2009 OLDSMOBILE NATIONALS WITH DR RON BEREJIK MONDELLO HEROES OF OLDS RACING IN ONE ROOM

2009 OLDSMOBILE NATIONALS HELD JULY 15-18 AT SEVEN SPRINGS PA. MANY CARS WERE OUTSIDE BUT THREE OR FOUR WERE INSIDE: DR RONS 70 W-30 OLDS 442 FORMERLY RACED AS THE LUBIK OLDS SHOWN IN THE OLD PHOTOS, THE 68 PIKES PEAK TORONADO, AND THE INLINE TUBING 70 W-31 WITH THE ALUMINUM OLDS EXPERIMENTAL ENGINE. ALSO SEEN HERE THE EXPERIMENTAL WEBER CARBED ALUMINUM 455 LISTED BELOW. JOE MONDELLO CAPTIVATED A GROUP OF MEN, HE SPOKE OF HOW HE BUILT THIS ENGINE WITH DALE SMITH. HE WARNED THAT THE SLEEVES WOULD COME OUT OF THIS ENGINE AND HOW HE TOLD DALE SMITH YET CORPORATE WOULD NOT LET THEM FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH FURTHER EXPLAINS WHY THESE ENGINES NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY. MONDELLO CLAIMS THE MOTOR WAS SHIPPED OUT TO COLORADO TO USE IN THE PIKES PEAK TORONADO BEHIIND THEM YET MONDELLO ADVISED THE ENGINE WASNT RUN LONG. IT WAS FOR SALE FOR AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT AND I WITNESSED A MAN WILLING TO WRITE A CHECK. MONDELLO ADVISED IF HE HAD THE ENGINE HE WOULD STRIP THE PAINT OFF AND USE IT AS AN EXHIBITION PIECE.

1. The 0W-43 all aluminum 455 with 4 valve per cylinders, four overhead cam Weber engine. With a redline of just under 8,500rpm it was originally conceived for CAN AM racing. At 3,000rpm it put out 300hp and at 6,000rpm registered over 600hp. The top output recorded for this engine in the Lansing dyno facility was 700 real hp at 6,800rpm. Tests were run with both carbueration and fuel injection. The block was cast from Reynolds 356 alloy and fitted with pressed-in dry steel cylinder liners for the Forged-True 12.20to 1 pistons. Billet steel connecting rods by Carillo was used along with a forged steel crank. The engine weighed in at 50 pounds lighter than the production 455 motor! It was developed at the same time as the ZL-1 Chevy 427 motor.

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[86cutlassSX1]

shit i missed this,but i did go to see miss hurst shifter linda vaugh at the drag strip this year

[vistacruiser67]

She was at the Lansing homecoming in 2008. We got it on one of our uploaded videos.

[yahoo442]

Was this open to the general public or just OCA members? If so, what day was it and when?

[vistacruiser67]

Open to the public at Seven Springs PA July 15-18, 2009. Next year its in Mass and the next year in Reno Nevada I think.

[OldsMannn]

Joe Mondello talks tooo much!!!! He talked for an hour!!!

[vistacruiser67]

He said they told him he had to limit himself to an hour and he said how could you limit 107 years of Olds in an hour. So he wanted to go longer.

[Manning713]

george berejik great guy met him several times at oldsmobile car shows latest the last two years in Natick ma. I got 2nd place two years in a row with my 83' hurstolds. woooohoooo. RIP JOE

[yahoo442]

WHAT? I was there Saturday and even went into the building and didn't see anything but Joes' old Speedwagon. Boy was it cold that day.

[yahoo442]

Instead it was a victim of filicide.

[DJM442]

at least Olds didn't go out like a bankruptcy bitch

[OldsMannn]

ya at the dinner