Re: Parking my Delorean on a Hill
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Re: Parking my Delorean on a Hill



The PRV engines we use in australia have a comp ratio of 8.65:1 and 
in manual form will sit on a hill in gear without any trouble
it does depend alot on your gear ratio's though
does the D have a high 1st gear ?

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> wrote:
> The PRV is a low compression engine. Doesn't take much of an incline
> to rotate it in gear. Have you tightened your parking brake cables? 
Is
> really easy (and mine were 9/16 English!). They do stretch with 
time.
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> >--- In dmcnews@xxxx, billsfanmd@xxxx wrote:
> > Just a quick question about parking a 5-speed on a hill. Our
> driveway has a 
> > medium grade and sometimes if I dont have room in the garage I 
will
> park it 
> > for a few hours or a day on the driveway. I have always driven
> 5-speeds and 
> > whenever I park on any hill I keep the car in gear AND use the
> parking brake. 
> > My question is it seems like when I put my D in gear with the car
> off it does 
> > not engage and would roll backwards. SO it seems the onl ything
> holding my 
> > car in place is the parking brake. Is this correct? Does the
> Delorean 5-speed 
> > not engage when parked? My honda accord would stay put on the 
side of a 
> > mountain if the car was parked and in gear......
> > 
> > As far as I know my transmission and clutch are fine..... 
> > 
> > Mike C
> > Baltimore
> > 2109
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






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