I was out driving DeLorean Motor Company's 200hp "Phase 1" car today here in Phoenix, and I talked to Mr. Wynne about this. Stephen told me (and I hope this is okay for me to share) that 230hp will be the next step. He did not give me a timeline, but since they still have only prototypes for the 200hp engine and Mr. Wynne always makes sure things are done correctly, we could only guess. I'm actually glad someone brought this subject up. The Arizona DeLorean Club held our second DeLorean Motor Company Tech Day with Mr. Wynne, James Espey, and one of DMC's ace mechanics, Bill Morgan today. We had 14 cars in attendance (I'm not positive on this number-give or take a car), and there were torsion bar adjustments for all and a good time was had by everyone there. The Arizona club, and particularly myself, owe Stephen, James, and Bill a debt of gratitude. A big thanks from me on behalf of everyone in attendance goes out to our friends from Houston. Back to the topic of the engine: I had the car for about an hour and everyone else in attendance got a drive too, and I must say I was more than impressed. It is an '81 painted black with an automatic tranny and DMC's suspension upgrade package (4 new shocks and 4 new springs) and of course the 200hp engine. The car handles like a dream. I did a quick u-turn after getting off the freeway so I could get back on for a little while and the car did not lean whatsoever. The shocks improve the ride too. The engine is noticeably better, especially at higher RPM. I did some, uh, testing ;-) down the freeway to see what she could do, and where my stock 5-speed seems to enjoy a highway cruising speed of about 75mph, the 200hp car purred at around 90-100mph. In fact, the only disappointing thing about the car was that Stephen hadn't switched out the stock 85mph speedo with his 170mph upgrade, so if I'd have been pulled over the police would've had to inform me of my speed ;-). In summary, the car looks and rides great with the suspension upgrade, and has significantly more punch to it with the new engine. I was kind of sad to get back into my stock '82, but I'll be sending mine down to Houston for the upgrades as soon as I can. Thanks again to DeLorean Motor Company and to Mesa Auto Works for hosting the event. Ryan McCaffrey #10014 Arizona DeLorean Club -----Original Message----- From: Jack & Virginia Stiefel [mailto:stiefel@xxxx] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 6:32 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] DMC engine upgrades I am looking into the DMC Houston engine upgrades and remember something about a 2nd and 3rd stage of the upgrades coming down the pike. Does anyone remember what they were and what the timeline was for these upgrades?