# Would there have been a 496 available for a 61 Olds dynamic 88? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410 "2025-05-23T06:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410/1 "2025-05-23T06:18:35Z")
I inherited my grandfathers car, and my recollection was it was a 496 engine. This seems improbable looking at the internet, He was not a guy who would be swapping engines, is it a possible custom order or is my memory just wrong. It is the car I learned car repair along with my buds, my first car. My grandpa always said if I knew you were going to get it I would have bought a better car. He had spinal cancer and was bedridden after the operation. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410/2 "2025-05-23T13:06:12Z")
I was going to go by my memory, but then used Google. My memory was correct, Olds largest engine in 61 was the 394. Better car? IMHO, nothing wrong with the Olds. Just I prefer the styling of the ‘59. If limited to 1961, I would have to go with a Chrysler New Yorker. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410/3 "2025-05-23T13:23:53Z")
The two engines available were the 394 and a 330. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410/4 "2025-05-23T14:07:32Z")
Don’t think any manufacturer ever made a 496 V8. Custom, sure. Edit - GM made a 8.1 L /496 CID big block from 2001 - 2006 for truck use, so there was one. Biggest-ever Olds engine was a 455. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410/5 "2025-05-23T14:34:11Z")
I recall 502? And a 496? Is this like a 396/402 version? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410/6 "2025-05-23T14:35:00Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > I recall 502? And a 496? Is this like a 396/402 version? Oldsmobile? Here’s all the Olds V8 engines: [Oldsmobile V8 engine - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_V8_engine) Edit - Chevy sold a 502 big block crate motor, but didn’t put it in anything stock from the factory, unlike the 496. [Chevrolet big-block engine - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_big-block_engine) ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410/7 "2025-05-23T14:44:13Z")
Nope. 61 Dynamic would have had a 394. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410/8 "2025-05-23T14:56:37Z")
GM’s Cadillac division made a 500 cid V8 (8.1L) they put in Eldorado’s in the 70’s. Basically an enlarged 472 Caddy V8. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410/9 "2025-05-23T15:04:06Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > two engines available were the 394 and a 330 The 394 was the biggest of the “Gen 1” Olds V8s built from 1949 until 1964 nicknamed the “Kettering” engine. The 330 was the first of the “Gen 2” V8s introduced in 1964 that carried through to 1990 in a wide range of displacements and the diesel 💩 version . ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/would-there-have-been-a-496-available-for-a-61-olds-dynamic-88/200410/10 "2025-05-23T18:22:38Z")
My Sunday school teacher had a 61 olds, bubble back in Honduras maroon. I always loved that car and wanted one when I grew up. Yeah I liked the 59 too. Try as I might, I still ended up with a Pontiac of that vintage. Should have kept it instead of selling it for $125.