[DML] Re: factoid

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was just wondering how a crate engine compared to Volvo spec.

My Renault block blows around 170 PSI, so it obviously is 9.5ish:1.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Warren Wallingford" <warren@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> I can't recall testing a new one.  Bill says that 145 psi a good
number on
> an engine that has been broken in.  It is more important that the
readings
> be nearly the same than what the actual measurement is.
> Warren at DMC
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> From: "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>
> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:42 PM
> Subject: [DML] Re: factoid
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> > 8.5:1 is B28F spec. DMC may indeed have used slightly different
> > pistons, especially in light of Martin's Renault research. Have you
> > compression tested a crate engine from the factory? Volvo calls for
> > 156 PSI on the B28F. My crate Peugeot block was 160 PSI, so perhaps
> > they used different pistons as well (at least in that application).
> >
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
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> > >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Warren Wallingford"
<warren@xxxx> wrote:
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> > > The static compression ratio of the stock Delorean engine is 8.8:1.
> > >
> > > This from Page 38 of the Owner's Manual, reprints of which we have
> > for $15.00.
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