Re: Swapping PRV engine for Chevy or Ford small block

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

Any old, used car is only as reliable as the owner wants it to be. The 
Delorean does have several known weak points and if you are still 
running origional ignition and cooling parts you are asking for 
trouble. IMHO the stock set-up will always be more reliable then any 
conversion because only the person who does the conversion will know 
about how to maintain it or even where to get the parts! My advice is 
to stay stock as much as possible and use all of the known fixes and 
replace all of the parts that age like belts, hoses, ignition, wiring. 
In the end it will make the car worth more as any conversion is a "one 
of" and in this case not worth more. A Delorean that is properly 
maintained is no more prone to breakdowns then any of it's 
contemporaries and IMO more reliable as the fuel system is really 
simple compared to others of that era. Same for the electrical system. 
This doesn't mean things won't break but it should get you home.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> wrote:
> Replies starting to trickle in (thanks folks, you're more helpful 
> than people in the AMC world, if that's a compliment) ...
> 
> Am not worried about tune-up, am worried about system putting me to 
> walking. Have read horror stories of cars cutting off inexplicably, 
> not restarting under myriad of conditions, etc (I've never had a 
> carbureted vehicle fail (suddenly) from fuel delivery or ignition). 
> Are these tales atypical or is this probable in a 20 year old stock 
> DeLorean. 
> 
> I understand general risk of wandering from original, but in my 
> circumstance might actually be beneficial. I'm a lesser shade tree 
> mechanic in a land of major shade tree mechanics. Is best not to 
take 
> something too exotic to Billy Bob's Tractor & Combine Repair. 
> 
> Seriously: I'm considering re-engined car for survival, not 
> performance. Do not have resources, knowledge, etc that you find in 
> the metropolitan areas. Someone (myself included) could unwittingly 
> end up making a sick car worse. Why push water uphill -- we know 
> Chevy's & Fords.
> 
> If it helps, I'd like to keep everything outside the engine 
> compartment original.
>