[DML] Re: Rebuilding a Blown Motor. (continued)

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

The reason that I chose the Eagle Premier PRV was out of nessesity.
There are only 2 PRV motors here in town, at the junk yards. Vegas
sucks when it comes to being an automotive hobbiest, and this is a
prime example why. It's the same salvage yard that has both PRV's, and
they've never even done a compression test on either one! So who knows
what the condition of the engines are, except to say they're over 91K
miles on the clock. After I ran thru a couple of quick pictures on the
Eagle Premier books, and wiring diagrams that I have here, that too is
when I discovered that there is no pick up for the distributor. Just
as bad, I have no idea what the difference between the crankshafts
are. So even if I could swap heads, and cams, I have no idea if the
connecting rods, and the bearing assemblies will even fit between
Eagle/DeLorean. Another thing was checking the archives, someone had
come up with this idea before, and it was *estimated* that the
compression would result in 9.5:1, or so. I have no idea if that would
result in bad vibrations, with an odd-fire engine.

Currently, the engine runs just fine. No loss of power, oil pressure
looks to be the same, and no decrease in gas milage. Exhaust is clean,
with no smoke, or steam. But the level of oil inside the crank case is
the same. Despite a bad leak from the front main seal. So while I have
not performed any tests on the motor, I don't think that a simple head
job is going to heal my engine. I think that the water jacket has been
compromised between the block, and the cylinder sleeve. As you can
guess, I am very worried about the internal condition of the motor. I
have no clue as to WTF this crap is thats puking out of the breather
cap. And that makes me worried as to what the condition of the oil
passages, pump, and my valve train in general are, let alone my
bearings, thrust washers, and crank. Back when I first discovered this
issue, Warren @ DMC Houston told me that due to the description of my
motor, it didn't qualify for a performance upgrade. I could only get a
crate motor installed.  So that hasn't exactly built up any hopes for
salvaging this engine.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"




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