Afternoon all....

Thought I better post this really just to make everyone aware.

I had a lower front ball joint failure yesterday coming back from the Car show at Knebworth. Luckily for me it was at very low speed and not on a main road. I was just turning into my friends drive when all of a sudden there was a loud bang and the front right of the car dropped followed by a loud scrapping noise as the lower wishbone dropped onto the inside of the wheel rim.

Upon investigation it turns out the ball joint broke just where the thread starts.

The car is now down with DMCL and they're going to do more investigative work. I haven't changed this part since I bought the car and until we get the ball joint out I can't say whether it is an original 25 year old part or not. But I'll keep everyone informed.

I can tell you now it was a proper mission trying to get a Delorean on the back of a recovery truck when you can't push it or lift it! It took nearly 7 hours, 4 AA vehicles, 2 flat beds and one HighAb (lifter) to finally get the car loaded. One thing I did learn. The Delorean is SO back heavy that it can't be lifted by those guys that tow you away if you have parked illegally or have no road tax. Dunno if that is useful to know or not really!

I guess I'm just lucky it didn't happen at higher speed and that I seem to have gotten away with just a bit of rubbing on the inside of the wheel arch and a little damage the wheel rim.

As always, its a good idea with these 25 year old cars to do routine checks on all the critical areas like suspension and steering.

ok here's one then.

I've never been a fan of turbos, but I'm intrigued by superchargers. As a few of you know, I work for Mercedes, and a few years ago they ditched the idea of turbo charging in favour of superchargers (Kompressor).

Now a Mercedes C180 Kompressor puts out around 170hp, which I think is pretty good for a "1.8" litre engine.

Which got me thinking.....can the PRV be supercharged easily? Is there an 'off the shelf' supercharger or would one have to be specially engineered to fit the car?

Its just an idea at this stage, because I still want to respect my car for what it is, which is a 25 year old GT and not an Impreza Basher....but.....if it was a reliable way of giving the car a bit more acceleration and mid range torque without risking the engine too much or getting too complicated, then it could be an interesting concept.

Anyway, for anyone going to Knebworth tomorrow, see you there about 10am - we're bringing the gazebo, plus hot dogs, tea and coffee, so that's lunch sorted anyway :lol:

It's an Archer Noise Suppressor:



does anyone else have one of these installed on their car? This thing has two connectors running from it and is wired directly onto the battery...

I had a scoot around the internet to see if I could find something on Archer's site, but I didn't find anything. Maplin's have something similar:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/free_uk_delivery..._33180.htm

Any ideas? Should I care much?

hi all

today turned my attention to the interior door panel.

my window is dead and the handle has snapped. (thanks car shippers!)

so, have the manual (not much help).
is the upper door card held on by fir trees?. does it break easy and do i just prise off?.

thanx for the help.

Regards

steve

I was just wondering is there a difference between the stage 2 PRV-6 from DMUK and the stage 2 from DMCH?

Thanks
Troy

To all,

The paint round my front windscreen panels has seen better days.

Can anyone tell me if it is satin black pls.

What prep work is required to spray paint onto stainless.

Thanks in advance,

NickT.

I have had a nice couple of hours pottering about in my garage while the mrs is away at her band and I have just cleaned my air gun out. with good old WD40. It now goes like the clappers and back to normal

What would we do without WD40?

So, just for fun I've put a little poll up for the wonderful spray we can't do without..........

ps Just to let you know I don't own any shares in WD40 but maybe I should 8)

NickT

A quick update. Following on from the last exhaust breaking in spectacular syle following Dan's car at Lotus, the new system is done. The car then came straight back in my garage to carry on with the stereo upgrade. The car sounds better, the boom in the cabin from memory has gone (will need to drive it more) but it still pops and farts and sounds more expensive

The guy under quoted me by miles. He said if he was to do another he could not charge less than £1500 which puts it beyond the Nottingham based system cost. The £1500 includes EVERYTHING you need in regard to the Stainless Steel and fitting. Contact DMC Ltd for your new gaskets and studs. I anticipate at that price I will once again have the DeLorean with the world's only unique exhaust system.

It has 21" headers for optimum performance, 3" pipework from the headers to the silencers which are a rare 3.5" at the viewable rear tailpipe. The old system had stock manifolds, 2.5" pipework and 3" tailpipes connected to the longest silencers ever!!!

See you at the NEC in a few months. I will be providing 'DREAM RIDES' once again for the Sporting Bears charity! They could do with another DMC as I never had a free minute. Joe public pays around £40 which 100% goes to the charity and in return out cars gain more exposure.
http://www.sportingbears.org.uk/

Just a theoretical question (maybe...)

Does anybody know if the alternator is interchangeable with the Volvo/ Renault units from the equivalent PRV engines? I don't need one at present, but I'm thinking that if, for example I happened to know of a decent used one going spare, would it be worth me having it, even if it were as a standby unit just in case? Or are they compeletly different in terms of fit, terminal connections, output etc etc.

Thanks all,

Hi all,

I'm due to be doing some tank diving on VIN# 4400 soon to give it a good clean up, hose change and inspection.

The fuel pump does not need to be replaced but I was wondering if there's a prescribed method of cleaning the pump while it's out of the tank? Or is it simply a case of cleaning the tank itself and putting the pump back in?