PVR B28F vs B280 ?!?!

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.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

NOTE: new address!!
Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)

 

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

--
Myron Samila
Toronto, ON Canada
Samila Racing
http://204.101.251.229/myronx19

 

I don't think i've ever seen a post of anyone actually liking that engine...
Good luck with your car, post pics soon .

 

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.