Thomas Mc Auley <mcauleydmc@xxxx> wrote: > I have a few years to fix up a De Lorean anyway, because I probably wont be able to get insurance for a few years. I am really pushing to get the car because I see loads of people on the internet always saying 'I cant wait to get my De Lorean', and I fear that they will all be 'swallowed' up before I can get one. Do you think this will happen? I doubt it personally. The value of DeLoreans IS increasing with the help of the internet and public awareness but in the years I've been owning/following them I've yet to see any "stock shortage". EBay has always had a good number available for instance. > My brother tells me that there is V8 engines on autotrader for around £300. Of course they need striped and rebuilt, but my brother is an engineer in Shorts, so he knows his stuff, and we have a place with all the necessary tools. But then you have to check what you will have to do to the car to put that engine in. Do your research here. A few V8s/V6s/Rotarys have been fitted to the DeLorean with success. But with V8s in particular they are often either too long of too deep to clear the chassis. The Northstar 4.6 V8 (300bhp) will fit but the company in the US that do the conversion charge $20k to do it. Also if you are going the route of the V8 you must also be able to source and fit a gearbox too - again it's down to research. > Now that DMUK has opened, there is a place 'close by' who can do major work on the car, and know what they are doing too! Im not sure what to do now. Please send suggestions Heh.. they do indeed know what they are doing. Though I wonder if they would enjoy the "engineering challenge" of fitting a Yank V8 to our pretty little European car! LOL! If you're gonna go mad - go all the way. Find a wreck and stick a Corvette LT1 in it with a supercharger - go the good side of 600bhp then let us know how you managed to keep the nose on the ground ;o) Dan Vin#5284 - Hana 911 Cally-T