[DML] I NEED HELP! (fwd)

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From: kkurth2675@xxxxxxxxxxx 
To: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: I NEED HELP! 
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 20:36:36 +0000 

Hello to all you delorean enthusiasts out there, this e-mail may be a little long or long winded due to my nature and love for this car...but here it goes. I own an '82 DeLorean and have owned it now for four years. Unfortunately, ever since I've owned it, it has given me some issues like most of you out there probably can relate to. To make a long story shorter, I've put over $10,000 of factory/aftermarket parts onto the car since I've bought it. Even now, the car still needs some more TLC. I have a cold start valve problem which means the cold start valve has to be plugged in when it's cold--if it's left in when the engine is warm and not turned on the car floods itself out, engine pan oil seal was replaced and it still leaks, the oil pressure needle bounces all over the place most of the time when going down the highway, I also have the Island twin-turbo system on the car when I bought it, there's a lot of popping at higher rpm's--it's done this forever since I've owned the car. For over four years, I've never pushed the car into the higher rpm's due avoid damaging anything. I've had both turbos looked at by turbo specialists and they both are working excellent. I've had mechanic friends tell me they feel the popping noise is due to improper misfiring--could this be an alternator/distributor issue...both have been replaced and upgraded along with new spark plugs and wires to better than factory specifications from specialty auto out of texas. I'm wondering if I need to go to a stronger distributor or alternator due to the turbos. Could it be a timing issue? I also have a high idle. There are a few other very minor things that I'd like to get fixed as well. In reality, there's one of two choices that I can do...do all of you out there think it would be better for me just to spend the money and haul it to texas to have the experts take a look at it in houston or is there a just as reliable technician for deloreans in the midwest or in minnesota? i know of the shop in radnor, ohio but are they as reliable as texas? unfortunately, here in minnesota there are no excellent mechanics that i'm aware of that i can just drive my car down to and have it properly fixed once and for all. I've done about every update mechanically and electronically that you can do to the delorean and still the car is not 100%, maybe it's not nerely as bad as it seems once delorean looks at it. The other option is to sell the car. However, if I choose this option I'd prefer to sell the entire collection of delorean and back to the future memorabilia that i've accrued over the years. I'd bet that I have the most extensive and expensive collection of delorean and back to the future memorabilia in the midwest and one of the most vast in the country. Dealership sign mounted in my garage, extremely rare memorabilia from the dmc factory, just about every magazine to ever feature the delorean or any magazine to have an article of the delorean or john himself. All the books ever made about the car or john and tons of rare collectables. I would prefer someone serious about buying my car buy the whole collection as well for a very large package deal. I even have two top-of-the-line display cabinets that were custom made for me that I paid over $3,200 both both...spared no expense builing them. The buyer would certainly need to get pictures or fly to Minneapolis to see the collection and the vastness of it in person. Anyway, I told you all it would be long-winded. In summation, I know it's a toss up or a matter of opinion, but what you all do? Fix the car and dump more money into it since I've come this far or sell it as is with minor adjustments and the entire collection and come out from underneath it. The money from the sale will be applied to either a Viper, Z06 corvette, NSX, maybe a porsche/lotus/pantera. would you all let me know asap and let me know if there's anyone out there with diagnostic advice about the minor issues i'm having and overall advice about what to do. I love this car and love the attention it brings and the story behind the car--I'm a true defender of the car and it's image and tainted past. However, i do want a car that's a little more reliable and certainly a lot more powerful. Let me know asap, thanks for your time...
kris kurth
minneapolis, mn 
763-755-7475
kkurth2675@xxxxxxxxxxx

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