Not a lot, the pipes are a lot shorter and less complicated. The silencer looks stock. You can see it in the flesh, so to speak tomorrow. CP -----Original Message----- From: Martin Gutkowski [mailto:webmaster@xxxx] Sent: 27 September 2002 14:03 To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [doc] Performance Engine & my new car Thanks Chris - I will pass this along BTW does the new system look anything like Ed Uding's one? http://www.dmc-service.nl/Main.htm Martin Chris Parnham wrote: >Martin, >My son-in-Law does gas flowing on Engines, he works from home and doubtless >could do you a good deal. He works on racing motor bikes etc, got all the >gear, Knows what he's doing. > >Chrispy. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Martin Gutkowski [mailto:webmaster@xxxx] >Sent: 27 September 2002 13:50 >To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [doc] Performance Engine & my new car > > >Hello peeps > >As some are now aware - I've slapped a deposit down on that D in Germany >that was posted on this list a week or two back. I go to collect it next >weekend, and barring any really nasty surprises will be bringing it back >here in order to fit a new engine, seats and whatever else it needs to >restore it to MOTable condition. > >Interestingly, because the engine is a write-off, and because the turbo >system that wrote it off has been removed, I am starting with a blank >sheet with regards the engine and exhaust. > >In working on #2727 (the twin-turbo belinging to Richard Johnstone), we >found a guy in Manchester, very close to Dave actually, who knows the >PRV very well. I asked him if he could help find me one and he asked for >some photos of the DMC PRV so he could work out what version it was. I >spoke to him earlier and this is what he said: The sandwich plate on >which the block mounts is the same as the Renault 25, but the internals >and the heads are all Volvo, but the pulleys are Renault. You can't take >the sandwich plate off one engine and swap to another, so he'd have to >build me an engine, taking a 2.7 block and replacing the pistons, >liners, crankshaft and heads from a Volvo. Because all the components >are readily available, the cost would not be too much (under a grand) - >and I'd have basically a new engine. > >I then asked him about building a bit more performance into it, and he >started to get quite excited. With the K-Jet system off a volvo, new >cams, gas flowed heads, lightened and balanced flywheel and a >free-flowing exhaust (there's a nice coincidence!), we're looking at up >to 230 hp. This is not just an estimate - he has done this before on a >normall aspirated PRV for use in a kit car, and because we're starting >with an engine that needs building in the first place, the cost "should >not be a lot more than for building a stock engine". He's getting back >to me next week with pricing, and that of course will affect my >decision. I made it clear and he agreed that the engine should not look >different from the stock one - the only noticable change would be the >lack of Lambda system and therefore the frequency valve. I also stressed >that as I'm planning on fixing this car up for sale, it would have to be >reliable, and he basically said "it'd be like a new engine", and we all >know these lumps are pretty solid! > >Just thought I'd see what you thought. > >Martin >#1458 & #4426 > > > > > > > > > >DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk >Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed >public and may be printed in the club magazine ** > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > >DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk >Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/