Everytime I hear someone touting racing PRVs that get 600hp I wince.
So what? How is this applicable? I know a guy that has a 500hp n/a 3
rotor race engine... but it's also for sale for $30k.
GM engineers just modified a 4-cylinder destroked 2.2L ecotec (to 2.0L)
to do 750hp. But at what cost?
http://www.year2032.com/ecotec.htm
has an excellent writeup on what was needed to make this engine a drag
racer. At the very bottom of the page, it shows which parts had to
upgraded at which horsepower. Every engine will be different, but a lot
will have the exact same problems along the way.
Jim
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:07:44 -0000 "content22207"
<brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Problem is probably the messenger, not the message ("Cain't you
> understand my acc'int?")
>
> Don't make it sound like my block's from Mars. Is instantly
> recognizable as PRV. Looks just like a B27 (according to my new
> Volvo
> literature, two piece upper air assembly was introduced with B28 to
> reduce engine vibration). PCV through U pipes matches B27 too. Heads
> very different, but can't see that from outside.
>
> After flurry of messages last week I think *EVERYONE* knows my
> compression higher (sorry Martin). That's why I burn 93 octane ("4
> star"?)
>
> BTW: PRV has long racing history. Apparently people are hopping
> these
> things up all over Europe. Have seen HP numbers as high as 600.
> DeLorean UK might be able to do a tidy business shipping performance
> heads, pistons, manifolds, etc to this side of pond. If you search
> internet, Europeans call high performance "tuning" an engine.
>
> Oh, 90% of your hits will be sites other than English.
>
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
>
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> > > I can not run reliably on less than 93.
> >
> > Bill! Remember to remind people that you are not running the
> original
> > engine. In the past you have confused many people (including me)
> because it
> > is too easy to assume that you are talking about a stock engine
> when
> > technically you have an engine swap with a different make of car.
> >
> > > I've said 1000 times a rich mixture
> > burns cooler than a lean one.
> >
> > Yep, very true. But what confuses people is that a rich mixture
> can
> also
> > melt the catalytic converter & muffler. So yes, rich = cool in
> the
> engine,
> > but rich = hot in the exhaust system.
> >
> > > I've got 3 melted plugs sitting on my kitchen counter right now
> that
> > prove it!
> >
> > Cool! I wanna see. Do you got a way of making digital pics?
> >
> > Walt
>
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