Exhausts, We all know how awful the original DeLorean "stock" exhaust system is, cast iron manifolds, pointing "backwards" going around the back of the engine ( warming all sorts of pipes and wires up) and joining up and going through an ( in the UK) unnecessary cat, finally going through a silencer box that has a LOT of back pressure. It was of course intended to meet strict USA legislation, but it did restrict, considerably the power of the car. Martin Gutkowski recently talked to a specialist exhaust firm in Nottingham, who do custom Stainless Steel , free-flow Exhausts. In late August this year my "Delores" the RHD test vehicle went up for some trial work. Delores ,being a UK car had never been fitted with a cat, so was already better than most, however , the rest of the standard system was still in place. We deicide the finished system should look "stock" from the back, the silencer was modelled exactly on the original, using the original fixings and mounting brackets. The internals however are a different matter! The manifolds are custom made in stainless, mini banana , three-into-one affairs, facing the silencer. There are then two "bolt in" intermediate pipes joining to each side of the silencer. These two pipes can either be plain, or have cats fitted. The internals of the silencer can be custom made, depending on what exhaust note you would like. The one I went for on Delores, is "medium noisy", about 105 decibels, you can certainly hear it in the car, buts it does sound very racy! Mine is an Auto, so I tend to keep it in first gear when driving around town, the noise really comes in between 3 and 6 k revs! I've turned into a 50 year old boy racer! Mark Bourne has been "re-commissioning my "as new" 111 mile 1983 car. I decided to have a "extra special" system all polished and very noisy. Lefty is being converted by our own expert tin basher, Chris Nicholson, into a full BTTF show car. I wanted something extra noisy making for that! You will of course remember the bit in the film where the BTTF car backs out of the van and revs up. Well there is some debate as to whether the sound was real or dubbed in. Ask Mark Bourne's neighbours, who have to put up with the sound each time he backs Lefty out of his garage!!!! Dyno tests show about a 20% increase in power , see next club mag for full details. Lefty along with 3 other special DeLorean motor cars will be at the NEC on 9th and 10th of November, don't miss it! Contacts Don at "Stainless Exhaust Specialists" Sutton in Ashfield, Nottingham. Tel 01623 552262 or mobile 07976 654701, www.stainless-exhaust.com, email sales@xxxx Very helpful and nice people. Costs:- Full UK system £650 plus VAT , USA type system with cats, £920, plus any taxes. Add about £50 for a full polished system. Chris P with thanks to all involved. -----Original Message----- From: And Withers [mailto:and.withers@xxxx] Sent: 12 October 2002 12:17 To: Chris Parnham Subject: RE: Lot of 6 books on John DeLorean NO RESERVE (Item #1557264631) Your performance exhaust bit im after, little bit tied up this weekend more later... Indy. ------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C27312.5A58CD90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"= > <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DTahom= a=20 size=3D2></FONT></DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Exhausts,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2> We all know how awful the original DeLorean "stock" exhaust = system=20 is, cast iron manifolds, pointing "backwards" going around the back of the= =20 engine ( warming all sorts of pipes and wires up) and joining up and going= =20 through an ( in the UK) unnecessary cat, finally going through a silencer b= ox=20 that has a LOT of back pressure. It was of course intended to meet strict U= SA=20 legislation, but it did restrict, considerably the power of the=20 car.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si= ze=3D2>Martin=20 Gutkowski recently talked to a specialist exhaust firm in Nottingham, who d= o=20 custom Stainless Steel , free-flow Exhausts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2> In late August this year my "Delores" the RHD test vehicle w= ent up=20 for some trial work. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2>Delores ,being a UK car had never been fitted with a cat, so was a= lready=20 better than most, however , the rest of the standard system was still in pl= ace.=20 </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si= ze=3D2>We=20 deicide the finished system should look "stock" from the back, the silencer= was=20 modelled exactly on the original, using the original fixings and mounting=20 brackets. The internals however are a different matter! The manifolds= are=20 custom made in stainless, mini banana , three-into-one affairs, facing the= =20 silencer. There are then two "bolt in" intermediate pipes joining= =20 to each side of the silencer. These two pipes can either be plain, or = have=20 cats fitted. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si= ze=3D2>The=20 internals of the silencer can be custom made, depending on what exhaust not= e you=20 would like. The one I went for on Delores, is "medium noisy", about 105=20 decibels, you can certainly hear it in the car, buts it does sound very=20 racy! Mine is an Auto, so I tend to keep it in first gear when drivin= g=20 around town, the noise really comes in between 3 and 6 k revs! I've turned = into=20 a 50 year old boy racer! </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si= ze=3D2>Mark=20 Bourne has been "re-commissioning my "as new" 111 mile 1983 car. I decided = to=20 have a "extra special" system all polished and very=20 noisy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si= ze=3D2>Lefty=20 is being converted by our own expert tin basher, Chris Nicholson, into a fu= ll=20 BTTF show car. I wanted something extra noisy making for that!= =20 </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si= ze=3D2>You=20 will of course remember the bit in the film where the BTTF car backs out of= the=20 van and revs up. Well there is some debate as to whether the sound was real= or=20 dubbed in. Ask Mark Bourne's neighbours, who have to put up with the = sound=20 each time he backs Lefty out of his garage!!!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#000= 0ff><FONT=20 size=3D2>Dyno tests show <SPAN class=3D320464022-13102002>about </SPA= N>a 20%=20 increase in power<SPAN class=3D320464022-13102002> , see next club mag= for=20 full details. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si= ze=3D2>Lefty=20 along with 3 other special DeLorean motor cars will be at the NEC on = 9th=20 and 10th of November, don't miss it!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2>Contacts Don at "Stainless Exhaust Specialists" Sutton in Ashfield= ,=20 Nottingham. Tel 01623 552262 or mobile 07976 654701, <A=20 href=3D"http://www.stainless-exhaust.com";>www.stainless-exhaust.com</A>, em= ail <A=20 href=3D"mailto:sales@xxxx";>sales@xxxx</A>= </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si= ze=3D2>Very=20 helpful and nice people. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2>Costs:- Full UK system =A3650 plus VAT , USA typ= e system=20 with cats, =A3920, plus any taxes. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si= ze=3D2>Add=20 about =A350 for a full polished system.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si= ze=3D2>Chris=20 P with thanks to all involved.=20 </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D694563007-13102002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DTah= oma=20 size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> And Withers=20 [mailto:and.withers@xxxx]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 12 October 2002=20 12:17<BR><B>To:</B> Chris Parnham<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Lot of 6 books o= n=20 John DeLorean NO RESERVE (Item #1557264631)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D550391511-= 12102002>Your=20 performance exhaust bit im after, little bit tied up this weekend mo= re=20 later...</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D550391511-12102002>Indy.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=3DArial colo= r=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C27312.5A58CD90--
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