Engine swap - B28F to B28E

[jamesrguk]

Compare the torque curves as this is a better indication of pulling power and in what rev range it works in best...

+1 on that

It's not all about BHP, from what I understand the higher compression B28E developes more torque higher up the rev range, at least that's what TT seemed to think, so I take it as gospel.

J

[Darren C]

(PS DarrenC, have you got over your heart attack after hearing about NON-OEM Custom Dirty Second hand parts about to be fitted )

LOL,

You guy's kill me..... The Non-OEM, Second hand parts I can almost just about get over....it's the "dirty" that tips the balance

I need to go lie down in my environmentally controlled, clinically clean oxygen chamber (garage to you heathens)

[tourettes tony]

its all down to if you can really be arsed to do the swap, i mean look at me, im still chasing the ' i will fit this turbo on if its the last thing i do' but really i know logically, its pointless

[tourettes tony]

lol - pretty much hit the nail on the head. Pool = more staff. More staff = more pregnancies!

yeah i cant keep up with the payments

[delorean12uk]

bottom line is the 'E'uropean spec engine is better than the 'F'ederal engine, mainly because of higher compression that gives the engine more torque at the LOWER rev range. The Federal engine had to meet all sorts of silly american emission rules and regs, whereas the European engines did not. There are a couple of ways around this problem, a subject I spoke to Ed Uding about 4 or 5 years ago, firstly you can skim the cylinder head of 1.3mm to increase the compression ratio to the same as the B28E spec, then the timing cogs on the cams have to be repositioned to allow for missing head height on the timing chains, or just put in B28E pistions.

[Admin-bloke]

bottom line is the 'E'uropean spec engine is better than the 'F'ederal engine, mainly because of higher compression that gives the engine more torque at the LOWER rev range. The Federal engine had to meet all sorts of silly american emission rules and regs, whereas the European engines did not. There are a couple of ways around this problem, a subject I spoke to Ed Uding about 4 or 5 years ago, firstly you can skim the cylinder head of 1.3mm to increase the compression ratio to the same as the B28E spec, then the timing cogs on the cams have to be repositioned to allow for missing head height on the timing chains, or just put in B28E pistions.

Yep

[jerzybondov]

Can someone tell me more about the high lift cams Chris mentioned and how they'd work with the B28E? Would it be similar to what DMCH do with their stage 2s?

[jerzybondov]

Well after just having got back from seeing the B28E in action (kind of, it didn't move a car, only itself) I am swinging round to the idea of, as TT would say, 'fack it, throw the facker in'.

So if I were to moot the idea of Gez-tec, who would be interested, and when?

This is what Gez-tec would involve:
Removing 1 perfectly good DeLorean engine
Replacing with 1 slightly unknown Volvo engine
Swimming pool japes
Cups of tea
A barn
Pizza (or indeed takeaway of your choice on me)
Beer

The location would be Gosfield, Essex. And the date... either this Saturday (radical I know), or the weekend 28/29 August, or 4/5 September.

Let me know!

[Dan 6511]

I can't do the august/sept dates. This weekend I can do, but like you say it is short notice.

[Chriss]

I'm game but can only do 4 and or 5 th September