Re: "French" PRV

[brobertson@xxxx]

Factory was in France, but Swedes have their fingerprints on design too.

To be honest, Volvo's final rework of original design (B280) is very
nice engine, EFI not withstanding.

I was very leery about PRV before actually getting my hands on one
(original posts to DML regarded Vortec conversion). Now, am rather
fond of the little powerplant. Has its weaknesses: "Internal" water
distribution pipe is assinine. Ignition distributor would have been
better relocated by cylinder #3 (as it is on B280). Clearance is tight
among injectors and spark plugs. But in all PRV is surprisingly smooth
running (given odd fire sequence) with good bottom end torque and
projected long life span -- Bertone I saw in Hagarstown junkyard had
180,000 miles on odometer.

JZD could have chosen worse.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jtrealty@xxxx wrote:
> You mention "heritage". Just remember this IS a FRENCH engine. Need I
> have to say more? BTW the banjo bolts would be Bosch, they did the
> fuel system. The hardware is not all that hard to get, you just can't
> get it in the local hardware store.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 
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