RE: [DMCForum] Re: American Custom Engineering

["Jack Stiefel" <jackstiefel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not a problem, just hazing you a bit, don't worry bout me lol.

Jack Stiefel
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-----Original Message-----
From: wannadelorean [mailto:mcquinlan@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:25 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DMCForum] Re: American Custom Engineering

Ha!,  No, Darryl and I have been emailing for awhile.  I talked 
myself out of the engine swap some time ago but it keeps nagging at 
me.  I'm look at 3 cars actually.  I think I've told all 3 that I'm 
not jumping into this and I'll be making a decision (hopefully) in 
the Oct/Nov timeframe.  A lot depends on the stock market being good 
to me.  One of these days I'll pack up the family and we will head 
over to Tampa for a day at the beach and I'll let you know.  We can 
swing by for a look.  

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jack Stiefel" <jackstiefel@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Ah Ha!!  That's why you stopped emailing me lol.  Found a 
different one huh?
> 
> Jack Stiefel
> www.fmtimemachine.com
> Direct listen link: www.live365.com/stations/radiocape
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wannadelorean [mailto:mcquinlan@xxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:56 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: American Custom Engineering
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  I'm looking for a Delorean and have talked 
to 
> the owner of an engine swapped one.  It has a 4.7 v6 
Supercharged.  
> My only concern is that it is coupled to the stock transmission 
and 
> the splines on the input shaft sheared once and the roll pin 
holding 
> the coupler snapped once.  A custom piece was fabricated to fix 
the 
> issue but I worry that all that has happened is the weakest link 
of 
> the system has now been moved to the inside of the tranny making a 
> failure more catastrophic.
> .
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland 
> <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> wrote:
> > I talked to a few people pushing 250-300hp with stock 
> transmission, and
> > have heard a couple accounts of input shaft shearing.  The gear 
> ratios
> > would have been too tall for a higher-rpm running engine.  I 
> contacted
> > the DML at the time, no one offered any suggestions for getting 
> beefier
> > components or changing diff ratio.
> > 
> > I originally had intended to keep the stock transmission, but 
said 
> to
> > myself: "y'know, if I get this whole thing together and rip this
> > transmission in half, I'm going to be pissed!".  Chasing after 
> upgrades
> > and replacements seemed like a pain in the ass, so I bought a
> > transmission made to work in the same orientation and was made 
for 
> a car
> > that came with 270 HP stock (at 6100rpm Bill).  Supposedly the 
> porsche
> > transmissions are very beefy for the HP that they come with 
> stock.  Plus
> > it had an extra gear.  Plus it wasn't a renault (sorry martin).  
I 
> hope
> > we can agree that the germans make better cars than the french.
> > 
> > I don't know if american custom really did modify the renault, 
but 
> when
> > you really come down to it, the renault un1 is a $500 
> transmission, and
> > the porsche g50 is a $4000+ transmission.  
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> > On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:01:37 -0000 "wannadelorean" 
<mcquinlan@xxxx>
> > writes:
> > > I'm curions on 3Rotor, what was the main motivation for 
putting 
> in 
> > > the Porsche transmission?  My limited knowledge on this topic 
> seems 
> > > to indicate that the stock transmission was usable?  I'm just 
> curios 
> > > 
> > > not questioning your judgement.  I'm trying to educate myself 
on 
> the 
> > > 
> > > pitfalls of aquiring a car with an engine swap.
> > > 
> > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland 
> > > <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> wrote:
> > > > Come one Come all!  Rotary conversion!  Even Idles!  All 
> sensors
> > > > connected!
> > > > 
> > > > Jim
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:45:39 -0400 "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> 
> > > writes:
> > > > > > I was told that American Custom Engines only built
> > > > > ONE...
> > > > > 
> > > > > Yeah, I heard that too from Richard Cutter himself.  I saw
> > > > > the car (and him) at the DCS 2002 in Memphis.  The engine
> > > > > didn't idle right because he never figured out several of
> > > > > the engine sensors to get the engine management computer
> > > > > working properly.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hey, I'll do an engine conversion for you like that:
> > > > > $20,000.00 which is just what he was charging.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Walt
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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