1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham 307 V8 0-80 mph acceleration test

Car has original milage. 307 V8 and 4 speed transmission. Excellent condition. 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham 2 door sedan. Original exhaust and catalytic converter from Ohio. Filmed in Norway.

[@Mark-eu4ds]

I absolutely love the dashboards on these Oldsmobiles. Love thebway they look.

[@AlexanderCrump]

The Olds was a bazillion times better than the low-rent Caprice with its Chevette hardware and cheesy knobs and speedometer graphics. The Buick was also very nice with silver, round instruments though I don't think Buick offered the optional gage package like the Olds. I've never seen a Buick with the extra voltmeter, oil pressure, and temp gages.

[@pupwizard3888]

I tried explaining to my daughter how incredibly smooth these cars were. Today, you can not find anything equivalent at any price in the new car market.

[@richardtomaszewski3569]

It's no joke, they rode like nothing I've ever experienced before or since. We had an '84 Delta 88 and it road like a cloud. Thats the only way I could describe it.

[@dustinmartin8954]

And never will again unfortunately.

[@davidbillyard6629]

Try a Lexus.

[@michaelwhite2823]

Thanks. As a teen I drove old cars with big blocks. I was told the 305 and 307 anemic but this shows it was pretty good! I love this era. Glad the torque still high.

[@anthonybha4510]

High torque. Haha. You need to keep to your gasoline junk if you think this is high torque

[@spankthemonkey3437]

​@@anthonybha4510its obvious your a kid, im sure he knows there are new current gas engines that will blow electric cars off the track🤷🤦🏼😆🤣 you need to learn to differentiate between era or generation🤷🤦🏼😆🤣

[@Mabeylater293]

@@spankthemonkey3437blow as in blow their engines and drive shafts apart 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I’m just having fun. There’s a car for everybody to enjoy 👍👍👍. But I will say that on the Tesla plaid channel his Tesla model s did over 1000 dragstrip runs with zero reliability issues. That’s pretty impressive.

[@spankthemonkey3437]

@@Mabeylater293 stock LS Chevy 5.3 truck engines can make 12 to 1300hp and in the right car can run 8s on the quarter. If electric was so great with would have dominated top fuel by now🤷 dont see many electric cars running 8s or 7s and still drive on road like gas car. Electric is good for short trips and minor pulling. Might be nice to use an electric engine to pull the truck and load up to gas engines best power band and shut off electric motor🤷

[@wrotenwasp]

Cool,smooth. I had a 80 Delta 88 with the non roller 307 and the only year with the vintage HEI with the vacuum/mechanical advance. Replaced the exahuast minus the converter and that thing, at a roll, didnt feel too much slower than a 350. Loved that car. Had it from 90-93, Rode like riding on a cloud.

[@gfalcon]

Around the early 2000's I also had a 1980 Delta 88. It was debut year for the 307 and the only year that it wasn't saddled with the Computer controlled emission system (Check Engine light). That car could be trusted to get you anywhere without problems and I loved that car. In the end, the car got stolen and I never saw it again.

[@muscle8526]

I got a regal and all you gotta do is bump that key and it'll fire straight up. Love them GMs. I heard that air in them brakes as soon as you push them in too

[@CA-lk6fd]

My granddad was a car salesman at a local Oldsmobile and Cadillac dealer. He drove many of these same Oldsmobiles as a demo. Those things would just float down the road, and the seats were like the nice recliner in your living room. Every time my parents and I took a road trip to visit family out of town, we’d always go in his demo car. He got new ones very often.

[@BillLaBrie]

That’s a nice sedan. I recall they had a surprising amount of wind noise from the doors. Generally excellent for their time.

[@AlexanderCrump]

I drove many of these early to mid-'80s B-bodies when they were new. The Ford Panthers (Crown Vic and Grand Marquis) rode softer and more pillowy but I think the GM engines from this era were better. I don't recall wind noise being an issue with any of the GMs. The Fords seemed to soak up bumps better but the handling was probably better with the GMs.

[@itsdefinitelytrue7600]

I used to have one of those cars when I was a kid and I absolutely loved it🎉

[@twoeightythreez]

0-80? Yes, it can do it. Ive had several 307- powered cars, last one was a 98 Regency. They are great so long as one understands that the acceleration can be timed with a sundial. Very quiet, very smooth, And quite decent fuel economy for a 1980s carbureted v-8 car weighing nearly 4000lbs

[@Name-lu8ur]

I did not appreciate these cars as much as I should back in the day. Remember how comfortable the seats were remember how smooth the ride was.

[@jameskennedy673]

I used to have a 1985 Oldsmobile 88 two door, not the luxury one, it was my daily driver, I liked the gas mileage 70 mile round trip to & from work, average 20 mpg on the highway. My wife had the same year, luxury one Four door Charcoal Gray Metallic, beautiful car, had it a month, she was T-Boned on the driver’s side totaled the car, but thank God not her, she walked away without a scratch. Love your channel

[@Dinkymaster7]

These cars were really great! Glad to hear that your wife was ok, it's important to have safe cars! Thanks for watching!

[@dougshugarts3105]

My dad had this exact car when I was in high school. its posi-traction rear end was surprisingly good in the snow. I miss the power bench seat! :)

[@craigpennington1251]

Mine was an 83 model. Great car until the tranny quit. That 4 speed auto was the only bad thing about it. Getting ready to swap it out to a turbo 400 3 speed when cancer struck.

[@javianjohnson8746]

WOW WHAT A SPEED DEMON! 😳

[@Dinkymaster7]

Lol!

[@glx68]

I counted 0 to 60 in twelve seconds. Not too bad for a car of such weight!🎉

[@Dinkymaster7]

That's about same as what I count, so then I guess we'll go with 12.something seconds! Thanks for watching!

[@CB-tx3ul]

It weighs the same as most modern RWD sedans today, about 3500lbs. Old cars are not nearly as heavy as you think they are.

[@rhuttrho88]

​@@Dinkymaster7Use the app. There's plenty. Get exact time.

[@kingduckford]

@@CB-tx3ul That was the big difference between the 70's and 80's in US cars. My 79 Lincoln Mark V is ~4600 pounds dry shipping weight, and my four door 86 Mercury Grand Marquis is ~3,750 pounds, my 86 Town Car is ~4,000 pounds. They really took a lot of weight off during the Big Downsize. Full size cars like the Panther Platforms are a lot lighter than anyone thinks. But, the OLD cars WERE as heavy as people think.

[@rebeltvr6046]

I counted using a professional tool and I got 11.52 seconds

[@Tblazer42]

I had an 82 I think Cutlass Supreme that had the 307 in it with 4 barrel carb with secondaries. Loved that motor. When that carb opened up, that cutlass would fly!

[@glennleslie6127]

They were lovely cars, certainly not very fast. My mother had a 1983 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham Coupe. Her poodle matched the color of its seats. Good memories! My mother is dead as is the poodle. Cherish your memories, time goes by very quickly.

[@jeremyk3320]

I'd really be curious to see what this car could do and a lot of old classics from the 60s if they had a modern 8 to 10 speed auto

[@Thinkythinkerton]

My first car. It was like having a couch connected to a mustang. A very heavy couch, but, I can still feel the torque.

[@kyleroen4341]

Yah I still got mine rolling in my 5.0 with my soft top down so my hair can blow 🤣 naw.. but it does have a 5.0 Olds rocket v8.

[@eliascrookshank]

When they made real cars.

[@Dinkymaster7]

Not the plastic crap they make today🫣

[@spankthemonkey3437]

​@@Dinkymaster7this car will run 130ish mph😁 I had a 1983 year with old 307 and it would bury the needle I think mine might have had a 100 on dash I can't remember 🤔 but anyway if you look up first police chase on camera and you will see that the Chevy Caprice cop car couldn't catch it the crown Victoria was barely able to get on interstate shortly in front of him and they slowed him down did rolling road block but anyway with the overdrive this car has a little extra power would be awesome

[@Dinkymaster7]

@@spankthemonkey3437 thats nice! I kinda doubt it will be that fast, given it's total weight and the fact that the 307 only has about 140 hp... but I havn'tt tested top speed yet so I don't know!

[@acbusinesscontinuity327]

@@Dinkymaster7 My '79 Cadillac is retrofitted with a 307ci (originally a 350 diesel which was presumably junked) and accelerates pretty much the same as your Olds 88 - got a genuine 102 mph out of it once, but it took a long time to get there!

[@ttripz66]

Okay boomer this thing is slow as shit and doesn't have any air bags.

[@joelakers410]

my favorite

[@michelsaarloos4392]

Mine too

[@Mabeylater293]

These cars were pretty reliable too

[@tedlawrence4189]

I had a '79 Delta 88. Base engine was the 307,a 350 4bbl was optional. Mine had the optional 403 4bbl. Pretty peppy for a full sized 79. It was also available with the 350 Diesel engine. It was very slow!

[@Dinkymaster7]

Yeah, in Norway a lot of these were sold new as Custom Cruisers with diesel engine. Similar for Chevy Caprice wagon with diesel. Today, naturally most of those are gone, but if you find one, you can bet there is a gasoline engine under hood now.... This example in the video was sold new in Ohio however.

[@stevemino142]

The 307 5.0 litre Oldsmobile was not available until 1980 in 1979 the base engine in the delta 88 would have been the 3.8 litre 231 buick V6 or the 260 4.3 litre Oldsmobile V8

[@Mark-eu4ds]

The first year for the 307 was 1980. The 1979 Delta 88 could have any of these.... Pontiac 301, Chevrolet 305, Chevrolet 350, Oldsmobile 350, or the big Oldsmobile 403.

[@Mark-eu4ds]

Who could forget the Oldsmobile 260 V8 or the Buick 231 V6. I drove a '79 with the Pontiac 301 in it. That thing was scary slow. It did have a THM 350 Trans in it. I think it originally had a THM 200 Trans that someone swapped out in the 80s.

[@scavengerspc]

Man, those days you could fall asleep just waiting to get to 60.

[@Dinkymaster7]

Haha lol

[@renj6531]

@@Dinkymaster7 performance seems to be about the same as my 84 Grand marquis if you want slow, you should try to 5.7 diesel engines in those b bodies I heard they lose power when you’re climbing up a steep hill, even with the accelerator floor

[@Mark-eu4ds]

The Oldsmobile 307 was a nice engine. Cadillac would replace their 4.1 liter engine with it in 1986 and use it up into 1990. I love the 307. To me, it has all the power I need. Your '85 moves!

[@dustinmartin8954]

That 4.1 Caddy engine was pure junk, 307 Olds would run circles around it.

[@GMCTIM]

I mowed a DR yard for him a while back, he bought a new car. I noticed his 85 olds broughm sit about a month in his driveway I ask him about it long story short I bought the car for 100.00 ! It was still a nice car ! Like floating on a cloud ! 😂👍

[@rollinontwojohnny3586]

Jimmy-Tim… You waited a MONTH to ask about it! You’re lucky you got it! I would have been all over it like a cap on a hub! Shooot…

[@toddforhetz]

I had one same year just like this ! best car I ever had. Got it from my Grandparents with LOW milage ! It would 'HAUL some AZZZZZZZ !!!!! Oh YEAH BABY !!!

[@Marc816]

0 - 80 with a 455: seconds. 0 - 80 with a 307: minutes.

[@Dinkymaster7]

Haha!

[@AlexanderCrump]

True, but the 455 couldn't ever pass a gas station. The 307 yielded surprisingly good gas mileage.

[@buzzwaldron6195]

307" to 80 MPH only 24 seconds...

[@intermissionbuffalo]

To be fair that car has like factory 2.29 gears

[@capricetony]

307 was a workhorse engine 👍

[@ShakespeareCafe]

My dad had the Diesel 98. He gave it to me and after a years driving it broke down on the side of I-94 coming home from Chicago. I gave it to the guy at the next gas station. College years, no $ for repairs

[@kyleroen4341]

My 81 is the best 1st year with the 700r4 4 speed ,ya hit the pedal and it always grunted up to speed even towing the 20 ft trihull boat ! Always called it my first truck lol

[@ponchoman49]

Not bad at all considering this engine only makes 140 horses and the curb weight is well over 3600 LBS. I have driven 455 powered 1976 98's that were no quicker. I knew a guy that owned a 1982 2 door Delta with the 307 and 200 4-R and it was equipped to low 5000 LBS with an optional 3.23 rear axle. A little tweaking to the base timing and secondary's and that sucker felt nearly as quick as a 350 but those are rare indeed

[@Boxerdad27]

These cars had everything going for them except build quality. They were beautiful, smooth, quiet and comfortable. But even in car reviews back then, trim would fall off, paint would be lumpy and grainy, accessories would malfunction and panel gaps were egregiously uneven. The welding would just crumble on my mom’s’81 Delta 88. Not to mention it wouldn’t hold an alignment.

[@Dinkymaster7]

Actually have to agree 100% with that! Thanks for watching!

[@guslakis]

I owned this model for 13 years, I regret selling it, lovely car.

[@Ron-zi3cg]

My mother had a car like that, drove like a dreamboat.

[@VON-92]

My aunt had one with the car phone in the middle 😂 good ole days

[@jeromedavis8575]

I love the sound of that engine.

[@DavidCotten-mv9di]

I had an Oldsmobile Olmos exactly like this one about 20 years ago. I had it out at night time on the interstate. Drove and road like it floated on air. Had the gas all the way open, don't know how fast I was going. Speedometer only went to 85 mph. I had buried the needle, fast as the car was capable of.

[@dgeo0392]

My parents already had Chrysler's. My friends would joke about putting their cars in the truck. One of my favorites was my 83 Cutlass Supreme Brougham. I always felt like it danced over the bumps. The downside of winter in Ohio, I could let off the brake and do a donut with the idle of the car. Lol.

[@marquiswilliams485]

I prefer the Oldsmobile Delta 88 LS models from 1985, they were really luxurious!

[@shawnmcculley2995]

I had the same car. Mine also had blue interior. 4dr. with rare gauge package. I advanced the timing a couple degrees and used premium fuel. Made a nice difference in acceleration. The weirdest thing happened. Just a week after I sold it, I was driving down the interstate just 20 mi.south of where I lived, my old Delta 88 flew past me at about 90 m.p.h. I recognized it right away and the lady I sold it to!! What are the chances of that happening??

[@AlexanderCrump]

Really not bad for the era. The Olds 307 was relatively quiet under full throttle acceleration. She was a lot quieter than the Ford 302 which was raucous by comparison. I drove many of these '80s V8s when they were new.

[@Dinkymaster7]

Pretty quiet at wot, my 78 Chrysler makes a lot more engine sound at wide open... I also have a video of that car. Thanks for watching!

[@AlexanderCrump]

@@Dinkymaster7 Anything with a 4-barrel carburetor is gonna make more music. The Olds and Chevy 5.0s sounded better under WOT than the Ford 302. I miss that intake moan of large displacement carbed V8s.

[@reneeransom2525]

Those and the Lasaber got to shine that year, because GM shurnk the 98, and the Electra to 6 cylinder and small in size

[@PatrickJ12334]

I had this. I miss it.

[@Sebastian16753]

Hi thanks for sharing this with us, im curious did you have it shipped to Norway or did you buy it from someone in Norway?

[@Dinkymaster7]

It was shipped to Norway in 2015 from Ohio, I do not know how it went down. We just bought it now in January of 2023. Doesn't appear to have been used a lot since it left the States. It had one owner who passed away until it came to Norway according to the paper works. Still has the original bill and window sticker in glove box.

[@Sebastian16753]

@@Dinkymaster7 cool and thanks for the quick reply!

[@fr3dr02]

Those cars drove like magic carpets, 😮😢

[@ericandrews1661]

Beautiful. I had the same car, except it was an 84. The interior looks identical to what I think i remember. This is like a time capsule to me. Is that a coupe? Mine was. It was in good shape when i got it around 1990 and it drove like a dream. It wasn't the fastest but had a very luxurious ride.

[@pachma405]

smooth

[@seana806]

May be choked down with emissions, but will still manage to get up to speed. Since you are in Norway, was this imported or was it sold new there? Thought the speedometer would be in KPH and the odometer in kilometers for the European market.

[@l337pwnage]

Had a '78 non-Brougham with an Olds tree fiddy. For a 4 speed that first gear sure hangs on. my '78 hit 2nd @45 and 3rd @85 IIRC with only 3 gears. After I put a shift kit in it would lay a mean patch on the 1-2 and I almost got a chirp out of it once on the 2-3, lol. Not a fast car, but it was still something when that shift kit could make a 4,000# car (5,040 GVWR) jump like that. ;)

[@splender88]

Around that era, you were lucky to get a GM with the 307. At that point, many cars only had the 3.8 V6 which wasn't a bad motor but was underpowered and a little unrefined meaning it didn't run all that smooth had an 82 Regal with one in it.

[@Cody-pb5os]

I have 1985 delta 88. highway runs great but when in town has a hard time staying running. does not appear to have a vacuum leak. new plugs wires, cap rotor. do you have any insight to something that would cause this? i have not checked timing yet

[@Dinkymaster7]

Maybe stupid answer, but if idle is low, maybe judt turn up idle screw? Or does it just die?

[@Ritchie472]

It was always my goal to make that gauge dissappear in mine😂

[@djdonbentley2141]

Damn , olds made good cars .

[@JohnSurf5]

Very nice!

[@Dinkymaster7]

Thank you for watching. I also have more videos of this car, as well as a 0-80 mph test of a 70s mopar

[@leftoverporkchop9972]

Probably faster than my 1980 Trans Am.

[@trevagraham1605]

Not bad at all. I see it has a 4 speed in it. Is it a 200 or 700R4 or something else?

[@Dinkymaster7]

I think it's the weaker 200. I'm not sure actually, but it is overdrive (though I didn't use it during this video so that I could keep the revs up).

[@TirillSkogli]

About 13 seconds?

[@Dinkymaster7]

Yes!

[@kuseetha.]

That isn't slow, what's the rear axle ratio on this? Curious to know. Sounds good!

[@nottirillbjerke3876]

I think its 2.76 in this year?

[@Dinkymaster7]

Yes, as mentioned, 2.76 rear end ratio. Great for highway

[@sierraone9181]

0-60 $400 gas lol. Geez I miss the old cars❤

[@mkrp4]

Mine was 1981 4 door ocean blue metallic

[@user-nb7mz3fb5p]

Way to go ...dropping it down to D3...NOT OD.

[@MikeShelby67]

Just like sitting in a lounge chair

[@Dinkymaster7]

A lounge from the 1980s!

[@donk499]

jumped off the line pretty well, but kind of gave up after 60mph

[@SH00T_TH3PUMP]

Ehh, for 1985, that's pretty normal acceleration from a luxury car. 😊

[@kensmith2796]

Does anyone think any of the EVs will still be on the road 39 years from now?

[@dustinmartin8954]

Nope, recycled into plastic bags

[@brandonmcclellan30]

Is this the same Oldsmobile Delta 88 that has the key buzzer that sounds like a slot machine? Just curious.

[@compu85]

Seems to be faster than the Chevy 305 Pontiac I drove years ago.

[@dustinmartin8954]

More torque in Olds engines.

[@mor8286]

307 ci v8 was from chevy;307 ci v8 was from oldsmobile

[@AphexTwinII]

135hp V8

[@davidpowell3347]

1949

[@christinasavannah7992]

How many miles can this car last?????

[@Dinkymaster7]

With maintinence it could last for many miles!

[@srmurc6zo6]

Nice looking and riding cars but you could make a sandwich, then eat it in less time then it takes that thing to go from 0 to 80 mph.

[@questy2017]

lol

[@BikerJim74]

Why did you honk the horn?

[@l337pwnage]

I thought it was a bit silly myself but the kids do it when "racing". TBH, not a bad marker to start off the run, tho.

[@jorgehuerta9593]

Let me tell you all something!!!!! Anything Oldsmobile V8 powered ANYTHING was FAST!!!! PERIOD!!!!!

[@WhitePOWERranger1]

I has an 84 cutlas

[@BimBims]

AT, not a stupid cvt 😊

[@danielferstendig]

2 door sedan is call a coupe

[@anthonybha4510]

OPEC plus is thrilled. Any economy EV can crush this turd off the line.

[@Lucille69caddy]

Keep riding your bicycle, twirp😆😊

[@dustinmartin8954]

Let's see where that EV is in 40 years, guranteed it won't still be on the road like this Olds is!

[@christophercolumbus5816]

If it was meant to go fast it wouldn´t be shaped like a brick :-)

[@Dinkymaster7]

True story bro

[@ljbrizo]

American cars nowadays are candy coated Chinese part trash cars

[@dustinmartin8954]

Yes they are, and we got crooked politicians and greedy corporations to thank for that.

[@UQRXD]

Weak

[@Dinkymaster7]

It's got like 135 hp, of course it's weak af😂

[@UQRXD]

Poor little weak thing.@@Dinkymaster7

[@Lucille69caddy]

You🫵🏼