re: yet another performance question

["Stragand, Dave" <dave.stragand@xxxx>]

Will a Lotus twin turbo v8 fit into the delorean engine bay? Possibly,
but not in the right direction. The Lotus engine is mounted in the
middle of the car, and the D engine is in the rear, so you would have to
turn it around to get it to fit.

If you want to install it the "correct" way, you will have to do severe
and extensive modifications to the body and frame to make a midship
engine compartment.

The Lotus transmission, if you used it, would have to be modified to run
the other direction. If you used the D engine, you will need to make a
trans adapter (bell housing).

You are also going to have to do some massive modifications to get that
wiring harness and computer to work. It's going to be an extensive and
expensive swap, but it's possible.

What may be more interesting... is can you get the whole running chassis
from the Lotus? And mount the D body on it?

-Dave
VIN #05927



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