[DML] Re: So what are the 0-60 times?

[Michael Reinemuth <micha@xxxx>]

Hello Ed, I disagree with that.

I live here in Germany and own a factory stock DeLorean. Maybe you know we had no speed limit
on german Highways (called "Autobahn"). So I can drive my car at top speed when ever I want
it. Now I have to say my car reaches 210km/h without a problem, with good conditions (free
road, a little wind from the back) the car reaches 220km/h (stopped, not taken from the
odometer).

Sure the DeLorean isn´t a fast car (here in germany beaten by near every small family car),
but it is even faster as reported by "Road & Track".

Ann & Ed Thompson schrieb:

> According to extensive road tests on a stock factory DeLorean as reported
> by "Road & Track" magazine they found the following:
>
> 1st gear: 6500 rpm - 40 MPH (no ignition problems so far)
> 2nd gear: 6500 rpm - 64 MPH (still no ignition problems)
> 3rd gear: 6500 rpm - 98 MPH (near peak of the torque range, still no ignition problems)
> 4th gear: 5600 rpm - 109 MPH (torque falls apart here)
> 5th gear: 4400 rpm - 109 MPH (top achievable speed - torque gave out already,
> unable to push the car beyond 109 MPH, but still no ignition problems)
>
> It appears obvious to me that if the stock original DeLorean had been fitted with
> an engine with a little more HP and torque it could have easily achieved the touted
> 130+ MPH. As it is, it appears that, as stock, the scientific test results as
> reported by "Road & Track" are more realistic than the "dreamers" want to believe.
>
> Regards,
> Ed Thompson (believed to be somewhat of a "realist" and a D owner/driver since 1982)
> Midlothian, VA
> USA

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Gruss

Michael Reinemuth
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