[DMCForum] Re: Eagle Premier PRV.

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why not buy a running Volvo and swap its engine over. Need not be your
ultimately final power plant, but will at least keep your DeLo on the
road while you explore other options.

Michael Babb has a post 1980 Volvo block in his DeLo. 100% identical
engine (he swapped over the DeLo A/C compressor and alternator).

Would be a very simple swap -- every bit as easy as reinstalling your
current engine.

Even a 1976-1979 PRV would be easy (just need to learn some different
tuning practices).

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- 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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