Re: [DMCForum] Re: Sale Of Jeff Friday's Car (Mark V)

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

He will speak up soon i imagine. i dont know if he wants to let people 
know he bought the car yet.

Mark V


On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:59 PM, content22207 wrote:

> I'm going to be sorry to see Jeff out of service for a while.
> Hopefully he'll buy another some day. Who was the purchaser (and
> what's his/her -20)?
>
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
>
>> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
>> Well you wont have to wait too long. Jeff is putting the car together
>> and it is sold.
>>
>> End of summer and you can see how it runs.
>>
>> Mark V
>>
>>
>> On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:44 PM, content22207 wrote:
>>
>>> I am curious how the throttle response is going to be with Jeff
>>> Friday's intake manifolds. Im' afraid that big plenum may act like a
>>> vacuum canister. My plenum is plenty huge (about 2 3/4" diameter), 
>>> and
>>> I used to think that it slowed throttle response, but what I was
>>> actually feeling was that initial drop in the power valve (which in 
>>> my
>>> case was way to rich). Now, I can almost floor it straight from a
>>> standstill (I can floor it straight from a standstill if I don't mind
>>> that momentary lag until the fuel catches up -- need a slightly
>>> stronger accelerator pump).
>>>
>>
>>> Bill Robertson
>>> #5939
>>>
>>>> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" 
>>>> <dave.stragand@xxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I think we drove between 60 & 65.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Have you considered the Edelbrock carb (basically AFB clones)?  No
>>>> power
>>>> valves, and a HUGE difference in throttle response.  I have had 4
>>>> Holleys, and once buying the Edelbrock I'll never even consider
>>>> another
>>>> Holley.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
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>>>> From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>>> Behalf Of content22207
>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:25 PM
>>>> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: 30 MPG DeLorean? (Revisited)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You obviously were driving less than 80. I really don't think those
>>>> numbers are obtainable at 3,000 RPM.
>>>>
>>>> I was averaging 21-22 MPG around 2,500 RPM, so obviously metering 
>>>> has
>>>> improved. I'm not going to experiment with other power valves 
>>>> because
>>>> the engine rev's to 6,000 RPM no sweat, and the car absolutely tears
>>>> it up in 1st gear. There's a slight stutter if you goose it at the
>>>> stoplight, so my accelerator pump could stand to be a little
> richer. I
>>>> just ease that initial throttle plate crack, then floor it.
>>>>
>>>> BTW: I made it up here in 6 hours. That translates into 65 MPH
> average
>>>> (time lost in gas stops -- "Hey man, is that a DELOREAN?"). I 
>>>> dropped
>>>> it back to 2700 RPM in Virginia, which in theory translates around 
>>>> 70
>>>> MPH, but given the overall transit time I'm beginning to think the
>>>> much vaunted RPM xRef chart is a little off. Jason Perkins did 
>>>> report
>>>> his speedometer pegged on the way home from Pigeon Forge. Ah, the
>>>> ignorant bliss of a broken angle drive...
>>>>
>>>> Bill Robertson
>>>> #5939
>>>>
>>>>> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand"
> <dave.stragand@xxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Bill,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I know you don't believe it, but I was at nearly 30 miles per 
>>>>> gallon
>>>>> when I drove down to Pigeon Forge,.. And that was on each tank of
>>>>> gas.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>> From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>>>> Behalf Of content22207
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 2:13 PM
>>>>> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: [DMCForum] 30 MPG DeLorean? (Revisited)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Drove up to DC last night. Prior to leaving town I disabled a 
>>>>> device
>>>>> on my carb known as the "power valve" (it's just a diaphragm that
>>>>> meters more fuel when manifold vacuum drops, usually due to fuller
>>>>> throttle plate activation). Engine predetonated slightly under hard
>>>>> acceleration, so I bumped the jets up slightly. Even with the 
>>>>> larger
>>>>> jets (4% larger than I had been running), fuel economy jumped to
> 24.5
>>>>> MPG. And that was 2750-3000 RPM. Had I run closer to 2000 RPM, I
>>>>> might
>>>>> well have approached 30 MPG.
>>>>>
>>>>> In other words, something in the neighborhood of a 30 MPG DeLorean
>>>>> may
>>>>> indeed be possible. Performance will suffer accordingly, but if 
>>>>> fuel
>>>>> economy is your primary goal it could be done. I like to accelerate
>>>>> and drive fast myself, so 24.5 is good enough for me.
>>>>>
>>>>> (Note to Rich Acuti: That little silver blur in the left lane
> will be
>>>>> me).
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill Robertson
>>>>> #5939
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
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