OK, so who sells aftermarket INPUT SHAFTS? I may have the opportunity to get a quote this weekend. Maybe this is a problem that needs solving! Don Ekhoff 6543 www.kablam.us ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 11:43 AM Subject: [DML] Re: Engine Swaps and tranny questions > This past Saturday evening Delorean Midatlantic had Fred Dellis of > Legend Industries speak and give a Q + A on the Delorean. One of the > questions was about horsepower. Fred said that they were able to dial > in all the horsepower that they wanted but because of durability and > warranty issues they were transmission limited. THEY KEPT BREAKING > INPUT SHAFTS. This was on the 5-speeds, in his opinion the automatic > was even worse although he doesn't remember using any. Fred also said > they had planned to get away from the Renault transmission eventually > anyway. Very hard to deal with Renault. The short answer is if you are > doing any kind of large horsepower increase either with the PRV or an > engine swap you have to figure a way to get rid of the Renault > transmission. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757