1970 Oldsmobile 442 W30 | NHRA Stock Eliminator Drag Racing | Jim Kaekel 2023 Joliet | 455 Olds

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  • @anoldsman
    @anoldsman Год назад +10

    Yes!! Finally an Oldsmobile. The unicorns of Stock Eliminator. 😀 I love this car. Thank you for the video. Keep up the great work!

  • @rickstephens1130
    @rickstephens1130 4 месяца назад +2

    That's great, thank you Jim for the interview and I think that the Grinch inside there is awesome too.

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER Год назад +5

    😍Great looking 442, nice vid!!!!!!!👍

  • @johnfloyd838
    @johnfloyd838 10 месяцев назад +3

    Truly awesome machine 💪😎👍

  • @chrisnizer5702
    @chrisnizer5702 Год назад +13

    Love Stock Eliminator! It's like a car show and a drag race at the same time.

    • @oldsaerotech1167
      @oldsaerotech1167 Год назад +2

      Stock keeps it real and keeps connected to those off-the-showroom floor, at the Sunoco station, in the driveway cars.

  • @michaellambert3067
    @michaellambert3067 Год назад +3

    Great job on the 442 Jim! Cool Olds!

  • @kenhartford468
    @kenhartford468 Год назад +5

    My father was a G.M. salesman and he had several Olds 442 demonstrators. I was lucky enough to take my driving test in one. He always let me take them to the local car wash. I was gone just long enough to not arouse any suspicion but I drove the heck out of those cars... Glad to see a Michigan guy doing a great job with his 442.

  • @dsgp7835
    @dsgp7835 Год назад +10

    Thanks Bobby, it's cool to meet these drivers and hear about their cars. Sportsman racing is the best, stock and super stocks my favorite. Raced a 70 W31 Olds Cutlass in 1974 in F/S. Realized the value due to limited production numbers and put it back into street form. Miss it's high winding small block.

    • @davelowets
      @davelowets 10 месяцев назад +1

      What's wrong with a high-winding big block? 😜

  • @jarrettdamboise4713
    @jarrettdamboise4713 5 месяцев назад +2

    Love them 442s.... 67 my year

  • @brianreynoldson1965
    @brianreynoldson1965 Год назад +3

    Like the "Stockers are Way Cool" signage and all the official participant decals. Quite a history there!

  • @rogerchevelle8543
    @rogerchevelle8543 Год назад +3

    Love it. So cool he has had it since 81 and built it himself. Thanks for the video Bobby

  • @gaffojones
    @gaffojones Год назад +4

    Another great video--thanks, Bobby!

  • @WyoCutlass71
    @WyoCutlass71 Год назад +3

    That is such a sweet Olds! And the header work on it is super impressive!

  • @samspade8612
    @samspade8612 Год назад +1

    Hats off to Mr. Kaekel. His dedication is inspiring. I hope to see more of his W30 in the future.

  • @jjsbluz6081
    @jjsbluz6081 Год назад +5

    The W-30 was an Old's Factory Blueprinted Race Motor!

    • @davelowets
      @davelowets Год назад

      Not really...

    • @jjsbluz6081
      @jjsbluz6081 Год назад +1

      @@davelowetsCool did you work @Olds Racing

    • @DennisPrescott-xp4dk
      @DennisPrescott-xp4dk 4 месяца назад

      I have a w30 and I can tell you they ain’t blue printed

    • @swatbwana
      @swatbwana 2 месяца назад

      My 70 w 30 was not blueprinted either , we made it much better on its rebuild , still kept the stock heads and manifold but they flowed better.

  • @Christopher-mi6qe
    @Christopher-mi6qe 7 месяцев назад +2

    Totally sweet car. The F heads were actually stock on the W30s in 1970. They are impossible to find.

  • @lennycoluccio9129
    @lennycoluccio9129 7 месяцев назад +2

    Hello ? When you whent up in cam duration did you have to get your quadrajet carburetor recalibrate for the bigger duration on the cam

  • @balloonknot3028
    @balloonknot3028 Год назад +2

    Awesome car and interview 👍

  • @sradie
    @sradie Год назад

    Looks like you got a lot of parts off of my 65 442. Love that you're running a Q-Jet, a great carburetor. I ran mine with a TH-400, 400 motor, Torquer manifold, Q-Jet, Hooker Headers, 4:10 gears. It too was a runner. Through the FlowMaster exhaust a consistent 11:30 car. They're fun and nobody seems to expect the performance they can deliver.

  • @bobbybelcher6800
    @bobbybelcher6800 5 месяцев назад +2

    the only class left for blue collar mechanics !

  • @Youralwayswhining4367
    @Youralwayswhining4367 Год назад +1

    Great job, really enjoyed your interview with Jim on the car.

  • @billdedrick1914
    @billdedrick1914 Год назад +3

    Nice interview...Nice Olds...The 70 W30 4 speed cam originally had .475" lift and 328/328 duration.. The 70 W30 Automatic Turbo 400 had .472" lift and 285/287 duration.I had 2 70 W30's M21 4 speeds and 1 71 W30 M22 4 speed. I wonder just what the duration is on this cam in his car..I also wonder what the compression is? 60' times? I would bet high 1.4 60' times..

    • @ScarlettFire341
      @ScarlettFire341 Год назад +3

      He mentioned he had "E" Heads & 365 HP which were for the standard 442 455 car, W30 was "F" Heads with 370 HP LOL Ya Sure ... so they say

    • @billdedrick1914
      @billdedrick1914 Год назад +1

      @@ScarlettFire341 Yes that 70 W30 true gross HP was well north of 400 at 5200 rpm most likely 420-430. Same for the 70 Buick GS Stage 1 rated at a very underrated conservative 360 at only 4600 rpm. The Buick stage 1 peak HP occurred at 5400 rpm not 4600.

    • @davelowets
      @davelowets Год назад +1

      No. I would say closer to 1.6 60' times

    • @billdedrick1914
      @billdedrick1914 Год назад

      @@davelowets No way...This car will be much quicker than 1.60's. A 3700 lb car running 10.90's with Hoosier slicks , 8" converter with a 5400 rpm stall..and a good suspension as this NHRA E/SA car certainly has should and will easily pull 1.40 60' times

    • @davelowets
      @davelowets 10 месяцев назад

      I ran 10.80s @126 with a 1.57 60" time in a G-body with a B.B.O., TH-350, 10" slicks, 3.73 gear, 9" 3500 stall, and factory suspension except for S.S.I. lift bars and a sway bar on the rear.
      It weighed 3700 with me in it.
      Edit: Actually, it weighed 3720 with me in it. I believe I had 26" or 27" tall tires on the rear.

  • @brianstephanierobertson357
    @brianstephanierobertson357 Год назад

    Nice car and Jim is a nice guy, I raced a stock eliminator Oldsmobile with Jim years ago and miss racing division 3

  • @brucefulper4204
    @brucefulper4204 Год назад +1

    Cool beans!

  • @davidkeeton6716
    @davidkeeton6716 Год назад +1

    I wonder if he built his own headers. They don't look off the shelf. At least he did his own assembly of the engine. I can totally understand him sending the heads out for machine work and maybe let them go ahead and set up the springs. Too many people run checkbook race cars.

  • @saleen2102
    @saleen2102 Год назад +2

    Really nice olds u got there, i have a 70 olds myself that i rebuilding. Gotta luv the olds cause not alot of people know what they are most people think they are Chevelles

  • @JohnW1711stock
    @JohnW1711stock Год назад +3

    I should have kept mine.

  • @juandelgadorosa3105
    @juandelgadorosa3105 Год назад +1

    Teo súper car oldsmobile and Pontiac gto beast❤❤

  • @lennycoluccio9129
    @lennycoluccio9129 Год назад

    What would be the stock eliminator compression and do you need iron heads not milled ?

  • @billdedrick1914
    @billdedrick1914 Год назад +1

    I wonder who does his Qjet carb?

  • @lennycoluccio9129
    @lennycoluccio9129 3 месяца назад

    Hello what you have for cam spec for stock eliminator im going stock eliminator but i need help on cam thanks

  • @davelowets
    @davelowets Год назад +1

    The 4 cylinder 80s "442's" stood for
    4-cylinders, 4-valves per cylinder, and 2 cams.

    • @driverinterviews
      @driverinterviews  Год назад +1

      Sounds terrible haha. Good to know though, thank you.

    • @davelowets
      @davelowets Год назад

      ​@@driverinterviews🍻

  • @davelowets
    @davelowets Год назад

    Do you run a TH-350 for the weight and H.P. savings, or did this car actually have one in it?
    I've never seen one in these cars, it was always a TH-400.

    • @basilcarroll9729
      @basilcarroll9729 Год назад +1

      Stock trans was 400 turbo. I believe he said he had specially built light weight 350 .

  • @andycarinio581
    @andycarinio581 Год назад

    Reminds me of my 1st car in high school ‘82 bought it for $600

    • @davelowets
      @davelowets Год назад

      I remember the days when these cars, in fairly good shape, could be had for under a thousand bucks...
      Now a basket case will cost you thousands. Sucks that I sold so many of them back in the day for next to nothing. I DID keep one G-Body and do it up into a 9 second street car, but I sure wish I had kept an A body also... 😟

  • @victorjohnson6699
    @victorjohnson6699 2 месяца назад

    Igrewupwiththese442stheyweresuchgreatcars

  • @JorgePalomo-u2u
    @JorgePalomo-u2u 5 месяцев назад +1

    0:35

  • @michaelguziak4680
    @michaelguziak4680 Год назад

    I am I getting old or was the sound not Great?? ( Volume)..

    • @kimmorrison9169
      @kimmorrison9169 Год назад +1

      I could hear most of it but the wind noise was pretty bad especially early on. Bobby may have to spring for a mic wind breaker!

  • @sradie
    @sradie Год назад +3

    Looks like you got a lot of parts off of my 65 442. Love that you're running a Q-Jet, a great carburetor. I ran mine with a TH-400, 400 motor, Torquer manifold, Q-Jet, Hooker Headers, 4:10 gears. It too was a runner. Through the FlowMaster exhaust a consistent 11:30 car. They're fun and nobody seems to expect the performance they can deliver.