My new FED,Blown Olds powered

I was hesitant to put these up but,Heres a few pics of my new ride,
Ive been round track racing for over 25 years and its time for a break or change or whatever you call it,

This is being built with nothing but fun in mind,
Its a cross between new and old because of the speed I want to achive,and Im trying to do this with safety in mind, but still salute my favorite era of car.
And it will be bare bones ,no electronics,no nothing

I picture myself as a last holdout,Still running early Olds power in a fed when the Hemis took over

So with some help of some great freinds, this is the point we are now ,as I put it in some sunlight the other day

This motor is just for mock up while im building the one, I can say .....will prob be the most exotic early Olds powerplant ever built

The motor is well under way and Ill do a build tread on it later
Its specs are, 1957 Olds 371, stroked to 430 CI, Blown Injected alky
with the only stock Olds part being ....the bare block ......and everything else being the parts we make, or one off pieces for this build.
projected HP....12-1300

Tony

 

Nice

 

And some folks say I'm lost in the 50s!!! Looks like some are lost in the 60s!!! Great looking ride, wish you all the best, God it looks like I'm liveing back in the 60s!!! Remember many very similular!! Was'nt it the "Money" Olds that took it all back in 1960??? Still waiting for a price for Forged pistons for my Cad 390 471 project, prob .030 over maybe .060. at about 7 1/2 to 1. Any luck on them yet??? Dave

 

Nice! We are getting ready to build our blown Olds engine for our Te-440 rail.

What manifold did you use?

 

Tony, just remember not to keep turning left!

That is awesome, but wouldn't expect anything less from a guy like you.

 

I'm definately lost in the 60's
I'm watching this thread. I love what I see so far!!!

MORE PICS!!!!!

 

I've always loved that body style on a rail.

 

sweet, keep us informed looks like it will be fun to drive and watch....

 

Looks great! What are the specs on the ch***is? Who built it? How quick and fast do you plan to go?

 

Very nice!

 

I can't wait to see you perform! Thanks for keeping it Olds School, Tony

 

Cool!

 

Nothing But Fun-sounds like a good name for the car. Looks great. 430 cubic inches? WOW. I'm still waiting for you to make an aluminum 4bbl intake, BTW.

 

Been looking at the injectors, are they the old-style Hilborn "flower-pot" like the kind that Tom Hanna used on his car?

 

220 inch wb 6.0 cert My goal is to run over 200 just to say I have,
Also the fastest early Olds powered digger I believe was 204 on fuel

With the projected weight itll take 1070 hp to run 200
my powerplant should make 12-1300 so the hard part should just be learning how to go fast

Tony

 

I do make aluminum 4 bl manifolds,just not m*** produced yet so they come with a price

Tony

 

Holy smokes is that nice!

 

Ahh you noticed.......

It is a Donovan magnesium ,as far as I know there was only 3-4 ever made and one was destoyed in a crash

Hanna's are aluminum

Tony

 

Awesome!!!!!

 

Tony, when do you plan to run and where? I like it!

 

Cutch or glide?

 

Glide

 

I hope to shake it down by mid summer or so,prob Salem first to get some laps

 

Think you can make it to Bowling Green mid June? Should be a player in the 7.0 cl***.

 

Very cool, I can't wait to see this one at the track.

 

Very cool Tony !!!!..........I bet their are a few Hemi's shanking in their ch***is's right now....just knowing your OLDS is going to shut them down !......Really dig the injector too....Great to see you and your father on Saturday...Your new engine dyno looks killer and the changes you made to the whole dyno room look fantastic.......and thanks for allowing me to borrow that part for mock up....and like I said Saturday...Yer a bad influence..ha ha..Littleman Dave

 

Very cool. Love those 371s

 

man, what a nice car, s.f's hope to see ya'll at reynolds....

 

Just getting around to finishing the Olds motor,

When youve got a blower on top,430 ci,Injected alky,And a 54 year old Oldsmobile 371 block,Heres what I built to (hopefully) keep from driving over the crankshaft

Steel caps with a girdle,Got to keep her figure in shape!!

Im planning on 20-25 psi of boost,

More to come

Tony

 

That girdle is something! What a chunk, is that a single piece of aluminum?

What i am curious about, is with a handle of 'goatroper' i would expect to see a pontiac motor - what gives?