The Oldsmobile 455 V8 made its way to the public a couple of years before the Pontiac 455. Nicknamed the Rocket 455, this engine was the next step in Oldsmobile's big block line of V8s ...

There are people that will tell you that the 455ci Oldsmobile Rocket motor makes a better street engine than a race motor. In truth, a stock 455 does have a couple of drawbacks that are ...

Photo: YouTube/Lou Costabile By 1970, the Toronado was rocking the biggest Oldsmobile engine available, the 455 Rocket V8, with its enormous 455-cube displacement (7.5 liters) and equally ...

Pontiac created the muscle car in 1963 (as a 1964 model) when the mid-size Le Mans received a V8 from the full-size line. The GTO stepped into history as the forefather of the short-lived, long ...

With the GM corporate engine displacement limitation on mid ... It is powered by the 455 cubic-inch Rocket V8 with a single four-barrel carb, producing 390 horsepower and an eye-watering 500 ...

The Oldsmobile 455 Cubic Inch “Rocket” V-8 is one of the biggest and baddest engines that played a pivotal role in cementing the Oldsmobile Cutlass 442's reputation as an iconic American ...

Oldsmobile was a big name in American cars from its beginning in 1897 until it closed in 2004. Besides making popular American Oldsmobile classics like the Jetfire and Toronado, the brand also ...

General Motors had sent an edict that no car smaller than full-sized would be produced with anything larger than a 400-cid engine, but Oldsmobile pushed its Rocket V8 up to 455. It did it by ...

Reminiscent of buying an Oldsmobile Cutlass and dropping in a 455 Rocket engine (the third and largest variant of Oldsmobile's big-block V-8 engines), Cleveland, OH-based Nextant Aerospace is ...

There are people that will tell you that the 455ci Oldsmobile Rocket motor makes a better street engine than a race motor. In truth, a stock 455 does have a couple of drawbacks that are ...