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**truckster** · 05-20-2017, 06:36 PM

I wouldn't get down just yet. It might be a decent engine.

As for the carb, the Quadrajet would be my choice. They run great on that 455.

OK, so I'm feeling like telling a little story: I had a 1982 Buick Estate Wagon with all the bells and whistles. I was able to buy it cheap because it also had an Olds 350 diesel. I knew the thing would eventually die, and it didn't take long. When it did, I replaced it with a 455, Quadrajet, 3.23 posi and dual 2.5 exhausts. It was crazy fast.

My wife couldn't understand why I loved this car that only got 11 or 12 MPG and was as big as a tank. One day, about two years after I built it, I came home and she had a huge smile on her face. Some guy in a truck had tried to pass her on the right, and for the first time in two years she punched the gas.

Yeah, that 455 is going to put a smile on your face.

05-20-2017, 06:36 PM	#9
truckster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,843	Re: Thoughts of swapping in an Olds 455 w/400 trans in '64? I wouldn't get down just yet. It might be a decent engine. As for the carb, the Quadrajet would be my choice. They run great on that 455. OK, so I'm feeling like telling a little story: I had a 1982 Buick Estate Wagon with all the bells and whistles. I was able to buy it cheap because it also had an Olds 350 diesel. I knew the thing would eventually die, and it didn't take long. When it did, I replaced it with a 455, Quadrajet, 3.23 posi and dual 2.5 exhausts. It was crazy fast. My wife couldn't understand why I loved this car that only got 11 or 12 MPG and was as big as a tank. One day, about two years after I built it, I came home and she had a huge smile on her face. Some guy in a truck had tried to pass her on the right, and for the first time in two years she punched the gas. Yeah, that 455 is going to put a smile on your face.