Re: [DML] "The Sacrilege of the PRV " or "To Swap or Not to Swap (the Engine)"

["Johnny Sawyer" <johnny.sawyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

I like what one of the AZ-D members once said on another forum: "If you can
love the DeLorean for what it is and not be hung-up on what it's not, then
it's the car for you." -- Dan Wilson.

Johnny
5518
AZ-D


On 1/31/07, Rob Greenhaw <wylldshark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   A buddy who owns a D was mentioned having no love for the PRV. I can
> totally understand where he is coming from but the statement got me to
> wonder about swapping engines and keeping the car's "essence" intact. This
> is an issue I've debated for a long time, but now is the time to bring it to
> the DML and ask opinions.
>
> The thing I've always wondered is this: if you swap the engine out, is it
> still a DeLorean?
>
> We've known about the various engine swaps folks have done to their cars
> to juice out more power and make the DeLorean what it was meant to be.
>
> Sure, the name is there and the body is the same, but I've always seen the
> engine as a car's "heart", so to speak. If you take that out and put say, a
> Chevy 350, is the car not a Chevy with a DeLorean body?
>
> That's the sort of reckoning I've always had. Sure, the PRV is weak as
> hell and was not meant for performance, but there are race versions out
> there that produce 650hp!
>
> I would rather extensively modify a DeLorean engine than replace it with
> something else unless it was something related to the DeLorean like the
> Alpine set up or maybe even the Esprit. But even with the Esprit engine it
> would be an American Lotus. The Apine I could handle, since it is the same
> engine block.
>
> Anyway, you get my drift. Feel free to comment on it and maybe help me
> overcome that sort of "sacrilege" of replacing the DeLorean's powerplant
> since this is the only car I feel that way about.
>
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