Re: [DMCForum] Re: American Custom Engineering

[Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx>]

I talked to a few people pushing 250-300hp with stock transmission, and
have heard a couple accounts of input shaft shearing.  The gear ratios
would have been too tall for a higher-rpm running engine.  I contacted
the DML at the time, no one offered any suggestions for getting beefier
components or changing diff ratio.

I originally had intended to keep the stock transmission, but said to
myself: "y'know, if I get this whole thing together and rip this
transmission in half, I'm going to be pissed!".  Chasing after upgrades
and replacements seemed like a pain in the ass, so I bought a
transmission made to work in the same orientation and was made for a car
that came with 270 HP stock (at 6100rpm Bill).  Supposedly the porsche
transmissions are very beefy for the HP that they come with stock.  Plus
it had an extra gear.  Plus it wasn't a renault (sorry martin).  I hope
we can agree that the germans make better cars than the french.

I don't know if american custom really did modify the renault, but when
you really come down to it, the renault un1 is a $500 transmission, and
the porsche g50 is a $4000+ transmission.  

Jim

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:01:37 -0000 "wannadelorean" <mcquinlan@xxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> I'm curions on 3Rotor, what was the main motivation for putting in 
> the Porsche transmission?  My limited knowledge on this topic seems 
> to indicate that the stock transmission was usable?  I'm just curios 
> 
> not questioning your judgement.  I'm trying to educate myself on the 
> 
> pitfalls of aquiring a car with an engine swap.
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland 
> <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> wrote:
> > Come one Come all!  Rotary conversion!  Even Idles!  All sensors
> > connected!
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> > On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:45:39 -0400 "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> 
> writes:
> > > > I was told that American Custom Engines only built
> > > ONE...
> > > 
> > > Yeah, I heard that too from Richard Cutter himself.  I saw
> > > the car (and him) at the DCS 2002 in Memphis.  The engine
> > > didn't idle right because he never figured out several of
> > > the engine sensors to get the engine management computer
> > > working properly.
> > > 
> > > Hey, I'll do an engine conversion for you like that:
> > > $20,000.00 which is just what he was charging.
> > > 
> > > Walt
> > > 
> > > 
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