I don't think the gears are very unusual. It's pretty much linear, ie, up to 30 in first, 60 in second, 90, 120, and of course, 150 which we all know the Delorean can pull effortlessly. A lot of cars are similarly geared. Jim On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:59:34 -0000 "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Ok, ok. I'm cookin' with gas now. I tinkered some more. You can > really > dork with the CO screw a lot and still have the car start and even > idle well but drive like crap. > > Drivability is where the super-sensitivity comes into play. The > "sweet > spot" on that screw must be miniscule. > > I now have a great idle, power enough to accelerate in 4th gear > uphill, and engine temperatures that make sense. I didn't go past > the > mark in between 100 and 220, even when trapped at stop lights. > > I didn't make it into 5th gear 'cause I'm still too chicken to take > it > out on a major road. > > I still feel I'm off a bit, but obviously I'm a lot closer. > > Is the gearing super-tall on this thing? In 3rd I seemed to be going > -way- too fast for the semi-residential street I was on. > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote: > > I don't remember if you said you changed the thermostat. I am > wondering if > > that may be sticking? I had that happen in another vehicle of > mine > and it > > caused a random temperature change. > > > > Greg > > > > PS Where is Walto anyway? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:18 PM > > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Full power problems > > > > > > Hm. I did not take it apart. Cleaning it sounds like a good idea > tho. > > > > I've been dorking with the car since I got home today. I tested > the > > RPM relay. There's nothing wrong with it. Just an idiot check. > > > > I can see the timing advance when I rev it with the timing light. > I > > disconnected the vacuum advance as Bill suggested. It takes a > -lot- > > more to make it advance that way, which may indicate gooey > bob-weights. > > > > I again, tinkered with the CO screw. I tried to richen it first. > That > > made matters worse. The engine seeked and wouldn't settle down no > > matter how many other things I adjusted. When I revved it, it > would > > stutter and drag it's way up the RPM scale. > > > > I started leaning it out, and I hade more power, consistently. > > However, something's not right now because it runs HOT, close to > the > > safety margin when I drive it. It should be cooler with air > flowing > > over the radiator. When it gets that hot, the power starts falling > off > > again. > > > > The first time I drove it that way, before it really heated up, I > had > > "highway power". As soon as I stopped to turn around, I lost a lot > of it. > > > > The car is saying something...I'm not sure what though. > > > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> > wrote: > > > Did you dismatle and clean up the bob-weights in the > distributor? They > > > can get "gluey" and cause the symptoms you describe. Very common > to > > have > > > a car that's sat for some time, run fine till you give it a good > blast, > > > then when you come back to it after it's cooled, it runs like a > bag of > > > poo. That's what happenned to #2292 - read all about it at > > > www.ourdelorean.co.uk > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > cruznmd wrote: > > > > > > >I came home and ate some chow. Around 9 pm I decided I wanted > to run > > > >it again to make damn sure I fixed things. Instead, the car was > > > >totally feeble, cold and hot. When revving, it seemed to be > missing > > > >on a cylinder, or starving for fuel, I'm not sure which. > > > ------------------------ 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=259538.3760361.5018013.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1712983/R=0/SIG=11u38u3s2/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/hit?pa ge=1374-105951838331032> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259538.3760361.5018013.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1712983/rand=456149735> 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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