Fueld distributors are not exactly model specific persay. I have had a Porshe 911 tubo fd and warm up regulator working on my car for years. But they had to be switchd out as a unit. My car runs extremly smooth (almost smoother then most deloreans i have listened to), and does not suffer the idle surge so many deloreans have. -Shain --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Nathan Sobieralski" <valleyrat12@...> wrote: > > I thought I would post on this subject, mostly because it is > interesting to me. After several trips to the junkyard I noticed that > there is a striking similarity between the Delorean FD and those from > some Volvos with the PRV, intuition tells me the must be identical but > Bosch part numbers say otherwise. > > I had heard from Volvo people that the 076 was Volvos version of the > 109 which I am told was designed specifically for the Delorean. Here > are the hard facts: > > Delorean FD 109- 208 cm3/hr, 140 liters/hr, 70-80 PSI > Volvo FD 076- 202 cm3/hr, 120 liters/hr, 66-76 PSI > > The parts are NOT identical, but they are very close and I wonder if > the slight differences would really matter much in the big scheme of > things. Perhaps the Delorean FD is optimized for performance? Couldn't > the operating pressure be adjusted with shims in the primary pressure > regulator? There are literally thousands of the 076 fuel distributors > laying in junk yards across the country, surely someone has tried one > in their D. I don't have the guts to do it! > > Nathan > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/