These specs enabled the Rocket 88 to ... Introduced in 1968 as part of Oldsmobile's second-generation V8 engine line, the 455 ...

Just before the emissions hammer came down in the early 1970s, Oldsmobile was hard at work creating a monster of an engine.

The motor chosen as the foundation of this horsepower enormity was Oldsmobile’s trusty 455 V8 – with several mods to make it apt for the job. The main feature of the engine, codename W-43 ...

The resulting idea was to be called the W-43, an experimental engine design based on the existing Olds 455-CID Rocket big ... As you may have guessed, specs regarding the extremely rare W-43 ...