Re: [DMCForum] Re: American Custom Engineering

[Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx>]

Well, there's yet ANOTHER instance of the same, how many hints do you
need?  Maybe it's all good after you replace the first sheared
component... or 2nd.  or 10th.  How many time do you want to take out
your transmission?  I'm holding at ZERO.

Using someone else's words, replacing the input shaft with inconel is
like "putting lipstick on a pig".  (sorry martin).

Jim

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:55:31 -0000 "wannadelorean" <mcquinlan@xxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> 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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