[DML] Re: Houston Experience (Alex Wolf)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wonder how many other DeLo owners are running the same engine?

Your engine, if indeed Renault, is actually a "Z7V" -- comparable to a
Volvo B27E. Displacement is indeed .2 liters smaller than stock DeLo,
but compression is 9.5:1, giving you 145 rated HP. Somebody in Ohio
was marketing these imports in the 1980's to DeLo owners with melted
factory blocks. It's a fine engine used throughout Europe no problem.
I'm running it with great success.

If you are Z7V, be aware there are significant differences from stock
DeLo as far as tuning is concerned. eMail me direct at
brobertson(at)carolina.net and I'll walk you through them.

Please note: your engine isn't "wrong", just different. Both it and
stock DeLo were manufactured in the same factory in Douvrin France.
Renault's design philosophy is a little closer to PRV basics, but you
may discover your new engine is actually more contemporary than the
one it replaced (build date cast into mine is 1983).

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Alex Wolf" <alex@xxxx> wrote:
> I just want to share my experience with the guys at DMCH. I drove 4
> hours to get as fuel pump changed, which I THOUGHT was going to cost
> $350. When I got there, the first mechanic that looked at the car on the
> trailer said he didn't even want to work on it. As it turns out, the
> "new" engine that had been put in the car was the wrong engine. It was a
> Renault B-26, which is .2 liters smaller than the stock Delorean engine.
> About then I was terribly pissed off, being that I had laid out all this
> money the week before for a car that was supposed to be a "super" good
> deal. After a lot of deliberation, Steven, the owner, came out and
> calmed me down quite a bit. Several of the guys there pushed the car in
> to the garage, which was a chore in itself also because the "new"
> calipers were the wrong ones, and they locked up. The brake pads were
> locked against the rotors. Now, I am in a GREAT mood. Steven showed me
> around the warehouse, gave me a tour of the place and I was instantly
> overwhelmed by the magnitude of it. Amazing. So, they go to work on the
> fuel pump. When they pulled it out, they discovered, that the tank had a
> TON of soot in it, the rubber boot was dissolved, and so on so forth.
> Also, the lines to and from the accumulator were damaged. So, a $350 job
> went to an $800 job in a heartbeat. Well, while they were fixing it,
> someone discovered a fix to the calipers. Some part, and I don't recall
> which one, was left off. Easy $100 fix. What impressed me was that they
> didn't try to tell me they couldn't be fixed, they told me the truth,
> which is not something that you get from mechanics often (I work at a
> chain of dealerships, I know what goes on!) My fist experience with
> these guys was impressive. James and Steven took time to calm me and my
> wife down, and went over a LOT of things I could do myself, but could
> have easily told me they needed to do. Being the newbie I am, I wouldn't
> have known any better. I don't come from a technical background, so when
> they lifted the car up and showed me what was going on, I was completely
> clueless. They didn't treat me like I was a moron; they just explained
> it to me. Both my wife and I left happy, (a new fuel system, fixed
> calipers, new door struts, brake switch, and some pads later) and will
> be returning to get service done there. Hands down, what a good
> experience! Thanks guys!
> 
> Alex Wolf
> #4608




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