Re: DMC engine upgrades (and AZ event)

["Steve Rubano" <srubano@xxxx>]

Good luck in trying to find out the answer...I think it's a "secret" 
since I wrote a few emails to someone <ehem> and never got any 
response back. If you do find out...please share with us. For the 
cost they are charging it sound like they are installing a custom 
exhaust system, modifying the heads and performing "tweaks" (engine 
tuning) to other parts of the engine (fuel, air, etc). Custom exhaust 
alone is expensive, probably cost close to $3,000 or maybe even more 
depending on what material they are using. You can't bore the 
cylinder sleeves to a larger Diameter and if they replace the crank 
than I think the price would be allot higher. IMHO (until someone 
gives us facts), It's custom exhaust, Mods to the heads (porting, 
polishing, ect) performance cams and lifters and engine tuning to 
match the changes. Who knows I could be wrong but doing what I just 
described will bring the HP up considerably. I believe (from what I 
heard) that Phase two is suppose to consist of an electronic fuel 
injection system to replace the mechanical Bosch one. 

There was a performance engine build shop I used to go to who said 
that it wouldn't be that difficult to bring the engine up to the 
200+HP mark...I have to dig out their number again (and yes they 
build pro race engine and high performance stock engines...not a fly 
by night shop). I scraped the idea since I didn't have the money to 
invest into it and plus I wanted to keep the stock set up for now, 
that was 3 years ago. Come to think of it I think the owner of the 
shop owned a Delorean as a "colectors" piece, kept it stock though so 
it would be original (hence "colectors piece") so I am sure he has 
thought about it.


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, raddad@xxxx wrote:
<SNIP> What I'd like to
> hear is just what the modifications consist of, and the offsets to 
such an
> engine "hop-up".
> 
> I have no intention to try a do-it-yourself modification. I'd just 
like to
> know what is involved in the modifications. Obviously, the very
> restrictive exhaust is modified. Perhaps the fuel management is 
modified
> ala the approach described on the UK DMC club page. However, they 
acheive
> only 167 HP. So, is the engine ported and relieved? Is there a cam
> modification? Or???
> 
<SNIP>> 
> James? Stephen?
> 
> Dick Ryan
> VIN 16867