Re: Acceleration Lag

["David Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx>]

The problem may be that you are expecting a little more out of this 
car than it was designed to deliver. 

It sounds like you are revving it up and "dropping" the clutch. In 
most high performance cars the tires would spin. In the DeLorean, you 
are simply burning up your clutch, since that is where the slipping 
occurs (rather than between tires and pavement). With the heavy rear 
wieght bias and large tires, and relatively high axle ratio, it is 
difficult if not impossible to spin the tires on a stock DeLorean on 
dry pavement. If you keep testing this you will soon get to see and 
experience what a failed clutch looks and drives like. 

If I am misunderstanding you, my other guess would be that your 
clutch is already on its way out. 

Dave Swingle

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Willie Mack" <wmack@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> My Delorean is a 5 speed manual. It seems that no matter how high 
I put the
> rpms in first gear. The car never fully accelerates. It sits 
there for a
> minute, almost letting the rpms fall until it begins to roll. I 
can't get a
> good start off the line. It this a problem with not enough 
horsepower, the
> throttle linkage, or the clutch?
> 
> Thanks
> Willie Mack
> Vin 5043