Read about the Oldsmobile 307 Engine and see pictures as it gets built under an impossibly small budget with an Edelbrock Performer ... OEM forged 330 Olds . Rods: Eagle 6.25-inch featherweight.

Modern Olds V8 engines displacing 260, 307, 330, 350, and 403 inches are considered to be small-blocks. Bigblocks displace 400, 425, or 455 cubic inches.

The Oldsmobile 442 came in several confusingly named packages that sometimes ended up being made into their own separate models. Let's take a look at the W-30.

The 1962 model year upgraded the engine from 330 to 345 horsepower for a welcome power boost. As a side note, Oldsmobile launched a 425 (7.0-liter) with 375 horsepower for the 1965 model year.

It's no surprise the Oldsmobile Rocket 88 V8 engine inspired rock n' roll, since it was a potent engine known for racing NASCAR and running moonshine.

It included various engine options based on the 330-, 400-, and 455-cubic-inch (5.4-, 6.6-, and 7.5-liter) V8 mills. But Olds didn't settle and rolled out an even more exciting performance package ...