I do want to say also that in Europe the PRV-V6, was rated at 156bhp@5,700rpm and the torque at 173lb/ft@3,000rpm. This situation as we all know is worse in America, because of the "Dark Days" (emission ratings) -Phil philf@xxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc A Levy <malevy@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 1:15 PM Subject: [DML] Re: Volvo engine -- yea or nea? > 1986 Peugeot what?? > > http://www.vectorbd.com/users/jpl/v6.html lists a 200HP Peugeot 605 > starting in 1991, with 24 valves (I assume dual cam heads). But, the > 605 was never imported in to the USA. > > I remember some back issues that stated the Volvo PRV-6 will NOT fit in > to the DMC due to a problem with the oil pan. I could never figure out > why you cant just swap the oil pan, but I guess someone out there has > tried it. I wonder if the same is true with the Peugeot? Or maybe the > internals and heads can just be swapped. > > With all of the turbo configurations listed at the above web site making > 250+ HP (One is listed as 450HP!), it still bugs me that there is not a > better/more reliable turbo set up for the DeLorean. > > Robert Brandys wrote: > > > > The HP numbers are good. Actually the highest naturally asperated > > version of this engine could be found in the 1986 Puegot. This engine > > was rated at 186 HP. The intake induction system was upgraded and so > > was the cam shaft. > <SNIP> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- 20 megs of disk space in your group's Document Vault > -- http://www.egroups.com/docvault/dmcnews/?m=1 > >