[DML] Bill Robertson's engine(s) (was Chevy Engine Swap)

["Louie" <louie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought I'd take this time to clear the air some about Bill 
Robertson's car and the engines it has had. I hear people talk all 
of the time about the "crazy" things Bill does to his engine. 

First of all his DeLorean came with a replacement Renault PRV 
installed. His car's original DeLorean PRV melted down sometime in 
the mid '80s, and at that time it was replaced with a Renault 2.7 
Liter PRV rated at 145hp. He didn't do this to his car, that's the 
way it came. Though at first glance his engine looked original, it 
in fact had no Lambda and was altogether a different engine.

Second he didn't carburete his PRV. He bought a crate carbureted 
Pugeot engine off ebay that he installed in his car. His original 
plan was to buy a new DeLorean without an engine and transplant it 
into that. But his Renault PRV developed a Valdeze-esque oil leak 
and so Bill decided to just go ahead and use that engine on his 
current DeLorean. He didn't hack apart a stock DeLorean engine and 
shove in a carbureter, he implanted into his DeLorean a PRV that was 
DESIGNED and ENGINEERED to be carbureted. The only changes Bill made 
to this engine was to replace the original engine's single barrel 
carb with a double barrel. This engine was actually different enough 
from the stock DeLorean's that he had to fabricate new motor mounts.

All I'm asking is before you judge Bill have your facts straight 
first. He does think out of the box and I think that's a good thing. 
People complain all of the time about lack of performance options, 
and lack of variety of places to buy parts for their cars, yet they 
denounce people like Bill, VideoBob, and John Hervey. But it's these 
people who question the status quo that will bring more options to 
the DeLorean table. Even though occasionally guys like these will 
fall on their faces with something they try, but their thinking 
outside of the box benefits us all. I guess all I'm asking for is a 
little more respect for our fellow owners, and to have your facts 
straight before you criticize one another. We really should all be 
allies in this DeLorean thing.

Louie Golden
VIN 5252 Charlotte, NC








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