[DMCForum] Re: Village Idiot Returns (Toby)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ouch -- those quotation marks are sharp...

I meant no disrespect. I simply did not know what to call your coupler
(actually I had forgotten it was just the coupler. For some reason I
was envisioning the whole clutch interface, but now I remember).
"Improved" or "strengthened" would have been better choices of words.

I had no idea you redid the roll pin too. Is it installable with the
primary shaft in place? I had a terrible time replacing mine when the
remainder of the transmission was already assembled. Was almost
reduced to drilling an access hole & plug in the side.

Your IMPROVED coupler has demonstrated the ability to withstand a
General Motors block, but is it strong enough to survive a Ford engine?

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tmpintnl@xxxx wrote:
> 
> Bill - I actually make a "miracle input shaft coupler" rather than 
> the shaft itself.  It includes a "miracle spiral roll pin" as well.  
> Seriously, as Martin (your good friend) has pointed out, the Lotus 
> Esprit folks use variants of this transmission with great success at 
> quite high horspower and torque numbers.  If you have ever brought a 
> Lotus Turbo Esprit up on 2 bar of boost merging onto a freeway, you 
> will appreciate how much torque those little motors can make.  
> Without doing any calculations, I would venture to say that 
> the "miracle input shaft coupler" could probably take 450+ lb-ft of 
> torque, if the operator of the loud pedal had a little bit of 
> finesse.  The limiting factor might be a couple of details on the 
> shafts themselves (areas where the cross-section is necked down just 
> a bit).  Your mileage may vary.
> 
> PS - The machinist that made the "miracle input shaft couplers" said 
> that he would be happy to make us a "miracle input shaft".     
> 
> Toby Peterson
> www.delorean-parts.com
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > Wonder if Toby's miracle input shaft could withstand 450 ft lbs of
> > torque? Should I build it to 500+?
> >

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