Or the fact that it was the first real king of NASCAR racing. Oldsmobile created the 88 by dropping the V8 engine of the range-topping 98 into the slightly smaller 76. This combination turned the ...
The era of the high-compression, high-performance V-8 was ending and ... and were purchased by Inline Tube co-founder and Olds performance junkie James Kryta. The engine was not complete.