A great muscle car
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A great muscle car
Enthusiast
woah, does it have a W30 engine??!?!?!
Fanatic
Amazing car- had one of the biggest engines of the day! "Police needed it, Olds built it, pursuit proved it"... happy days... don't like the mirrors though.
Enthusiast
W30?!?!?!?!?!?! holy jesus
There is 3 people on a boat with loads of children running around it, the 3 people are: 1. Bob geldof, 2. Ozzy Osbourne, and 3. Micheal jackson, they're sailing out for the G8 live aid, they've hit a rock and they're sinking, bob says: "save the children!" ozzy says: "Fuc the children!"
Micheal says "have we got time?"
Legendary
Some info
Along with the special edition Hurst Olds of 1968 and 1969, the 1970 W-30 was the most powerful production Oldsmobile ever created. While the 370 hp from its 455 is impressive, if not as high as some other contemporary muscle car engines, what is really amazing for those who have experienced it is the 500 lb-ft of torque.
Unlike most engines of the postwar period, the Oldsmobile 455 is undersquare, i.e., the stroke is longer than the bore. Having a long stroke engine tends to make the torque curve peak early in the rpm range; conversely, a short stroke engine will be inclined to rev higher and have higher torque peak. The advantage of an engine that has loads of torque at low rpms is that the surge of power is immediate from the moment that you step on the accelerator. While there are many cars from then to now that handily outperform the W-30 on paper, the number of cars that have that same sense of immediate power are far fewer. It's an intangible that makes the W-30 an enormously fun car to drive on the street.
The only other muscle car of that era to equal the maximum torque numbers is the 1970 Buick GS. Even today, very few naturally aspirated cars match or exceed the 500 lb-ft of the 1970 W-30.
The W-30 was an option package on top of the 1970 Oldsmobile 442 model. Features over the regular model included an engine with 5 more horsepower and an aluminum intake manifold, red fiberglass inner fenderwells, and fiberglass OAI hood.
Size Queen
The W30 has nothing to do with the configuration of the cylinder banks or the number of cylinders people. Jeez.
I'm going to eat breakfast. And then I'm going to change the world.
Rookie
hahaha. that's classic. I know you were confused, but for a muscle car lover, that's too awesome.Originally Posted by cuntukimushroom
Legendary
I Love american muscles.
Member
442 hmmm
4 barrel carb ?
4 drum brakes?
2 doors?
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Member
never mind
4 speed gearbox, a four barrel carburettor and twin exhausts
< 1 - 2 - to the bass >
Rookie
Nice car, monster engine.
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