I believe this is the same reasoning my car's current owner used when he did the work on it. He did an awful lot of very difficult work on the existing engine, when he could have relatively easily swapped in a Chevy, Ford, Nissan, etc engine instead. -Adam --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@... wrote: > > I have always felt more 'awe-inspired' when looking at a perfectly detailed > concourse-ready stock DeLorean, than looking at a similarly-maintained one > with a different engine in it. While it may be cool as hell to have one with a > really interesting engine swap (the twin-engined D or a really clean > high-power PRV-derived engine like Martin has been working on), there is some kind > of spirit or aura that disappears as soon as the car's engine has been > modified. It hasn't made the car worse and a sacrilege has not been committed, but > I think most owners would agree that something has changed that it cannot > take back. > > At what point is the 'spirit' gone? I don't know. I have removed my engine > and replaced the exhaust system on mine with DMCH's headers. I think it has > stirred the spirit but it hasn't left yet. Maybe part of the spirit is > being able to tell on-lookers that they are looking at a DeLorean engine, for > better or worse. > > I think its very hard to explain, but I do know it is there. I don't think > it is anything to argue or get nasty over, it is just a feeling that certain > cars produce. And no I am not religious! > > Andy > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/