1/24 Monogram Olds Delta 88 engine details

[aurfalien]

Hi,

I bought this engine and curious of it looks odd to you?

Seems like I'm missing the block?  See the finned oil pan and how it lines up to the bell housing.  Seems weird.

I'm unfamiliar with this engine.

[Ace-Garageguy]

You're not "missing the block". It's a "short skirt" block that doesn't extend down below the crankshaft centerline, as some do.

The heads aren't on the thing yet, obviously, and you just have a shallow dry-sump-style racing oil pan, rather than a traditional production oil pan with a deeper sump in the rear.

Edited October 25, 2017 by Ace-Garageguy

[aurfalien]

You're not "missing the block". It's a "short skirt" block that doesn't extend down below the crankshaft centerline, as some do.

The heads aren't on the thing yet, obviously, and you just have a shallow dry-sump-style racing oil pan, rather than a traditional production oil pan with a deeper sump in the rear.

Hi,

Ah, yes I'm not used to the dry sump V8, good info, thank you as usual.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Just one of those opportunities to learn a lot about real cars and engines, if you're so inclined. 

This diagram is fairly representative of a generic dry-sump system.

The only things not obvious are that the pump is driven from the front of the engine by a small Gilmer belt, and the blue line goes to the main oil galleries in the block (in this case, through the stock oil-filter location) to supply the bearings with cooled, filtered and de-aerated oil.

[Ace-Garageguy]

This shows a typical pump mounting, with the Gilmer drive and 3 scavenge lines in plain view.

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[aurfalien]

Hi,

Nice info, thank you!

Let me correct myself and say I am not used to any dry sump applications of any kind, only tooled around a few H2O VW.

I know they run dry sump in racing applications but I'm sure some consumer vehicles have em too.

Seems like more to go wrong but as a modeler, more cool stuff to detail.  I can see how its vital in racing were hard cornering could cause a dry scenario.  Plus that hard driving needs more in depth oil filtration and the ability for a larger reservoir so more oil then what would fit in a crank case/oil pan.

 

[Jim N]

The engine is from a Monogram NASCAR kit.  That is a common engine for all of the GM kits of that time period.  The Delta 88's were first released as a Hardee's livery car and then it was released with K-Mart livery.  Later it was in a Kodak combo kit where there were two models.  One was the Delta 88 and the other was a Cutlass from the late 80's to early 90's vintage.

[aurfalien]

The engine is from a Monogram NASCAR kit.  That is a common engine for all of the GM kits of that time period.  The Delta 88's were first released as a Hardee's livery car and then it was released with K-Mart livery.  Later it was in a Kodak combo kit where there were two models.  One was the Delta 88 and the other was a Cutlass from the late 80's to early 90's vintage.

Hi and thank you sir.

The reasons I bought it were;

- Cheap; ~$2

- Good looking engine

- V8

[fiatboy]

Thanks you guys for all these essential diagrams!!