No camshaft problems with the B28F in the DeLorean. These are the later generation engines that already came with the hardend cams in them. -Robert vin 6585 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, rbrogren@xxxx wrote: > As my kid would say: This is an awesome group! I have never seen anything > like it before! > I have had a number of sports cars over the years, rallyed, raced etc. > Presently I own a -72 Porsche 711T and a -76 MGB, none of which gives much > crature comfort, although they are fun to drive. I have always thought that > the DeLorean was a great car but didn't look at one closely until quite > recently. I was totally sold on it and has convinced the present owner that I > will be a good caretaker of his jewel. A sale is on the horizon. > This brings me to my question: > My last four everyday cars were Volvo's (still have my last). My second had > the "French" engine, the same as in the DMC 12. In the first few years of use > of that engine Volvo had problems with the camshafts, where evidently several > batches had been produced with the wrong heat treatment, resulting in rapid > and severe spalling of the lobes under certain conditions (frequency of > oilchange being the main one). I had several battles with both the dealer and > the Volvo District Rep and the case wasn't resolved until I contacted Volvo > in Sweden about the two sets of camshafts that I had to replace. (About $3000 > each time, although Volvo finally agreed to pay for both jobs.) After that I > woved never to buy a car again with a French made engine in it. > > Has there been any evidence that the same crankshafts found their way into > any of the DeLorean engines? > If so, I may have to reconsider being one of the choosen few! > Roger Brogren