another mid-priced family sedan not as well built as its previous generation.
Really nice looking car. Make mine triple black.
Throwing some serious weight around
These are some of my favorite cars! But I have to tell you guys it’s very funny that they are presenting these beautiful gigantic luxury machines as if they are sports sedans!! The reality is the driver in this video has skills that probably don’t exist anymore! Let’s just say he was probably original drifter! Those poor children and their Japanese cars would not know what to do with a 4500+ pound American car in a corner at high speed! They would be crying in a panic! To ride in one of these giant 60s and 70s cars was just beautiful!
It's funny how these tests were done with the Stig at the wheel.
Holy body roll Batman!!
I can almost hear the car: 'No. I dont wanna turn!'
Love it! Pure bliss!
Had a 72 455 that baby could smoke the tires. And all out nothing could catch her. Retired it with 500 000 onit
I owned one,I loved it.
Love those cars
These were never built to be performance cars in any way at all. They were a tank to drive even with the 455 motor. If I drove mine that way, it would have been wrecked. Got 'a love these car commercials.
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How would you like to see that thing headed for your smart car at 70 mph? The engine and trans outweigh a smart car.
Haha exactly. yet the smary car driver would still be safer
Ironically enough, a 2022 Ford Explorer weighs more, from 4300 to 4900 lbs, the hybrid model being the heaviest.
Did John Davis watch Bud Lindemann as a kid?!
Anyone remember the Olds Vista Wagon on 'That '70s Show'?
yep, the vista cruiser
0-60 in 8.8 seconds not bad considering the car is the size of an m1 abrams
Darryl6636 I would think that this Olds would've hit 60 mph in the 7's because it hit 50 mph in less than 6 secs. Still has a considerable amount of rolls through the pylons but this considered good with the HD suspension. My dad owned a the same exact car but with a 455 2bbl.
A '68 with high compression 455 would have hit it in 7.2 seconds with a 2.56 axle ratio--the '71 uses a 2.75 because of the lower compression.
Yea but for a 455? For 1970, horsepower was 370 and got knocked down to 315 (I think) for 1971 on the same engine. That’s a sign of the malaise era of clean air and mediocre output.
Yeah, that's still 2-3 seconds quicker to 60 than a Prius.
@@steveg1759 It may have been the 0-70 time. I've noticed that goof on a couple other videos. 7's would make more sense for 0-60.
72 the power was drastically reduced from the 71 model year
That's one way to clean your whitewalls.
How do these tires not pop. I watched another review done by these guys of a '69 impala and the rims were scraping the tarmac.
I'll bet the main thing keeping that behemoth from posting a faster time is because its final drive is a little too tall.
Probably something like low 3s/high 2s.
Swapped a 455 Oldsmobile in my 1980 Trans Am waxed 5.0 daily on the High Way....still have it .............
Now you're talking. They had already put 403's in Trans Ams so it should have been an easy swap.
@@msquaretheoriginal And it would smoke your turbo 4 Exploder😂🤡
Corners like an Aircraft Carrier. My old '73 Buick Lesabre cornered better than that I think. Wonderful old boats. Smoooooooooth.
one would have to compare today times with the better tires and some improved chassis parts whether the values improve!
My father owned one '75 Delta88 with the 455. Very powerful. But body roll was horrendous by today's standard...
yikes that body roll! so much safer today!
She took my oldsmobile~
You know the compatibility part is correct when you have a 1975 Chevy k20 with a 455 olds engine plus master cylinder and steering wheel
Look up the current W-43.....and wonder what if?
Ole Bud was a real turd-shiner.
Better than a turd licker💩
Somebody please tell me how those tires stayed on the rims of that thing.
they often didn't
1:37 - My Grandmother after dropping Pop Pop off at work.....🤭
Big girls can dance too
does anyone know which site this is ? where is this track today ?
Great music.What's name?
Your father's Oldsmobile
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Torsion bars on an Oldsmobile?
He meant sway bars.
Nice tow hitch. What'll it tow?
It was rated to tow 7,000 pounds "when properly equipped" and with the 455 engine. People towed with their family cars back then so, it had to be tough.
Friends parents had one for towing their fuel trailer for their Cessna. Big ol tank couple hundred gallons.
A train
Cars of this day were so much heavier duty than average cars are today. With a big block V8, TH400 trans and a sturdy solid rear axle these cars were comparable to the pickup trucks of the day for towing. With the proper gearing and some air shocks or bags in the rear you’re good to go! Cars today might have higher horsepower but won’t stand up to towing like these would. Today if you want to tow anything substantial you pretty much need a pickup. Some of the larger SUVs are ok too (think Suburban, not CR-V ! haha)
No radials back then.....wallowing through turns.
I think with modern tread this car would most definitely perform better on braking, handling and acceleration times
'Rebound and recovery were good'....I guess the definition of 'good' has changed over the years.
still better than any modern shitty low end honda or entry level chevy that have slow 4 banger and that have a beyond mediocre torque at low rpm. Put modern radial tires on this car and the ride is phenomenal
People didn't drive their big FAMILY cars like assholes back then. They knew what their car would and wouldn't do too. This car was never designed to be a sports car.
ThunderAppeal
Rebound and recovery was more like Roll and Flounder...lol
That whole video was ridiculous...that car was not designed or intended to perform Acrobatics
I doubt 1 in 100,000 people even know what rebound and recovrry is.
So much body roll
0-60 in almost nine seconds. LOL.
6000 lbs
Evil Dead car
Evil Dead car is 1973
Ain't no Hellcat or new Mustang hanging with no 455....
No, you can't drive them that slow. A four-cylinder Explorer would leave the 455 for dead.
@@msquaretheoriginal You and that pos Exploder turbo 4. Give that shit a rest already. A proper 455 in anything other than this big beast would obliterate your precious Found On the Road Dead.
@@Lucille69caddy A normally aspirated 392 Hemi would eat any 455 for breakfast. Hell, a Pentastar V6 would. Or GM's own 3.6, let alone an LS out of a Silverado. Not to mention the Coyotes. Don't like turbos? Plenty of alternatives you can drive out of a showroom. All of which would give you double the gas mileage at least.
Bottom line, any V8 from that era would take a lot of work just to match these newer engines stock.
@@msquaretheoriginal Notice I said, “proper 455”, as in a well tuned, blueprinted, balanced engine. Not the generic factory tunes of back in the day. I mean DIALED IN.
My buddy pulled the anemic 455 out of his ‘75 Trans Am 4-speed and put in a 455 out of a wrecked low miles ‘72 Grand Prix. He ate 5.0s and Corvettes for breakfast. This was back in the mid to late eighties, and the 455 was still stock at that time. He later pulled the 455, raised the compression to 9.5 to 1 (so he could still run pump gas), and blueprinted and balanced it. He then put on headers and true dual exhaust minus the cats, and super/tuned it. That car could now break the tires loose in all 4 gears. With the stock cam, which he left alone because he wanted to keep it streetable. This car would leave every car you mentioned in the dust. I wouldn’t say his upgrades were “a lot of work.” Just set up like the factory should have done from the showroom. Impossible since it was the dawn of pollution controls. And that meant less engine airflow, which meant much less power.
I noticed that you had to graduate from your turbo 4 Exploder to your other mentioned cars. LMAO…..
@@msquaretheoriginal Wrong. I had a Saturn Aura 3.6 liter several years ago. Way back I had a number of big bruisers with the big v8 motors. Let me put it this way. The Aura was quick, yeah, but in the raw power department, locking the front bumpers and stepping on the gas, that '71 Olds would push that wimpy little Aura down the street backwards!!! The old 70's bruiser cruisers had power that is only found now in a truck, and would out power smaller modern trucks as well.
That Jew Canoe looks like it takes corners like a waterbed
Not impressed with 4 stroke v8s, build them like s rotax dfi and make them into a 2 stroke, s 455 is a good Canadate for s 2 stroke conversion! Brap
I hope you realize how unreliable that would be, and the rocket 455 is know for reliability so converting to a 2 stroke would ruin the car