Re: 3.0 Eagle motors (and trannies)

[jtrealty@xxxx]

To be completly accurate the way the gearing is "reversed" in the 
Delorean application is that the final drive case is machined so the 
ribs don't interfere with putting in the carrier with the ring gear in 
"the other way". The trans bolts onto the final drive so there would 
be no gearing modifaction required if in fact you could use the 
origional torque converter and final drive. I have not seen the trans 
you refer to so I have no idea if this is a bolt on mod or if 
machining is required but again I think this could be very interesting 
if someone is determined enough to do it. While you're at it you might 
as well investigate a lock-up torque converter.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Mike Substelny <msubstel@xxxx> wrote:
> I mention this every time the Eagle 3.0 engine comes up on the DML:
> 
> Because AMC designed the Premier to be a luxury car, it offered a 
smooth and
> reliable version of the Renault automatic tranny which, at a glance, 
looked like
> it might be modified to fit into a DeLorean. It was an automatic 
with
> *overdrive*.
>