Well, maybe so. Your car is fast. I would not be surprised if your car, by virtue of its rotary engine is capable of a higher top speed than any other Delorean in existence. It's just too bad (or a good thing) we don't live at that end of the curve. I'm getting antsy too. I'd like to actually have hard data on my car, instead of projections based on approximations. Rick. --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> wrote: > OOH, better watch what you say, Rick. I'm getting antsy. Almost feel > like I could be a contender. My 0-60 is around 4.8, and a test I ran > with a GTECH put the acceleration at .85g. > > We may have a showdown at pigeon forge after all; pitting 2.0 liters of > rice against 10.2 liters might prove to be a good show. > > I think we should sell tickets. > > Jim > > > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:47:11 -0000 "twinenginedmc12" > <twinenginedmc12@xxxx> writes: > > Hi John. > > > > Thanks for the compliments. Being considered cracked by your > > girlfriend is a compliment indeed. > > > > I made the car because it had to be restored from the frame up, and > > I > > like to make strange things. > > > > The car's top speed is limited to 108mph as it sits right now. At > > that speed, the rear engine will self-destruct. > > Acceleration however, will be pretty good for a street car, topping > > out at .7g - .8g. all the way up to 30mph, which it should reach in > > less than 2 seconds. It should hit 60mph in about 4.7 seconds. The > > car is geared very low, but is also very heavy, about 1900 kg with > > the driver. > > > > Rick. > > > > > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Dore" <dmcjohn@xxxx> wrote: > > > Fantastic work Rich, your car looks superb. > > > I was describing to my girlfriend with the use of a sunstar model > > at > > > home what you have done to your car, and she said "Why would he do > > > > > that?!" I said "so he has a 10.2 liter DeLorean"... > > > She said "why would he want that?" > > > > > > I tried my best to put into words why a man would want a 10.2 > > liter > > > DeLorean, but maybe you could say it better?! I think she thinks > > > you're cracked, which I hope you take as a great compliment. > > > > > > How fast do you expect this to be? > > > > > > Well done, > > > John, Ireland. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "twinenginedmc12" > > > <twinenginedmc12@xxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > > The twin engine Delorean site's been updated. (09/26/03) There > > are > > > > some new sections, fuel, cooling, electrical. Also the photo > > > section > > > > has some pictures of the car as it's currently running. If > > you've > > > > seen the site before, you might want to skip to those sections. > > > > > The > > > > previous ones have changed only a little. > > > > > > > > Here's a link. I'm not savvy enough to make it clickable. > > > > > > > > http://www.gendreaumicro.com/tenpointtwo/11472index.htm > > > > > > > > Rick. > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595056/R=0/SIG=124p07ne0/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3707890&yhad=1595056> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595056/rand=826635901> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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