The 350 Rocket from the olds is Far superior. I just put one in my Grand Prix switched from the 350 Chevy and with a 4 barrel holly carb you will notice a BIG difference.
my money says the 350 olds rocket seeins how there was never a 357 chevy.
The Rocket 350 oldsmobile engines will bolt in as well as the Rocket 455 olds.
A 350 Oldsmobile engine has a different bolt pattern than the Chevrolet engine. The 350 Olds and 350 Pontiac engines have the same bolt pattern. The 350 Chevrolet and the 350 Buick engines have the same bolt pattern. Unless you have a dual bolt pattern transmission (there are some out there) in that Chevy, the Olds engine won't bolt into the Chevy transmission.
Easy...you take out the old diesel engine, drop a gasser in. Not rocket science
Is it an Olds engine? Olds never made a 305. Olds did produce a 307. However, once the Olds V8 went out of production, Chevy 305's were used instead of the Olds 307. If it's the Chevy engine, it will bolt right in with no modifications. If it's the Olds engine, you CAN put it in a Camaro, but you'll need an adapter plate for the bellhousing. Chances are the exhaust manifolds won't line up with the existing exhaust either, not to mention a bunch of other little tweaks that you will need to do to get the Olds engine in the Camaro, but yes, it's absolutely doable.
not if it is an Oldsmobile engine, Buick, Pontiac, and olds had the same bolt pattern in the 70's, different from Chevy
Not from the factory.
Absolutely NOT!! While they do have the same displacement, they are COMPLETELY different engines.
A 1987 Chevy Caprice Classic with the original engine does have a carb and the engine is a 305, because I have one. This can have a 307. I have an 87 Caprice Estate Wagon, with a 5.0 liter 307 olds. Which, is actually for sale.
the block,heads and valve covers were a dark forest like green
They are both good engines, I wouldn't say one is better than the other.
You can tell an Oldsmobile V8 when you see one. You can also look at the casting numbers and engine suffix code, both of which will tell you that it's a 350 Olds rather than say, a 307 or 403 Olds.