RE: [DML] What other cars used the PRV-V6

[jugeauj@xxxx]

>Are you looking for more performance? Replace a blown motor? Doing a
>book report? :)


First out of curiosity.
Second as a possible temporary fix for another DMC-12 I've got which
experienced a coolant leak unbeknown to the owner at the time who kept
driving until it over heated.
He'd fixed the leak and continued driving it off and on until coolant
started to find its way into the crank case.
That was about five years ago.
He'd parked it and started working on it, but since it wasn't a customer's
car (he owns his own garage as a business) he wasn't in any hurry to get it
done (still isn't).

A friend who'd worked for the guy turned me onto it.
The first one I'd gotten was missing the spare wheel (long story, many
previous paws clawed around the fuel pump and very few of which were
familiar with fuel injection systems in general).
So I took the opportunity to see the car and take note of what the darn
spare wheel looks like.
While there the owner expressed his interest in selling it which later lead
to me buying it.

So, that said, I'm entertaining the idea of simply finding an engine that
"easily" bolts into a DMC-2 for now and wait until I can work on the
original engine.

Why not wait until I find a DMC-12 version?
Well, price for one (I know DMC-Huoston sell them all done up) and secondly
and more importantly I need to be able to move this thing under its own
power which is a lot less expensive than towing, etc. Please don't ask why,
The reasons are long and involved and are too easily debased to tit for tat
arguments.
I don't like the way that last sentence might sound. Please don't take it
the wrong way. I'm sure you've all sustained that kind of needling owning
this type of car. You know what I mean.

I've heard a lot about the Volvo 760 having the same engine and they're
more common in the States than others. Is that engine a straight forward
bolt in or not?

Also, does anyone now where I can get a spare wheel?

Louis