[DMCForum] Re: American Custom Engineering
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[DMCForum] Re: American Custom Engineering
- From: "wannadelorean" <mcquinlan@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 01:25:07 -0000
Ha!, No, Darryl and I have been emailing for awhile. I talked
myself out of the engine swap some time ago but it keeps nagging at
me. I'm look at 3 cars actually. I think I've told all 3 that I'm
not jumping into this and I'll be making a decision (hopefully) in
the Oct/Nov timeframe. A lot depends on the stock market being good
to me. One of these days I'll pack up the family and we will head
over to Tampa for a day at the beach and I'll let you know. We can
swing by for a look.
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jack Stiefel" <jackstiefel@xxxx>
wrote:
> Ah Ha!! That's why you stopped emailing me lol. Found a
different one huh?
>
> Jack Stiefel
> www.fmtimemachine.com
> Direct listen link: www.live365.com/stations/radiocape
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wannadelorean [mailto:mcquinlan@xxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:56 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: American Custom Engineering
>
> Thanks for the reply. I'm looking for a Delorean and have talked
to
> the owner of an engine swapped one. It has a 4.7 v6
Supercharged.
> My only concern is that it is coupled to the stock transmission
and
> the splines on the input shaft sheared once and the roll pin
holding
> the coupler snapped once. A custom piece was fabricated to fix
the
> issue but I worry that all that has happened is the weakest link
of
> the system has now been moved to the inside of the tranny making a
> failure more catastrophic.
> .
>
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland
> <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> wrote:
> > I talked to a few people pushing 250-300hp with stock
> transmission, and
> > have heard a couple accounts of input shaft shearing. The gear
> ratios
> > would have been too tall for a higher-rpm running engine. I
> contacted
> > the DML at the time, no one offered any suggestions for getting
> beefier
> > components or changing diff ratio.
> >
> > I originally had intended to keep the stock transmission, but
said
> to
> > myself: "y'know, if I get this whole thing together and rip this
> > transmission in half, I'm going to be pissed!". Chasing after
> upgrades
> > and replacements seemed like a pain in the ass, so I bought a
> > transmission made to work in the same orientation and was made
for
> a car
> > that came with 270 HP stock (at 6100rpm Bill). Supposedly the
> porsche
> > transmissions are very beefy for the HP that they come with
> stock. Plus
> > it had an extra gear. Plus it wasn't a renault (sorry martin).
I
> hope
> > we can agree that the germans make better cars than the french.
> >
> > I don't know if american custom really did modify the renault,
but
> when
> > you really come down to it, the renault un1 is a $500
> transmission, and
> > the porsche g50 is a $4000+ transmission.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:01:37 -0000 "wannadelorean"
<mcquinlan@xxxx>
> > writes:
> > > I'm curions on 3Rotor, what was the main motivation for
putting
> in
> > > the Porsche transmission? My limited knowledge on this topic
> seems
> > > to indicate that the stock transmission was usable? I'm just
> curios
> > >
> > > not questioning your judgement. I'm trying to educate myself
on
> the
> > >
> > > pitfalls of aquiring a car with an engine swap.
> > >
> > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland
> > > <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> wrote:
> > > > Come one Come all! Rotary conversion! Even Idles! All
> sensors
> > > > connected!
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:45:39 -0400 "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx>
> > > writes:
> > > > > > I was told that American Custom Engines only built
> > > > > ONE...
> > > > >
> > > > > Yeah, I heard that too from Richard Cutter himself. I saw
> > > > > the car (and him) at the DCS 2002 in Memphis. The engine
> > > > > didn't idle right because he never figured out several of
> > > > > the engine sensors to get the engine management computer
> > > > > working properly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey, I'll do an engine conversion for you like that:
> > > > > $20,000.00 which is just what he was charging.
> > > > >
> > > > > Walt
> > > > >
> > > > >
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