The Oldsmobile V8, also referred to as the Rocket, is a series of engines that was produced by Oldsmobile from 1949 until 1990. The Rocket, along with the 1949 Cadillac V8, were the first …

Sep 8, 2021 · Turbocharged in the early 1960s and redesigned in 1964, the Rocket V8 powered every Oldsmobile nameplate out there and eventually found its way into Cadillac, Buick, and …

From 1961-1963, Oldsmobile manufactured its own version of the co-designed with Buick, all-aluminum 215 engine for the Olds F-85. Known variously as the “Rockette” and “Turbo-Jetfire” …

The 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 equipped with a 135-horsepower 303 V-8 was the grandfather of the Olds 350. Muscle car purists point to the Rocket 88 as the original muscle car, as …

Jun 29, 2024 · The Oldsmobile V8, originally referred to as “the Rocket”, was a series of engines that was first produced by Oldsmobile in 1949. The Olds Rocket, along with the 1949 Cadillac …

Jan 1, 2023 · Still don't think Oldsmobiles make serious performance cars? Check out who is the NHRA manufacturer's champion. (It isn't the BowTie boys!) Maybe it's time you built yourself …

Jun 15, 2017 · The advanced Oldsmobile Rocket V8 started a series of Oldsmobile engines that, along with the 1949 Cadillac V8, were the first post-war overhead valve V8s produced by …

Mar 24, 2020 · Formally announced in January of 1949, a few months after the Cadillac OHV V8, its General Motors stablemate, the Oldsmobile Rocket V8 was first offered in the luxury 98 …

Nov 18, 2008 · Oldsmobile developed its 303-cid overhead-valve “Rocket” V-8 for its top-of-the-line Series 98 models. The powerful engine was supposed to cap off the new “Futuramic” B …

Nov 4, 2020 · In a time dominated by the “space race” between the USA and The Soviet Union, Oldsmobile wisely named its new engine “Rocket” and after a while, the name became so …