Re: [DML] Modified Deloreans

[MPolzin@xxxx]

Jim,
I agree, I think I mid-mounted engine may be the right answer for this
project. It alleviates the issues with the steering problems that you would
run into if you put in more HP with a rear mount. It also alleviates the
issues with having something unsightly hanging out of your front hood,
something that I would find unacceptable for this project, and possibly
create other front end issues.

As you say it would provide better balance for a car that was orignally
designed to have a rear mounted engine and would also require much less
modification to the frame of the car to facilitate such a set up.

On the D-REX subject, yeah lets just agree that its HUGE. Its on of my
favorite D's out there just because it is unique. I haven't seen the D-REX
in person yet, but did see it in the 2003 St. Pattys Day parade. My own car
is of course my favorite!

Mike
VIN 4761

----- Original Message -----
From: "James A Strickland" <ihaveanaccount@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [DML] Modified Deloreans


> I think you have no idea the bad of worms that you are opening by trying
> to do a engine swap like this. You may be "solving" a high-hp oversteer
> with understeer. I think a longblock in the front of delorean would be
> ridiculous. You would have to do some serious modification to fit in a
> square frame- there's no real room for it..?
>
> About other (really) high HP conversions, I can only think of the 3.8
> liter Buick swap (Don Steiger I believe). D-REX has a front engine,
> though it is not very deloreanesque, as it is like 7 feet tall (don't
> correct me, it could be 12 feet. It's just big, ok?).
>
> I think a sweeeeeet swap would be a mid-engine setup like the Lotus
> Esprit v8. This would make the car much better balanced.
>
> Jim