-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Levy [mailto:malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 4:58 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DMCForum] DeLorean engine swaps.
I am not a Porsche expert, but thought that most of
their engines were horizontally apposed? There is no
way they will fit in the frame of the DMC.
Depending on availability in your neck of the woods, I
would go with either the 3.5L Chrysler DOHC (found in
the Prowler, LHS, Intrepid RT, and some other cars) or
the new 6 cylinder "north star". I went with the
Chrysler because it is mounted in the car the
"correct" way, instead of transverse. I think it will
make the job of mounting it to the DMC frame less of a
task.
The complication you may have with any modern engine
that is not in it's own car, is making it run with an
after market engine control computer. It can be done,
but most of the computers are expensive.
If you choose to use the Porsche trans, you can buy a ready-made bell
housing from Kennedy Engineering that will mount just about any engine to a
Porsche trans... I opted to go with the DMC trans to reduce cost, and (I
thought) complexity... I also wanted to make it easy for someone to copy.
The guy I hired to do the custom work on the bell housing has been VERY slow
to get it done, and it has cost me a LOT of time. In retrospect, I should
have either went with the Porsche trans for a few extra $$ or picked a more
reliable machinist!
The bell housing is close to done. It is only missing
the mount for the slave cylinder, and the pivot for
the clutch fork... But I will not even predict when
it will be done!
--- John Dore <dmcjohn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
><SNIP>
> I absolutely love American V8's, but would think
> that there are
> better alternatives out there, with the same power
> in a lighter
> package. I'd like to stay within the same
> approximate weight range as
> the PRV, so I suppose another aluminum 6 cylinder
> like Marc Levy is
> using (I think) is a good choice?
> What about the Porsche 944 or 944 Turbo engines, has
> anyone
> considered it? Any opinions on how good a choice
> this would be? The
> reason I ask is that these are common over here, in
> fact I am
> planning on buying a 944 in a few weeks as my daily
> driver.
<SNIP>
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