Ya, I don't have anything bad to say about Joe Mondello either. I was a Chevrolet guy. I ran across an 1983 Green Prix with a bad V6, oil pump problem common back then. I thought I'd put together a car for my 17 y/o Son. I went to a small nearby bone yard. I wanted a 350 Chevy but he didn't have any. He had 2 Olds, one was a 330 the other was a 455. I said, oh yeah, 455. We dug it out of a school bus. It was a J headed tornado engine, yes tornado not Toronado. In 1985 we had the biggest tornado ever to hit this part of Ohio this engine was in a station wagon that the tornado picked up and slammed it through a Plaza wall. The owner had a tow truck and towed lots of cars out of there. He told me no even bothered him and he kept all the cars and parted/scrapped them, keeping the engines. Re-ringed, bearings, hy-vol oil pump, hand lapped the valves and stuck it in the GP, 2:41 one wheelie peelie. It would smother the tire, actually ran good. Everything was good till I puta 4:10 posi, it really "woke" it up. 2 days my Son says, the engine is "squeaking." Hmmm, hy-vol pump, stock pan, #5 rod bearing. (He later said he was racing and in high gear.) I'd found a little add for "Joe Mondello's Oldsmobile", I called the number. Joe answered. I says, "do Olds have an oiling problem?" Joe yells, " F*#×KING A, THEY GOT A PROBLEM!!!" BUY MY BOOK! I bought the book and started down Oldsmobile tunnel. My Son never like to get dirty so he never got into cars but I'm still plugging away. Joe's stuff worked, restictors, notched rods, yada yada, never spun another bearing. Now days I just put a big oil pan and keep the RPM's down.
