Olds 455 Aluminum twin turbo

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Olds 455 Aluminum twin turbo

Postby Twilight Fenrir » Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:40 am

Not strictly speaking Toronado related... But it is Oldsmobile related, and pretty awesome... Had GM not forced Olds to scrap the project, it easily could have wound up in one of our cars :D Some components were even based on the Toronado!

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Years Owned: My first Toronado was a 1968 W-34 with the bucket seats and center console... (weeps gently) It was a New England rustbucket in 1982 after less than 14 years. So sad. But it is what infected me and before I knew it I had another '68, a '69, a '70 and eventually inherited a friend's '67 and another friends '73. After buying my brand new Grand Prix in 1988 I retired the last of my Toronados and pulled the 455 I had rebuilt along the way and put it into storage in a friend's barn where it is to this day.
In Mid September of 2010 I happened to see a repeat of the show where Jay Leno did his 66 Toronado and had an instant remission of the disease which resulted in my purchase of a 1969 in very good condition. I am now in the process of fully rehabilitating it and hope to have it on the road in the spring of 2011.
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Re: Olds 455 Aluminum twin turbo

Postby xgecko » Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:00 am

Yep, I read about those back when I first got into Olds power and Toronados. I had (have) a book that covered them - in fact, I think it has that very article in it.

I used to fantasize about how different it would be if we could get some of the 32 valve big blocks they were working on... :shock:
I have my Fuel Injected Toronado. Life is good! 8-)
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