"Jedidiah" (4barrel4speeddualexhaust)
02/15/2015 at 23:03 • Filed to: None
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"Jedidiah" (4barrel4speeddualexhaust)
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Last engine and platform that ever got an significant engineering contribution from Oldsmobile engineerers instead of the corporate dictatorship. The Achieva actually won some races too.
dogisbadob
> Jedidiah
02/15/2015 at 23:12 |
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I totally agree. I like the Quad 4 more than I should. The Achieva SCX and Quad 442 are actually kinda cool.
Also, check this out:
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Jedidiah
> dogisbadob
02/15/2015 at 23:13 |
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I saw a twin cam achieva at a junk yard and I started looking at and thinking it could be a decent little beater.
The quad 4 is also a handsome motor, I'd like it in a sprint car replica.
For Sweden
> Jedidiah
02/15/2015 at 23:15 |
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No you don't
http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/a-good-riddanc…
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Jedidiah
> For Sweden
02/15/2015 at 23:17 |
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Was that the SOHC? Those were terrible.
There's a part of me that likes to think that Olds had some ingenuity bleeed through the hostile corporate structure of GM every now and then.
Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage
> Jedidiah
02/15/2015 at 23:18 |
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Not really a fan of the Quad 442 or the Alero, but I would LOVE to own an Achieva SCX one day. I've always thought the Achieva was a good looking little car, and the Quad-4 would vastly sweeten the deal.
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For Sweden
> Jedidiah
02/15/2015 at 23:20 |
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DOHC
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Jedidiah
> dogisbadob
02/15/2015 at 23:20 |
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The car in the video looks like fun.
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Jedidiah
> Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage
02/15/2015 at 23:23 |
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They won the SCCA touring car world challenge for 2 or 3 years. It'd be fun to have one with a 5 speed and quad 4 to cross occasionally and surprise civivs with.
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Jedidiah
> For Sweden
02/15/2015 at 23:24 |
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*Sigh* I knew it was too good to be true for the last real Oldsmobile to have ended on a decent note.
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> For Sweden
02/15/2015 at 23:30 |
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There's a difference in construction amongst the quad 4s - that "quad 4" was heavily detuned and was cheapened in construction. The high output quad-4s are high maintenance but also make shit-loads of power. The non high output quad-4 was just a load of shit.
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> Jedidiah
02/15/2015 at 23:31 |
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The one I like the most is the Cutlass Calais 442 W-41
SCCA champ back in the day.
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Jedidiah
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
02/15/2015 at 23:35 |
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I think the achieva might be my favorite. I'm still not really too keen on having the Cutlass name on a n-body considering I was born and raised on 1971-1972 Cutlasses. The Achieva did good in the SCCA too.
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Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage
> Jedidiah
02/15/2015 at 23:35 |
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Exactly. I've always considered them to be surprising cars, especially considering the fact that nobody knows about them. I'd love to see the looks on the ricer's face after a supposed "boring" car beat theirs.
DoYouEvenShift
> Jedidiah
02/15/2015 at 23:38 |
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190 HP in 1991, not bad.
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Jedidiah
> Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage
02/15/2015 at 23:38 |
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I think it looks pretty clean compared to other 90s cars—it is conservative—but I secretely like it too much for me to consider it boring.
It has the right amount of straight lines and compound curves. It's not a box from the 80s and it isn't an enema from the 90s.
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Jedidiah
> DoYouEvenShift
02/15/2015 at 23:40 |
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Naturally aspirated too. Pretty good for 2.3l. I think you could get it past 200 easily with a good exhaust and chip.
Their water pumps killed them all unfortunately.
Garrett Davis
> DoYouEvenShift
02/16/2015 at 00:10 |
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That's impressive as hell. Even today's 2.4 Civic SI only makes 11 more horses than that. I had no idea about that engine.
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> Jedidiah
02/16/2015 at 01:33 |
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The Quad-4, and the 3.4L DOHC V6 were the two engines that Fiero should have gotten at the factory, that it didn't.
Quad-4 may have had issues, but at least it wasn't an Iron Duke, or the barely-larger 2.8 V6.