Re: Found a car with possible PRV V6....

["Robert Rooney" <dmcvegas@xxxx>]

I believe that the car has an earlier version of the PRV-6 w/softer 
cam shafts, so a direct swap would not be a possibility. While 
canvasing various junkyards for parts I've run across a few PRV's. 
For a car this old, the K-Jetronic system may/may not have some parts 
such as fuel hoses that could be used. I don't know what the life-
span of the control pressure regulator, or the fuel distributor is. 
So their value to you is questionable. This engine also has a 
different type of idle speed control system that is not compatible 
with the DeLorean (2-wire, spring resistance). You might be able to 
use the same intake manifold, but you would have to go over it first 
to seal all the open vaccum connections on it so it could be used for 
the DeLorean application. All in all, the car would not have enough 
usable parts for you to use on the DeLorean. On the flip side, if you 
can get the car for a ridiculously low price it may be worth it in 
another way. You could turn a profit by 1. Reselling the car (hard). 
2. Using the car as a trade in to purchase a DeLorean (hard). 
3.Donating the car to charity for a good tax deduction. or 4. Sell 
the car for salvage (of course I'm speaking of the Volvo here. I'd 
NEVER junk a D!).

-Robert
vin 6585


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Toscano" <toscano2@xxxx> wrote:
> A guy at work is selling a 1978 Volvo 262 Bertone, out of 
curiousity I took a peek under the hood and the engine in there 
appears to be a PRV V6. Thursday I first saw it and even the air 
filter housing looked like DMC, then Friday I brought my DMC shop 
manual to work and took another look and sure enough much of the 
engine looks identical.
> 
> Have I found a PRV V6? If I purchased this car just for the engine 
would it be useful in a D? 
> 
> 
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