Thread: olds 425 rocket
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09-12-2005 01:41 PM #1
olds 425 rocket
iv got a 425 ultra high compreson super rocket thats what it
says on the air felter i was just wounder if it is a rare engine.
Im going to turn it in to 455 if it is not rare. thanks
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09-12-2005 02:25 PM #2
doubt it. if ya want to keep it ultra high compression, as olds put it, use the same heads and the same cc pistions, there probably flat tops possibly that is on it.You don't know what you've got til it's gone
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09-12-2005 09:26 PM #3
olds 425
that engine has probably 10.5 to 1 compression.they required leaded 101 octane gas and did'nt come with hardened valves,because the lead was the buffer to cool the valves.thats what the red stuff was all over the carbs.lead!they were good engines but a 455 is a good replacment.they can be built but the cash man the cash!
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