[DML] Re: Transmission change

["daveswingle2" <dswingle@xxxx>]

Once you head down this path, the frame you start with is the least 
of your worries. 

The only difference between the two frames is where the shifter 
mounts. Don't know where the power handling thing came from. There is 
no other difference. Since you'll be using a Porsche shifter anyway, 
it's not the issue. 

You'll have to get new, custom, axles made (the Porsche trans is much 
wider than the DMC, although the CV joints will bolt up) and the 
bigger obstacle is that the Porsche Tiptronic is computer controlled, 
by a Porsche computer accustomed to being hooked up to a Porsche 
engine. So you'll need to figure that out. You'll also have to invent 
some transmission mounts, engine mounts, and a way to connect 
whatever engine you use to a Porsche transmission. There is a ton of 
re-engineering to do here.

The success of this sort of project is very dependent on your 
engineering/mechanical/electronics aptitude, as well as the depth of 
your wallet. 

Dave Swingle



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "jeremys_im" <jeremysmail@xxxx> wrote:
> My interest would be with going the not OEM way. IE something 
> like the Porsche Tiptronic set-up.
> 
> So would it be easier to go from the delorean auto or delorean 
> manual to the Porsche TipTronic? 
> 
> Also someone make mention before that the frame on the 
> manual is capable of handiling more power then the auto. So if 
> true does this imply that conversion to the tiptronic 5sp would be 
> better suited from the 5sp delorean?
> 
> Jeremy