These are five of the best engines ever put in an Oldsmobile. Read more: Every Major Luxury Car Brand Ranked Worst To Best ...

Having been defunct for over 20 years, the Oldsmobile has a long legacy and part of that is due to the Rocket 88 V8 engine that powered the vehicle. This engine dates back to 1949, and it was one ...

an experimental engine design based on the existing Olds 455-CID Rocket big-block V8. Of course, it didn't have a multi-carbed design (there was reportedly a multi-carbureted design prototype ...

The motor chosen as the foundation of this horsepower enormity was Oldsmobile’s trusty 455 V8 – with several mods to make it apt for the job. The main feature of the engine, codename W-43 ...

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.

The Oldsmobile Rocket 88 hit showrooms in 1949, and might have been a fairly unremarkable car had Oldsmobile’s engineers not decided to shoehorn a powerful V8 motor, originally destined for its ...

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 ...