[DMCForum] Re: Eagle Premier PRV.

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

I know that I could adapt the Electromotive system to the car, but I 
don't want to. I just want to be able to slap the stock DeLorean fuel 
injection, and ignition system right over to the car. Now that 
certainly seems like an imposibility, if the distributor on the Eagle 
motor has no trigger inside. With no trigger, there is no way to fire 
the ignition coil, let alone trigger the tach & fuel pump relay. Plus 
I couldn't advance the ignition either. I could probably machine 
those heads to accept injector bungs, but I need the distributor.

My only reasoning here was to see if there was a quick and dirty swap 
that could be performed with the Eagle engine. They're cheap engines, 
and now I know why. There really isn't much you can do with them.

-Robert



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matt Spittle" <mds328@xxxx> wrote:
> 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
> #1604
> --- 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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