Just so we're all on the same page here: The *CARBURETED* Alpine was competitive with the K-Jet equipped DeLorean.... Was the Alpine burning a Solex carb? Either of the normally aspirated engines high compression? Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@...> wrote: > > Hi All > > Last Friday saw possibly the most complete collection of PRV engines > assembled in one place ever. Organised by the Renault Alpine Owners > Club, we had a 3 mile circuit at Bruntingthorpe proving ground all to > ourselves. This includes a 2 mile runway that's 60m wide, so plenty of > room to make mistakes, and no speed limit! > > The cars in attendance were: > > Alpine A310 (2.7 carb odd-fire) > Chris Hawes' 81 DeLorean (2.8 K-jet odd-fire) > Alpine GTA V6 Turbo (2.5 turbo even fire) > Venturi Atlantique 300 (3 litre 12v turbo even fire) > Venturi 400GT (3 litre 24v twin turbo - the monster!) > > I had the pleasure of a ride in all the cars, and ignoring the wet > surface on which all the turbo cars were wheelspinning quite badly, it > was a riot. I'd like to categorically state that anyone who genuinely > wants to put a 400hp PRV in a DeLorean is just plain nuts :-) > > The 310 and the DeLorean were very closely matched, except for the 310 > being lighter and more nimble - the good old fashioned power-to-weight > problem. > > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3252.JPG > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3253.JPG > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3255.JPG > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3256.JPG > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3258.JPG > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3260.JPG > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3262.JPG > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3263.JPG > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3264.JPG > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3265.JPG > http://www.venturi-owners.co.uk/pics/DSCN3266.JPG > > Martin > www.delorean.co.uk > www.venturi-owners.co.uk > 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/