Don't forget that these engines are sitting in the back of the DeLorean. As opposed to engines that sit up front and have air blowing on them all the time (from fan or just from air flowing into the radiator); the DeLorean has a very poor air flow in my opinion. If we had intakes on the sides of the car that scooped up air and threw it on the engine, I'd bet they would be much cooler. Nonetheless, the air flow isn't so bad as it melts anything, I've had these stupid wire loomes on my wires and they never melted, even near my manifolds (which all lack heat shields)-i finally ripped these off and threw them away, hate these things. Also, it is possible to run a cat with the exhaust and not choke everything up; just don't use the stock cat but rather use a universal one with a larger input and output. For inspections you need to have a cat, and for testing obviously you need to have good numbers otherwise you're failed...in most states now anyway. -----Dani B. #5003 > > I am of the opinion that domestic F series is a counterproductive and > even harmful application of the Douvrin design. How else to explain > generally unhappy North American experience while Europeans seem to > love the engine. The PRV over here has a negative reputation totally > disproportionate to the small number actually imported. > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/