[DMCForum] Re: Eagle Premier PRV.

["Matt Spittle" <mds328@xxxxxxx>]

Robert I'm currently in the midst of swapping over to the eagle engine
(hence, all my DeLorean ECU's on e-bay).  Steve S. has a lot of
documentation on his result (www.projectdelorean.com).  His is running
using the Electromotive TEC3 system.  There's another guy who did it,
and John Lane did all of his work; also using the Electromotive system
(TEC2). That link is
(http://home.comcast.net/~shirazcupala/delorean/tech_pictures.htm)

Both of those swaps, and my swap, is using the later style, 91-92
eagle premier engine.  Don't be fooled by the earlier engine's
distributor.  It still uses a magnetic crank trigger on the flywheel
just as the later models do, but don't ask me why or how that all
works together.  That item alone is the biggest hurdle in the swap. 
You can get around it several ways.  Megasquirt could run the engine
fairly easily, and you could use the Ford EDIS system for spark (there
is megasquirt code available specifically for this system).  You could
go Electromotive, SDS, Haltech, etc, or you could cut off the trigger
ring from the flexplate and bolt it to the DeLorean flywheel and use
the stock ECU (what I'm doing).  

Can't beat the cheapness of using the engine, though.  I got my 1991
version with 35,000 miles for $350.  Bought the whole wiring harness
with the engine computer for $50.    

Matt
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--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx> wrote:
> I still have my eye on a bigger engine swap. But I am curious if 
> anyone has any info on swapping out the Eagle Premier motor. The 
> reason I ask, is because I REALLY want to get my car back onto the 
> road, and my local junkyard has one in stock for $150. '89 (with 
> distributior), 32K miles, and all above 160psi on the compression 
> test.
> 
> I know that I can get it to physicly mount into the car with no 
> problems. However, all I'm looking for is a "quick 'n dirty" engine 
> swap. For now, I'd like to retain as much of my stock fuel injection 
> as possible. But I don't have any good photos/measurements to answer 
> my questions:
> 
> Will the K-Jet manifold mount to this motor? From the pictures that 
> I've seen, it just looks to me that the bungs need to be drilled out 
> to mount the fuel injectors.
> 
> And I know that the mechanical distributor is fixed, so that the 
> ignition cannot be adjusted. But I still don't see why one couldn't 
> simply saw out some grooves in the distributor case, to allow it to 
> rotate slightly, and adjust the ignition timing. Is something like 
> this possible too?
> 
> -Robert

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