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Originally Posted by Coronettom
Hello all,
I'm asking purely out of curiosity...lately on CL in the NC/VA area I've been seeing quite a few guys with Olds 350's in their trucks. I know literally nothing about Oldsmobile engines so what is the difference? I'm just wondering why someone would go with an Olds 350 when there seems to be no shortage of Chevy 350's out there? And with that said I have a lead on a 350 from a cutlass S, would any of you out there consider it? Just lookin for some more knowledge. Thanks everyone
Tom
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Usually an olds motor replaces a diesel in a truck. Cheaper than replacing the diesel. And the olds bolts up to the tranny as the diesel block is based on an olds motor. Olds and chevy motors have different tranny to motor bolt patterns. You can buy adaptors to put an olds tranny to a chevy but that's more expense.
You can swap a complete olds motor/tranny into a chev though. Olds has different wiring requirements. Starter is on the opposite side.