Re: [doc] DMUK

["Dan" <danielpwillis@xxxx>]

Thomas Mc Auley <mcauleydmc@xxxx> wrote:

> I have a few years to fix up a De Lorean anyway, because I probably 
wont be able to get insurance for a few years. I am really pushing to 
get the car because I see loads of people on the internet always 
saying 'I cant wait to get my De Lorean', and I fear that they will 
all be 'swallowed' up before I can get one. Do you think this will 
happen?

I doubt it personally. The value of DeLoreans IS increasing with the 
help of the internet and public awareness but in the years I've been 
owning/following them I've yet to see any "stock shortage". EBay has 
always had a good number available for instance.
 
> My brother tells me that there is V8 engines on autotrader for 
around £300. Of course they need striped and rebuilt, but my brother 
is an engineer in Shorts, so he knows his stuff, and we have a place 
with all the necessary tools. But then you have to check what you will 
have to do to the car to put that engine in.

Do your research here. A few V8s/V6s/Rotarys have been fitted to the 
DeLorean with success. But with V8s in particular they are often 
either too long of too deep to clear the chassis. The Northstar 4.6 V8 
(300bhp) will fit but the company in the US that do the conversion 
charge $20k to do it. Also if you are going the route of the V8 you 
must also be able to source and fit a gearbox too - again it's down to 
research.

> Now that DMUK has opened, there is a place 'close by' who can do 
major work on the car, and know what they are doing too! Im not sure 
what to do now. Please send suggestions

Heh.. they do indeed know what they are doing. Though I wonder if they 
would enjoy the "engineering challenge" of fitting a Yank V8 to our 
pretty little European car! LOL!  

If you're gonna go mad - go all the way. Find a wreck and stick a 
Corvette LT1 in it with a supercharger - go the good side of 600bhp 
then let us know how you managed to keep the nose on the ground ;o)

Dan
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