Re: [DMCForum] Re: Eagle Premier PRV.

["Avi Sarfaraz" <asarfaraz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a Eagle premire at the goodwill car auction here if you need one 
for cheap here in MN...its also a nice looking premire at that...
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From: "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>
To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 2:28 AM
Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Eagle Premier PRV.


> What about the lubrication issues with these older motors? Is it just
> soft cams?
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> -Robert
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> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> wrote:
>> Why not buy a running Volvo and swap its engine over. Need not be your
>> ultimately final power plant, but will at least keep your DeLo on the
>> road while you explore other options.
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>> Michael Babb has a post 1980 Volvo block in his DeLo. 100% identical
>> engine (he swapped over the DeLo A/C compressor and alternator).
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>> Would be a very simple swap -- every bit as easy as reinstalling your
>> current engine.
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>> Even a 1976-1979 PRV would be easy (just need to learn some different
>> tuning practices).
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>> Bill Robertson
>> #5939
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>> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx>
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>> > I still have my eye on a bigger engine swap. But I am curious if
>> > anyone has any info on swapping out the Eagle Premier motor. The
>> > reason I ask, is because I REALLY want to get my car back onto the
>> > road, and my local junkyard has one in stock for $150. '89 (with
>> > distributior), 32K miles, and all above 160psi on the compression
>> > test.
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>> > I know that I can get it to physicly mount into the car with no
>> > problems. However, all I'm looking for is a "quick 'n dirty" engine
>> > swap. For now, I'd like to retain as much of my stock fuel injection
>> > as possible. But I don't have any good photos/measurements to answer
>> > my questions:
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>> > Will the K-Jet manifold mount to this motor? From the pictures that
>> > I've seen, it just looks to me that the bungs need to be drilled out
>> > to mount the fuel injectors.
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>> > And I know that the mechanical distributor is fixed, so that the
>> > ignition cannot be adjusted. But I still don't see why one couldn't
>> > simply saw out some grooves in the distributor case, to allow it to
>> > rotate slightly, and adjust the ignition timing. Is something like
>> > this possible too?
>> >
>> > -Robert
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