[DMCForum] Re: American Custom Engineering
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[DMCForum] Re: American Custom Engineering



Thanks for the reply.  I'm looking for a Delorean and have talked to
the owner of an engine swapped one.  It has a 4.7 v6 Supercharged. 
My only concern is that it is coupled to the stock transmission and
the splines on the input shaft sheared once and the roll pin holding
the coupler snapped once.  A custom piece was fabricated to fix the
issue but I worry that all that has happened is the weakest link of
the system has now been moved to the inside of the tranny making a
failure more catastrophic.
.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland
<ihaveanaccount@xxxx> wrote:
> 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@xxxx>
> 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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