03-15-2023, 02:57 AM
Ombligo wrote:
My wifes first car, aka The Blue Tank, was a 78 Olds Delta 88. It was a wedding present. I taught her to parallel park in that monster, then she used my compact to take her driving test other than guzzling gas, it served her will.
I knew a guy in college who inherited one. He rebuilt the engine with 11:1 pistons and retarded the timing severely so that ran on 87 octane. Not quite sure why. He and I “invented” variable cam timing (while bench racing) years before it ever showed up in production cars.
My experience with them was my parents’ ‘80 Delta 88 and my grandparents’ ‘77 98, which I inherited. Two very different cars, despite looking very similar overall.