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 post-war OHV crossflow cylinder head V8 engines produced by General Motors.

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 Pontiac vehicles.

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” or “Turbo Rocket by Oldsmobile”, to differentiate it from …

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 Oldsmobile was the first to drop a powerful V-8 into a mid-size coupe.

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 V-8, were the first post-war OHV crossflow cylinder head V8 engines produced by General Motors and were first to market.

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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 General Motors.

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 series, then in the mid-priced, A-Body 88 series shortly thereafter (launching the famous “Rocket 88” of song and story).

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-body styling that was first seen on the 1948 Oldsmobile models.

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 popular and so attached to the brand that in 1960 Oldsmobile adopted it as its official logo.