Re: Digest Number 244

["Robert Rooney" <dmcvegas@xxxx>]

No camshaft problems with the B28F in the DeLorean. These are the 
later generation engines that already came with the hardend cams in 
them.

-Robert
vin 6585



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, rbrogren@xxxx wrote:
> As my kid would say: This is an awesome group! I have never seen 
anything 
> like it before!
> I have had a number of sports cars over the years, rallyed, raced 
etc. 
> Presently I own a -72 Porsche 711T and a -76 MGB, none of which 
gives much 
> crature comfort, although they are fun to drive. I have always 
thought that 
> the DeLorean was a great car but didn't look at one closely until 
quite 
> recently. I was totally sold on it and has convinced the present 
owner that I 
> will be a good caretaker of his jewel. A sale is on the horizon. 
> This brings me to my question:
> My last four everyday cars were Volvo's (still have my last). My 
second had 
> the "French" engine, the same as in the DMC 12. In the first few 
years of use 
> of that engine Volvo had problems with the camshafts, where 
evidently several 
> batches had been produced with the wrong heat treatment, resulting 
in rapid 
> and severe spalling of the lobes under certain conditions 
(frequency of 
> oilchange being the main one). I had several battles with both the 
dealer and 
> the Volvo District Rep and the case wasn't resolved until I 
contacted Volvo 
> in Sweden about the two sets of camshafts that I had to replace. 
(About $3000 
> each time, although Volvo finally agreed to pay for both jobs.) 
After that I 
> woved never to buy a car again with a French made engine in it.
> 
> Has there been any evidence that the same crankshafts found their 
way into 
> any of the DeLorean engines? 
> If so, I may have to reconsider being one of the choosen few! 
> Roger Brogren