Re: [DML] New Frame

["Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx>]

> What engine and trans upgrade are you
> considering. ?

Bob,
You already know about the trans upgrade. I want to use the same Porsche 4
speed automatic that you put in your time machine. For now that project is
on the back burner until I get caught up on other projects. As soon as I
finish getting my passenger door back together, I'm going to use my spare
time to make those convex mirrors. And you are the 2nd one on my list for
them.

As for a different engine, I am totally undecided. My first major step is
to get the frame swapped with all the work involved in repainting the
suspension parts. Once I have the car back together and running then I'll
swap the tranny but keep the OEM engine. This will involve making an extra
bell housing, but I have learned my lesson too well to take things in
smaller steps when possible. Otherwise a seemingly simple project can end
up taking forever. When I have the Porsche tranny debugged, then I'll be
ready for an engine swap. But I haven't ruled out the possibility of
keeping the original engine and having DMC Houston upgrade it along with
other modifications. But what I really want (I think) is the Cadillac
Northstar V8. I don't like the idea of sending my car off for someone else
to work on it, so I might try this conversion myself. Maybe the guy will
sell a kit? I doubt it. I was just working on a Cadillac today, in fact.
But before I'm ready to transplant the engine out of one, I have a lot of
reading to do.

> I hope that someday we can set up a slow shalom race and see if the SS
frame also
> handles better.

That will be a lot of fun to do. Maybe we can do that next year at the next
major show. Reg Pearce (Bryan Pearce's father) told me that the SS frame
stops the car from "curtseying" in the corners. When I'm through, there
will be several things different about the suspension besides just the
frame. My goal is to have a heavy-duty front sway bar with a different
shape to stay out of the way of the front wheels, a rear sway bar that might
be a different shape than the Addco one, new custom front lower control arms
and of course the PJ Grady shocks & lower springs. When I'm done, it should
handle very differently than the average DeLorean.

Walt Tampa, FL