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The ZN3J is Peugeot's 2,849 cc with electronic injection: 170 bhp on the 505 V6 with LH-Jetronic injection, 147 to 150 bhp on the Lancia Thema 6V — the only Italian among the eleven PRV marques — and the engine of the fifteen or so civilian Peugeot P4 V6s. Bored out to 2,975 cc, the ZN3J3 of about 220 bhp opened the road for Peugeot's Paris-Dakar cars.
After the 604 and its three carburetted or mechanically-injected codes, the 505 V6 moves to electronic injection: the ZN3J, 2,849 cc, 170 bhp. It is this same code that Lancia chose for the Thema 6V, at 147-150 bhp — Lancia never struck a PRV code of its own, it bought the 505's engine as it was.
Two destinies beyond the saloon: the civilian run of the Peugeot P4 V6, about fifteen built around 1991-1992 by FAM with the 505's ZN3J, among the rarest PRV vehicles in existence; and the ZN3J3, bored out to 2,975 cc for about 220 bhp, which Peugeot Talbot Sport fitted from 1987 to its fast-assistance P4s on the Dakar — the story is in Tuners.
Figures read in the constructor's documents held in our Library — repair manuals, Pub et Trade data sheets, period bulletins. Nothing here comes from a web fact sheet.
The production ZN3J and its rally-raid derivative — the full code table is on the Engines page.
The 505 V6: 170 bhp, LH-Jetronic injection — the last PRV fitted to a rear-wheel-drive Peugeot.
The civilian run of the military VLTT: about fifteen cars, the 505's ZN3J.
The only Italian PRV car: the 147-150 bhp ZN3J.
Answers taken from our FAQ, each one read in the Library. The full FAQ holds several hundred more, engine code by engine code.
No workshop document specific to this engine is in the Library yet. Do you own one — repair manual, workshop sheet, period brochure? The Contribute section explains how to entrust it to the association so it can be digitised and read page by page.
Architecture, generations and every known engine code of the PRV V6 — on the main Engines page.