[DML] RE: 3.0 Eagle motors (and trannies)

[Mike Substelny <msubstel@xxxx>]

I mention this every time the Eagle 3.0 engine comes up on the DML:

Because AMC designed the Premier to be a luxury car, it offered a smooth and
reliable version of the Renault automatic tranny which, at a glance, looked like
it might be modified to fit into a DeLorean. It was an automatic with
*overdrive*.

As with other tranny swaps for the DeLorean, it would be necessary to find a way
to reverse its gearing. I believe this has never been done successfully with
that particular gearbox, but a creative person who undertook such a project
might create a very unique and luxurious DeLorean.

If you swapped engines to increase horsepower, you might appreciate the
acceleration a few times a week. But if you swapped the normal automatic for an
automatic with overdrive you could appreciate the decreased engine rev and
improved fuel economy every moment that you spent on the freeway.


I think the many problems with such an adaptation were discussed on the DML a
few months ago, but a quick search of the back issues turned up nothing.

- Mike Substelny