Re: [DML] PRV6 was PRV8!

[Louie Golden <louie@xxxx>]

Interesting story... I've always wished there were a way to make a v8 work in our cars. Regarding the French being difficult, in a documentary I have JZD is talking about the issues of difficulty with the PRV. I believe it was Dick Brown who brought up the issue in a meeting that Volvo was charging them fees for using the PRV, even though DMC's contract was with Renault. JZD mentioned that this was "assinine" (one of his very favorite words), and that if this continued they would switch engine sources to Alfa Romeo or someone else in 2-3 years. So it sounds to me like it wasn't the French jerking them around, but the Swedes instead :-).

Louie Golden
VIN Coming Again Soon... :-)


--- "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:
Last night I was at a cruise night with the Delorean. A person stood
staring at the motor. I asked him what he was looking at in
particular. He said he used to work for Volvo. He did a lot of work on
the PRV with the French. He said origionally the PRV was designed to
be a V8. The French thought that the timing was wrong (the energy
crisis) so they cut off two of the cylinders and made it into a V6. He
said this is why it is a crossfire. He claimed to have seen the
tooling for the V8. He seemed very knowledgable so I have no reason to
doubt him. Just imagine what the Delorean would be like if we could
squeeze a V8 into it! BTW he also commented that it was always
difficult working with the French. This confirms the impressions that
we got when we had Fred Dellis of Legend Industries give a talk on his
work on the PRV with the turbos and the French. He told us that JZD
had decided to change the engine eventually to get away from the PRV
mainly because of the difficulty in dealing with the French.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757

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