[DMCForum] Re: Interchanging PRV's (Martin)
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[DMCForum] Re: Interchanging PRV's (Martin)



There is one other option:

My carb doesn't give a damn what kind of flywheel is attached to the
engine. As long as the manifold is vacuum tight, I have proper fuel
metering. Ignition is triggered off the distributor. Simply tap into
12v for the automatic choke, and I'm off to the races.

Makes interchanging PRV's a breeze.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxx> wrote:
> The snag with interchanging different PRVs is in the trigger for the
> ECU. Renault, Volvo, Peugeot and Citroen (Eagles had Renault lumps) all
> went their different ways and all mated the engines to different
> transmissions - most of which were automatics (at least over here -
> can't see it being much different stateside!) and as the flywheel is an
> integral part of the transmission and also contains the trigger, you're
> basically buggered unless you're swapping a like-for-like engine or can
> rig up a trigger on the crank pulley. A lot of work, and plenty of
scope
> for getting it wrong unless you have all the manuals to hand. If,
> however, you find your block has a crack in it, and it's a 3 litre
lump,
> you can find yourself a "new" block in another PRV of the same
capacity.
> You can interchange the bottom end and retain the top end with you
> LH-jet setup - as long as you can verify the compression, cams and
> valves are the same (so the ECU map is correct). Or you can swap the
> block and liners off your "donor" engine - but do try and keep those
> bastard liners seated when you pull the old pistons out otherwise
you'll
> generate 2 days of work just cleaning everything up to re-seat them.
>
> Martin
>
> cartermartin wrote:
>





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