FYI: The air cleaner box used on the DeLorean was used in the Volvo PRV engine set up. Therefore there were no budget or time constraints in their design or development. DMC Joe -----Original Message----- From: bluemax86 [mailto:massimot@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 1:49 AM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Re: Upgrading the Air Filter There have been a couple of posts mentioning that the engineers know what they are doing and have all the resources and tools to put good engines together. While I agree with this, isn't it also true that they have to work within the constraints of the final cost of the car. So wouldn't it be possible that the engineers would not put in a better design, to gain horspower or efficiency, if it cost too much or it added too much time to the assembly line or they just didn't have enough development time to design something better. Max VIN 4819 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/