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 > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Yahoo! Autos. Everything you need to know about buying or selling a car. FREE Quotes, 360° Tours, Research, Blue Book, Compare Vehicles, Buy Used http://us.click.yahoo.com/kEZsdA/bwnGAA/YiGOAA/HliolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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