The Delorean's gearbox is from the Renault 30. The Esprit's is a UN1, used in the Renault 25 and Alpine models. The differences are slight. The reason the DeLorean transmission's input shafts break before 350hp has nothing to do with horsepower - it's the TORQUE your diesel-like american blocks put out. The DeLorean was engineered for effiiciency and as a consequence the final drive is lower than in the 25/30 and Esprit. This puts additional strain on the box and clearly the input shaft is the weakest point. If you're going to drop in an LSD, you can drop in a final drive crown gear from an Alpine A610 and protect your gearbox up to well beyond the torque put out by a 450hp GTA turbo engine. NOBODY I have spoken to about these gearboxes over here has ever heard of the problem of breaking input shafts. Martin Jim Strickland wrote: >I will bet any amount of money that the DeLo's transmission is not the >same as the Esprit's V8TT. > >It may be renault, but we all know our transmissions will shear before >350hp. > >That's why I specified the DeLo's transmission. The Delorean could use a >lot of stuff before an LSD, imo. > >Jim > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=194081.3897168.5135684.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1754016/R=0/SIG=11pv1u2ju/*http://www.ediets.com/start.cfm?code= 30529&media=atkins> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=194081.3897168.5135684.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1754016/rand=648778922> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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