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I talked to Marlan Davis today.
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Depending on what you are looking for you can find 350 & 455 rotating assemblies on ebay. I've also found a few sites advertising cranks online for just about any Olds, even a few for 4 speeds.
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Originally posted by R442 View PostA few months back Hot Rod magazine ran a facebook post looking for cars with drivability issues. I sent in my request mentioning the problems that my 442 has been having with detonation and asked if they would help. Little did I know that they would be calling me back. On my way home from work tonight I get a call from an unknown number, it's Marlan Davis. I pulled over and we talk for a few minutes and he mentions that my car has qualified for a free tuning session at a shop that they use often that is located about 50 miles north of my house.
The problem is my motor is sitting on a stand in the garage with 3 bad rod bearings. They are not looking for project cars or major repairs so this disqualified my car within 5 minutes. We did talk for another 10 minutes in which he helped me with potential problems that I may be having. When it was all said and done, he did mention that once the engine is back in the car and running, it would be worth a call back to him and they may help get it sorted out.
Now all I have to do is come up with some money to get the engine back together and give it another shot.
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Originally posted by Loren View PostI had a couple of phone conversations with him 'way back in the early eighties when I had a car he was interested in (215 V8 Vega). I had pulled it apart and never did get it back together, but I remember his enthusiasm and helpfulness. With Marlan and DF in there, you know HotRod is in good hands.
Loren, we IS soul brothers!
Dan
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I had a couple of phone conversations with him 'way back in the early eighties when I had a car he was interested in (215 V8 Vega). I had pulled it apart and never did get it back together, but I remember his enthusiasm and helpfulness. With Marlan and DF in there, you know HotRod is in good hands.
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That's pretty cool. I've enjoyed reading his stuff over the years. Hopefully things will come together...figuratively and literally.
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Originally posted by Brian Lohnes View PostMarlan is a mad genius! Cool that you got to chat with him!
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I always wanted to share a Diet Coke with the dude. It would be excellent to pick his brain on the 250 - I'm guessing he has or can get good info on the Six. I THINK I have good input but it might be a bit biased.
Dan
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Polish out your combustion chambers in the heads, get the timing to it best with an HEI dist and all the goodies and if that don't fix it time to go Chevy!
I messed with Oldsmobile for over 25 years and never had a pinging problem?
I did with a Pontiac once.Last edited by skullbucket; January 24, 2012, 05:13 AM.
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