--- In dmcnews@xxxx, <dmc4687@xxxx> wrote: > All I know is mentioned in SSI... I've wondered about it and Smokey's engines (in general) myself. <SNIP> > Does anyone know about the Smokey Yunik Delorean with teh Hot vapor > engine in it? Simply put, a "Hot Vapor" engine is basicly a Sterling engine (rather than go into mechanical details, visit the site below http:// www.stirlingengine.com/). I believe back in 1982 is when JZD took a business trip down to Florida to visit w/Yunick about the sterling engine. If I remember correctly, this is mentioned both in "De Lorean", & "Hard Driving". Both books give different perspectives of the flight down. Haddad made it sound like JZD was wasting his time with a fruitless project. And JZD stated that Haddad kept leaning over to the same position as if he was wearing a wire, and was trying to record the conversation. As for the engine, I had no idea that one was actually built! It would be interesting to see what exactly it looks like, if not some performance/fuel consumption stats. As a side tidbit for you Bricklin fans, Malcolm Brickin too was also working on the development of a Sterling engine as well for the SV1. About 3-4 years ago, someone had a web page about B's that had an artist's conception of what the engine was supposed to have looked like. How far development progressed with that one, I've no idea... -Robert vin 6585 "X"