Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH!

joe huestis · 08-06-2011, 09:47 AM

Could a mid - seventies Olds Omega with the 260 V8 be competitive in U/SA ?? Billy ? Mark ? Dwight ?
Joe Huestis

Wake Forest, N.C.

Billy Nees · 08-07-2011, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by joe huestis

Could a mid - seventies Olds Omega with the 260 V8 be competitive in U/SA ?? Billy ? Mark ? Dwight ?
Joe Huestis

Wake Forest, N.C.

A couple of guys have tried it. Daran Summerton played with one a couple of years ago. Biggest problems, can't get the car light enough and it uses the small Rochester Dual Jet. Real small valves aren't a problem, the compression is a bit light. You'd be better off finding a Cutlass (78-82 but there are differences in the specs) or check out 2V and 4V 350s in Omega (they're Buicks).

joe huestis · 08-07-2011, 04:43 PM

Billy,
I worked for GM back in the Seventies and early eighties. Don't remember the dual jet on any GM motors until '79 and later. I thought the '75 thru "78 models used the 2GC . I particularly remember the difference in power between the '78 models vs. the '79 when the carbs changed on the 305-2V. Could the 260 Olds have had a dual-jet as far back as '75 ?
Thanks,
Joe

Billy Nees · 08-07-2011, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by joe huestis

Could the 260 Olds have had a dual-jet as far back as '75 ?
Thanks,
Joe

Yes, they had a Dual Jet that actually looked like a Q-Jet! it had the entire body without the rear throttle plates and air doors. They used to really screw some people up.

joe huestis · 08-07-2011, 05:09 PM

Billy,
Thanks for the reply. I really missed that one ! I was probably one those who thought it was a Q-Jet !
Been looking for a '75 Nova for Mike Moller to put my 262 from the Monza in to run in U.
Has been hard to come by so far. One salvage yard I stopped at said to me, " finding one of those Novas in decent shape is like looking for a gold mine ! "
- Joe

Billy Nees · 08-07-2011, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by joe huestis

Been looking for a '75 Nova for Mike Moller to put my 262 from the Monza in to run in U.

- Joe

Be warned, the 75 Nova with the 262 uses a smaller 2g than your 76 Monza.

Bob Bender · 08-07-2011, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Be warned, the 75 Nova with the 262 uses a smaller 2g than your 76 Monza.

Yes it does, and its not a good carb.

Mark Yacavone · 08-07-2011, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by joe huestis

Billy,
Thanks for the reply. I really missed that one ! I was probably one those who thought it was a Q-Jet !
Been looking for a '75 Nova for Mike Moller to put my 262 from the Monza in to run in U.
Has been hard to come by so far. One salvage yard I stopped at said to me, " finding one of those Novas in decent shape is like looking for a gold mine ! "
- Joe

There seems to be quite a few of those things around here.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/2449834045.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/2435197476.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/2482824541.html

Tod Lane · 08-12-2011, 10:21 PM

Any thoughts on a 03 Lincoln town car? 4.6 V8 if I read the classification guide right, and I never do, is rated at 210 HP and 3902 pounds= 18.58
R stock @13.95? Add weight to T at 14.40?

08-06-2011, 09:47 AM	#1
joe huestis Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Youngsville, N.C. Posts: 623 Likes: 280 Liked 409 Times in 113 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Could a mid - seventies Olds Omega with the 260 V8 be competitive in U/SA ?? Billy ? Mark ? Dwight ? Joe Huestis Wake Forest, N.C.

08-07-2011, 04:43 PM	#3
joe huestis Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Youngsville, N.C. Posts: 623 Likes: 280 Liked 409 Times in 113 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Billy, I worked for GM back in the Seventies and early eighties. Don't remember the dual jet on any GM motors until '79 and later. I thought the '75 thru "78 models used the 2GC . I particularly remember the difference in power between the '78 models vs. the '79 when the carbs changed on the 305-2V. Could the 260 Olds have had a dual-jet as far back as '75 ? Thanks, Joe

08-07-2011, 05:09 PM	#5
joe huestis Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Youngsville, N.C. Posts: 623 Likes: 280 Liked 409 Times in 113 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Billy, Thanks for the reply. I really missed that one ! I was probably one those who thought it was a Q-Jet ! Been looking for a '75 Nova for Mike Moller to put my 262 from the Monza in to run in U. Has been hard to come by so far. One salvage yard I stopped at said to me, " finding one of those Novas in decent shape is like looking for a gold mine ! " - Joe

08-12-2011, 10:21 PM	#9
Tod Lane Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 152 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Any thoughts on a 03 Lincoln town car? 4.6 V8 if I read the classification guide right, and I never do, is rated at 210 HP and 3902 pounds= 18.58 R stock @13.95? Add weight to T at 14.40? __________________ Tod Lane Swartz & Lane 66 Nova Swartz & Lane 79 H/CM Trans Am

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