A lower final drive ratio and the DMC HiPo engine would make a very good combination. This would move the engine into its power band sooner. You could take full advantage of its improved reving capability. John Dore wrote: > Hi list, > Martin and others, can you tell me if modifying the final drive ratio > (see Martins post below) would be only good for a low powered > DeLorean, i.e. stock engine, or would there also be benefits for the > DMC Hi-Po engine upgrade? Maybe the stock final drive suits the car > better when it has more BHP? Are you going to do this modification to > your DeLorean Martin? If it would allow the car to accelarate faster, > would it lose some top speed? > > Thanks, > John. > PS Martin, Congratulations on buying your DeLorean! > > --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I just had a VERY interesting chat with a gentleman who's big in the > > classic Renault world over here. His number was given to me during > my > > search for a new end casing for my D's box. > > > > He does a lot of work with these boxes, has a huge stash of parts > > (offered me an entire box for £150) and CAN WORK WITH INTERCHANGING > > RATIOS. > > > > If you'd like your D to move a bit quicker off the line, he can > drop the > > final drive ratio (as per the Euro spec cars) and make the ratios > closer > > etc etc. Whatever you want basically, and all done by mix-and- > matching > > parts from the different incarnations of the same box. > > > > > > > Seeya > > > > Martin > > #1458 > > www.delorean.co.uk > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/