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I am looking for a source on 1967 Olds 442 W-30 details. Mostly with details specs on the cam and the other things that made it a W-30.
I have only seen one in person. So I know it is more than the battery placement, air cleaner, special cam and such. Does anyone have a book
or website that is recommended. I know that I will probably never own one so I would like to study all I can learn about them.
Thanks - Greg
The biggest internal difference between the 1967 (and 66) W30 and lesser Olds motors was the cam and valve springs. 66-67 W30s got the 308/308 degree cam and valve springs to match. You could buy the cam and springs as a kit from the parts counter.
I never heard of the W32 option. Call me stupid, but what is the difference between the special distributor & high performance dist ? transistorized dist & ????? lighter advance weights maybe. The W30 & W32 had the same horsepower, but it says the W32 was more streetable ? You guys keep throwing these curves at me...I have lots to learn...
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I never heard of the W32 option. Call me stupid, but what is the difference between the special distributor & high performance dist ? transistorized dist & ????? lighter advance weights maybe. You guys keep throwing these curves at me...I have lots to learn...
Ha! I see what you did there.
Transistorized UHV ignition was option K-66 available across several GM lines from (IIRC) ~1963-72.
W-32 in 1969 was a 4-4-2 option incorporating the manual transmission (350 HP) engine and an automatic transmission (which normally got the milder-cammed 325 HP engine) ... or in 1970 an option on the Cutlass SX which included a 455/365 with its THM 400.
The difference between special distributor and high performance distributor is apparently beyond my pay grade. Olds never offered dual points that I can recall.
Last edited by BangScreech4-4-2; October 3rd, 2023 at 12:58 PM.
Transistorized UHV ignition was option K-66 available across several GM lines from (IIRC) ~1963-72.
W-32 which in 1969 was a 4-4-2 option incorporating the manual transmission (350 HP) engine with an automatic transmission (which normally got the milder-cammed 325 HP engine), or in 1970 an option on the Cutlass SX which included a 455/365 with its THM 400.
The difference between special distributor and high performance distributor is apparently beyond my pay grade. Olds never offered dual points that I can recall.
Thanks much for this, so the w32 was a 1969 OPTION . That's why I never heard of this.. Boy, I would really like to get my hands on one of them there transistorized dist. Yes, you are correct, olds never offered a dual point dist.. per all the post on this site anyways... I thought my car had dual points because I got it with a 2 window dist cap for adjusting the points. Some jack *** put a older corvette cap on this..
The UHV Capacitive Discharge ignition (K66) was available on Oldsmobile (and Pontiac) models from 1967 to 1969 only. The K66 identifier for electronic ignition was used by GM on other vehicle lines from about 1963 but these were not the Capacitive Discharge type of electronic ignitions.
The UHV Capacitive Discharge ignition (K66) was available on Oldsmobile (and Pontiac) models from 1967 to 1969 only. The K66 identifier for electronic ignition was used by GM on other vehicle lines from about 1963 but these were not the Capacitive Discharge type of electronic ignitions.
The UHV Capacitive Discharge ignition (K66) was available on Oldsmobile (and Pontiac) models from 1967 to 1969 only. The K66 identifier for electronic ignition was used by GM on other vehicle lines from about 1963 but these were not the Capacitive Discharge type of electronic ignitions.
Actually, RPO K66 was only offered in 1967 and 68 model years by Olds. The 1969 SPECS booklet does not show it.
Pontiac offered their Unitized Ignition (the direct precursor to HEI) in the 1972-74 model years.
Actually, RPO K66 was only offered in 1967 and 68 model years by Olds. The 1969 SPECS booklet does not show it.
Pontiac offered their Unitized Ignition (the direct precursor to HEI) in the 1972-74 model years.
I feel very fortunate to have a guy like you answering all my questions. I just read you are in charge of most everything on this site & the go to guy with hard questions. I will try not to bother you to much..
Not everything was on specs. W-30 did not show up till 68.
But once it did show up, it wasn't removed until it was no longer available. Here is the relevant page from the 1969 option pricing and availability sheet for dealers. Still no RPO K66. Note that these sheets DID include the "unlisted" RPO codes like RPO Y62, Y63, etc.
The 1969 W32 was basically the 350 HP manual trans engine with a TH400 and O.A.I.
Yup. My buddy has a '68 Turnpike Cruiser, which he has owned since 1996, he added a 4bbl carb and intake years ago, he recently rebuilt the engine to '69 W32 specs. I haven't been able to get the cam info from him. It's an Erson cam. He talked to a rep, and told them what he wanted, and they ground it for him. he likes the way it pulls now. 3:23 rear was added about 20 years ago.
The UHV Capacitive Discharge ignition (K66) was available on Oldsmobile (and Pontiac) models from 1967 to 1969 only. The K66 identifier for electronic ignition was used by GM on other vehicle lines from about 1963 but these were not the Capacitive Discharge type of electronic ignitions.
Like the other guy mentioned, I have read and recall the K-66 transistor ignition started with the Super Duty Pontiacs in 1962-63, same option code and design on Corvettes and perhaps others. Was a standard Pontiac distributor fitted with the Hall cell assembly and amplifier mounted elsewhere, not the later distributor unit seen above in this thread. If you can find it, the article in Hot Rod in 1963 on Ace Wilson's Royal Pontiac swiss cheese Catalina went over the engine in detail. My 1969 Corvette had K-66 factory which was mandatory with L-71 427-435. Amplifier mounted on core support on drivers' side. Absolutely great trouble free system, and used on Winston cup cars in to the 1980's, perhaps later with first generation SBC layout, with a 1110985 cast iron tach drive mechanical advance only distributor with the dual-window cap mentioned above. I still have that distributor in my collection, once hard to find.
I didn't think the red color Oldsmobile UHV was K-66. So it was K-66 in Oldsmobile? News to me.
I have a K-66 hall cell trigger from a GM transistor set up mounted in a early Olds distributor which came to me in parts from a very hot 324 Olds, also with a very well made home brew single plane sheet metal intake manifold, ala Jim McFarland thinking.
Bigmikey65, I don't see that anyone has posted the positive battery cable routing as you requested so here it is. Another item changed with the 1967 W30 package was the relocation of the horns.
September 27th, 2023, 03:03 PM
