Re: [DMCForum] Martin's lovely new hand-built engine
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Re: [DMCForum] Martin's lovely new hand-built engine



When you eventually come down this way I should have an extra Porsche
5-speed transaxle for you to play with.


Andrei




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxxxxx>
To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Martin's lovely new hand-built engine


> > YEAH!!!!??!! WILL WE SEE IT?!!!
>
> Yeah Avi, but will we see you?  Are you going to Pigeon Forge?
>
> If all goes well, you will see my "lovely new hand-built engine" from
Darren
> Bowker & Martin.  We aren't even sure what it is going to be yet.  We
are
> talking about starting with a block from an Alpine A610 which is a turbo
PRV
> starting at 250BHP.  By doing standard souped-up stuff, etc. it will be
> around 350BHP when done.  But I'm not entirely sure I want to do
something
> this big or expensive.  The next alternative down is a normally
aspirated
3
> litre, 24 valve PRV.
>
> First he has to find the A610 block which they say is as rare as rocking
> horse shit.  Both engines would have distributorless ignition,
electronic
> fuel injection, Emerald engine management that can interface with a
Windoze
> laptop.  Just how much fun can this be?
>
> The advantage of importing a PRV from across the pond is that it should
bolt
> right in place of the DeLorean's original PRV.  But with this much
> horsepower I'll be finding a different transmission anyway.  Do y'all
think
> it would be worth having turbos with 350 BHP when I could still get 250
BHP
> from a normally aspirated engine?
>
> Walt
>
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