Re: Supercharger retrofit

["therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

If you have the money, then you can pretty much get almost any 
setup you want for your engine. The PRV in the DeLorean is 
actaully a nice setup as in it's middle of the road when it comes 
to internal specs. As has been stated before, the lower than 
expected performance of the car isn't due to the motor, but the 
DeLorean application itself. You have to remember that the car 
was hurried for completion, and EPA ratings. This means power 
was sacrificed for economy. If you want to improve performance, 
start with things like the exhaust system. I'm not knocking the 
blower idea, but nothing that simply bolts on is going to fix 
everything in the performance sense. A blower is a possibility, 
but using the same restrictive exhaust system is going to kill alot 
of the potential of the supercharger. What good is taking a 
deeper breath if you're still going to exhale thru the same small 
straw?

Mostly likely, you are probably not going to find a spare 
supercharger sitting at your local junkyard. So far I've been to 
quite a few of the local yards here, and have never seen a 
blower, or any simular set up lying around. In fact last summer 
when I was buying suspension parts to repair a friends car, the 
guy next to me while I was paying was asking about 
superchargers for a Camaro. The guy behind the counter told 
him that they never buy cars with afttermarket mods. If it's not 
factory original, they don't buy it because of the limited market, 
and possible damage of other parts from misuse and poor 
installation. When the guy asked about other yards that may 
have what he was looking for, they guy behind the counter 
wished him luck as it's pretty much a common practice with all 
salvage yards. So if you're looking for these kind of parts, I don't 
think that you'll find them as cheap/easily as you might hope...

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, mrvideosawyer@xxxx wrote:
> Group,
> 
> How come we as a group come up with a supercharger 
retrofit? I called Paxton today and the admitted that the basic unit 
was the same from car to car. What is the big deal here? If I 
heard these guy right it is just a matter of belts pulleys and 
brackets. There are so many superchargers sitting on cars in 
junk yards that we as a group should put our heads together and 
figure a way to put some punce in this engine. Toby is leaving 
me in the dust just because of his suspension mods (sway bar, 
lowered, air dam and of course TOBY BOLTS). I have called 
many places that build these superchargers and they all seem 
to think it cannot be done. I am a JUNKYARDS war kind of guy 
lets figure out something..
> 
> Jim Sawyer
> vin 4149
> Chomeillusion color purple~soft gold