RE: [DML] Re: Houston Experience (Alex Wolf)

["Alex Wolf" <alex@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> That's EXACTLY where the PO got it, from a place in Ohio!!!! 

Alex Wolf

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From: content22207 [mailto:brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 2:55 AM
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Subject: [DML] Re: Houston Experience (Alex Wolf)

> Wonder how many other DeLo owners are running the same engine?
> 
> Your engine, if indeed Renault, is actually a "Z7V" -- comparable to a
> Volvo B27E. Displacement is indeed .2 liters smaller than stock DeLo,
> but compression is 9.5:1, giving you 145 rated HP. Somebody in Ohio
> was marketing these imports in the 1980's to DeLo owners with melted
> factory blocks. It's a fine engine used throughout Europe no problem.
> I'm running it with great success.
> 
> If you are Z7V, be aware there are significant differences from stock
> DeLo as far as tuning is concerned. eMail me direct at
> brobertson(at)carolina.net and I'll walk you through them.
> 
> Please note: your engine isn't "wrong", just different. Both it and
> stock DeLo were manufactured in the same factory in Douvrin France.
> Renault's design philosophy is a little closer to PRV basics, but you
> may discover your new engine is actually more contemporary than the
> one it replaced (build date cast into mine is 1983).
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939

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