Legend (Was: twin turbo)

["Marc A. Levy" <malevy@xxxx>]

It has been discussed before, but I guess I can say it again in light of
Dave's post below.

The Legend twin turbo setup is nothing like the Island twin turbo. On
the Island "kit" you simply bolt on the turbos and associated
accessories to make them work. Most people limit the boost to 6lbs, and
still risk internal damage to the engine because it is not designed for
forced induction.

When Legend developed their twin turbo setup, they needed to replace
just about *EVERYTHING* inside the engine. To make a long story short,
you cannot make a Legend like setup by simply duplicating the external
parts and bolting them on.

There has been some discussion about people re-creating the Legend
setup, but I suspect it would be too expensive for most owners. Seeing
that 502 is already up to $25K on Ebay and is in need of a restoration,
then maybe DeLorean owners are willing to pay more than I would expect.

Frankly, I hope no one reproduces a kit... But that is strictly for
selfish reasons. :)


-----Original Message-----
From: jtrealty@xxxx [mailto:jtrealty@xxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:50 AM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Re: twin turbo


The only kit available is from Island Turbo but it isn't the twin. Or 
you could buy #502 on E-Bay. The only parts I know of that are in 
existance to recreate a twin set-up are in Rob's shop for the car he 
has and I don't think you could get him to sell then even if you were 
his brother! If you were on better terms with him and could examine 
the parts I believe the parts could be copied and or recreated. 
Someone else is also interesed in doing this but I don't know how far 
along the project is.