Hi all,
I checked my VIN # and it shows that I have a B28F engine in my 1987 760 GLE.
But I thought that 1987 760s had B280F. (in North America)
Which is the better engine, any huge differences? hp? Either way, its running super sweet, I just want to know which engine I really do have for my own records. I assume they both look the same.
Cheers.
PRV, not PVR if you want to be utterly correct!
Tim..
The VIN code for B28F and B280F variants are the same. So it goes on year, 1987 should have a B280. B280 had the distributor at the front, B28 at the rear.
Thanks Mike,
And to the other chap about PVR, hehee, I actually got that from a Volvo website?!? Hmmm, I just copied it.
Yes, I double checked and indeed I have the B280F. Smooth engine, I love it. I'm gonna post pics of my brick on my website soon enough.
I actually drive "the other Bertone". Its a Fiat X1/9, every time I pull up to any Bertone Volvo, I feel at home ;)
website?!? Hmmm,
its running super
records. I assume
There's certainly people who like it, it's a fine engine if meticulously maintained, it's just not a Volvo engine and none of the Volvo reputation of bulletproof and mechanically simple applies. Compare it to the V6 in say, a Ford Taurus and it starts to look pretty good.
I'll tell you,
with 250,000 kms on it, in Toronto Canada (quite the temperature extremes and humidity), and really, even though it didn't have regularly scheduled oil changes, it runs super quiet, makes great power, doesn't smoke, etc.. In that time, the only under hood work that was required was motor mounts (recent) and a fuel pressure regulator. That's IT!! ;) (Its been in our family since 1993)
I've owned several Alfa Romeo V6s, and yeah, I loved that V6. It also was all aluminum,
2.5 litre and 3.0 litre (but made much more hp/litre than the B280F, the 3.0 litre puts out 190hp) And the Alfa sounded amazing. I'd say its one of my favorite V6s around, next to the Dino (found in the Fiat Dino or 206/246 Dino, oh and Lancia Stratos). The Alfa engine uses a timing belt. The Alfa engine was also quite reliable, but noisy cams (constantly referred to as overheard-cams)But, for a PRV engine, it certainly lives up to what I would consider reliable.
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