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Re: Vin 6511 - Dan's 2nd Delorean

PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:40 am
by A Van
Well done mate


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Re: Vin 6511 - Dan's 2nd Delorean

PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:05 am
by DMC1983
Tip notch stuff.

Re: Vin 6511 - Dan's 2nd Delorean

PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:10 pm
by cis6409
Brilliant stuff Dan delighted for ya , should be a most excellent roadtrip!
Well done!

Shane

Re: Vin 6511 - Dan's 2nd Delorean

PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:31 am
by mec
Top Man Dan, I feel like I've lived the rebuild with you !! ;) Great to see "Rubber Duck" will be back in the official convoy once more :dance: :dmcdoors:

Re: Vin 6511 - Dan's 2nd Delorean

PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:55 am
by Dan 6511
mec wrote:I feel like I've lived the rebuild with you !!


Yes! Thanks again for your help collecting the engine, and also for the lots of whatsapp support when I was ready to give up during the numerous problems along the way!

Next job, wheel alignment and fuel pressure test and adjustment, both to be done before Hamburg.

Re: Vin 6511 - Dan's 2nd Delorean

PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:20 pm
by jerzybondov
Great stuff Dan!!! Reckon you've got this engine in and out business down to a fine art now? How long do you reckon it'll take to swap back out to the 2.8 when it's ready? Do it all in a day?!

Re: Vin 6511 - Dan's 2nd Delorean

PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:40 am
by Dan 6511
jerzybondov wrote:Great stuff Dan!!! Reckon you've got this engine in and out business down to a fine art now? How long do you reckon it'll take to swap back out to the 2.8 when it's ready? Do it all in a day?!


I'd allow a weekend for it as the wiring loom needs to be swapped over, exhaust system, fluids, bleeding etc. But should be straightforward in theory. It took a long time this time becuase of having to faff with the Renault lump intially to get it compatible with the D as well as a throrough clean up, clean up all my volvo fueling and ignition bits and putting all that together, plus trying to remember how the wiring is routed, setting up throttle linkage, diagnosing problems, playing with the mixture and throttle settings to get it to start, then fine tuning it all etc. All that faff is done now so can be lifted off this engine straight onto my new rebuilt one and quick tweak of CO.

Re: Vin 6511 - Dan's 2nd Delorean

PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:48 pm
by Dan 6511
Hi everyone. So 2 years has passed and my car was still running around on the 2.7 engine that was only ever meant to get my car going for the Hamburg trip. Anyway as you may have seen from my other post I managed to lay my hands on a complete engine out of a fire damaged Volvo 760.

This is the same 2.8 as used in the delorean but with higher compression. It also has no frequency valve or lambda sensor, and a slightly different advance curve on the distributor.

So after a lot of cleaning up of the new engine it was ready to be fitted. Huge thanks to Mec for giving up his time to come over and help with the swap. He also documented it for his you tube channel so keep watching his channel for a video or 2 in the future about this :thumbsup:

Anyway, the 2.8 is now in and running well, I just need to sort an issue with my rear brakes and I will hopefully put some miles on it. The 2.7 is in my workshop looking for it's next owner. Here are a few pics of the swap:

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2.7 engine removed:
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2.8 engine fitted and coupled to the gearbox:
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Parts going back on:
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Almost complete apart from exhaust, AC compressor, rear fascia etc:
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And finally a sneak peek of an upcoming mec-tec video in production!
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Re: Vin 6511 - Dan's 2nd Delorean

PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:59 pm
by andyd
Hey Dan,

Nice choice. Looking very clean! Good work, but, you do know it's still a POS, right?

:)

A

Re: Vin 6511 - Dan's 2nd Delorean

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:36 pm
by jerzybondov
Nice Dan! Any running gremlins to sort out or did it work fine straight out of the box?