Re: Replacement transmission?

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

You will find it at least 1 order of magnitude harder to do a swap 
then to try to use a stock drivetrain. You will be in "uncharted 
teritory" as there are no manuals to do this and few people have tried 
it. My advice is to at least try to keep it stock. It is also the best 
way to go for resale value and future serviceability. The costs of the 
parts will be a lot lower putting it back then to custom fabricate 
brackets, fuel, exhaust, electical and such. Many of these ambitious 
projects never are completed. FWIW.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Foleyverre@xxxx wrote:
> I am looking into buying a Delorean in pretty decent condition with 
one major 
> glitch:
> 
> It is an early 1981 DMC-12 with a disassembled, non-working 
automatic
> transmission. My plan is to replace the engine and transmission 
completely,
> but first get the PVR-6 up to spec. I know this is a place where 
this topic
> may have been "done to death", but I have hardly anywhere else to 
turn.
> If there already is a log of this topic, or another resource that 
has covered 
> this
> I would appreciate the location!
> 
> My question: with a rear-mounted engine, what kind of tranny is it? 
> transverse?
> what "modern" car would use a rear mounted engine/tranny? porshe? 
Hybrid car
> with style... A honda spoon engine with trans was available for less 
than 
> $10k
> not too long ago here.
> 
> Any help appreciated...
> Brian Verre
> vallejo_ap@xxxx