Boy is it hard to stamp out a myth once it gets started. unless the
Toronado had a diesel engine before the 1981 model year it was not a
converted gas engine and nothing is similar. The 1981 and later 350DX diesel
engine was a true diesel engine. It produces its torque at a low, low 1600
RPM, a real stump puller. Turbo charge it and it should be fine, although a
bit heavy. It is not fragile by any means and as I noted earlier in a long
explanation, Joe Mondello makes a fine conversion kit for the 350DX block to
comvert it to a super power gas model
>>
>> Hey,
>> I saw an Olds Tornado going down the road yesterday. It was smoking a
>> little bit so I crossed it off my mental list of I have to stop this
>> driver and talk to him. Caught up at a light. Chrome nameplate said
>> Diesel. Would this engine fit in our coaches? Also found and Olds
>> Station wagon 1974 model in a junk yard with a 455. Would this engine
>> fit?
>>
>> Walter 78 Royale
>The Olds diesel you saw will fit. That's the good news. The bad news
>is that it is a converted 5.7 liter (350 cubic inch) GM gas engine.
>They were and are not only fragile, but make very little power, ie.,
>less than half the 455 in GMC coaches. Attempts to increase power
>output only exacerbate the fragility. The 455 in the Olds will fit.
>
>Terry Wallace
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach
Toronado had a diesel engine before the 1981 model year it was not a
converted gas engine and nothing is similar. The 1981 and later 350DX diesel
engine was a true diesel engine. It produces its torque at a low, low 1600
RPM, a real stump puller. Turbo charge it and it should be fine, although a
bit heavy. It is not fragile by any means and as I noted earlier in a long
explanation, Joe Mondello makes a fine conversion kit for the 350DX block to
comvert it to a super power gas model
>>
>> Hey,
>> I saw an Olds Tornado going down the road yesterday. It was smoking a
>> little bit so I crossed it off my mental list of I have to stop this
>> driver and talk to him. Caught up at a light. Chrome nameplate said
>> Diesel. Would this engine fit in our coaches? Also found and Olds
>> Station wagon 1974 model in a junk yard with a 455. Would this engine
>> fit?
>>
>> Walter 78 Royale
>The Olds diesel you saw will fit. That's the good news. The bad news
>is that it is a converted 5.7 liter (350 cubic inch) GM gas engine.
>They were and are not only fragile, but make very little power, ie.,
>less than half the 455 in GMC coaches. Attempts to increase power
>output only exacerbate the fragility. The 455 in the Olds will fit.
>
>Terry Wallace
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach
