I don't know. The rotary redlines at 7100, though the trans has a .8 6th gear with a 3.44 final drive. My computer seems to think it can go 164mph. I'm not to anxious to figure out if that is correct. I was watching the Teckademics video about the gumball 3000; the Ferraris were maintaining 180mph at times. Crazy. Jim On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:51:23 -0000 "twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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! 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