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]