Mulling over the idea of coming back to DMC ownership....

[Dan Willis]

Guinney1971 Wrote:

Dan Willis Wrote:

stunned_monkey Wrote:Hi Dan

A Chevvy V8 won't fit, a V6 does (just) and bellhousings are avalable from GTO, as are uprated gearsets.

I've got a project which we can talk about if you'd like to get in touch. I'm more active on the other forum though.

Why won't a SBC fit? If a Northstar does and an SBC being one of the most compact, I'd be surprised - I assume it's to do with the sump rather than the actual block and heads? That can be remedied with a dry setup easily enough. Oh, and Rover and Lotus V8s fit too!

mwuhahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaa - I can see a Dan Willis Special Monster DeLorean ...... :wink: :wink:

Could it be any other way?

[Guinney1971]

Dan Willis Wrote:Could it be any other way?

:lol: no, not really, knowing you!!

[stunned_monkey]

Rover V8 only fits with a gnat's cock to spare, and with lots of mods. Lotus V8 is really VERY small for a V8. The Chevvy V6 I saw included a poky stick to space out the rear fascia far enough for the water pump pulley and the rear back board was cut up to accommodate it. In driving Marc Levy's VQ35-powered DeLorean, with the engine spaced only a few inches further back, the weight balance was really thrown. Rick Gendreau's twin engined DeLorean has a completely custom chassis and massively modified underbody which fits the Cadillac Eldorado setup in mid engined form.

Not worth the effort for the sake of the noise it makes. If you want something poky and which sounds gorgeous, try and track down a 24v 3 litre PRV. If nothing else, you'll have 6 seperate exhaust ports on each side and berks at car shows will think it's a V12. 230hp with a re-map and have been shown to easily beat a 260hp turbo on a hillclimb.

[Dan Willis]

Cheers Martin; I knew you'd come up with something like that

Well, I'll do my research - and I'm not dead-set on a V8; I just like the idea. The 3.0 might work....

[Guinney1971]

well I suppose Dan, if you dont want to modify a 'good' car, then theres nothing to
stop you buying something that needs work or has a blown V6, and then you can
always modify the bodytub to suit.

I was looking at a couple of V8 Vauxhall Firenza's at Billing, both with 5.7L engines in,
and the bulkheads had been cut and moved back to accomodate the engines. Sounded
fantastic too One of them is running around 12secs on the 1/4 mile strip

[stunned_monkey]

Dan Willis Wrote:The 3.0 24v might work....

They sound absolutely incredible....

Check out the 400Gt (admittedly it's turbo'd but it's got seperate pipework for each bank).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1uu6IQnYCU

[WelmoedJ]

Guinney1971 Wrote:What about that car in the US that had 2 engines - wasn't it a Honda engine in the front
and a Chevvy in the back?

I've seen and heard that car while at DCS Gettysburg.
The owner is Rick Gendreau (former Dutch guy).
Indeed a Honda engine in the front, but the rear is a V8 Eldorado if I recall correctly.
Because of the front engine using the front radiator, the rear engine needed another setup.
The radiator is halfway over the engine and doesn't cool that well.
Rick only starts and drives that engine short distances, also because it's fuel hungry.

If you need more info you can find Rick at DMCTalk forum.

Welmoed.

[jerzybondov]

stunned_monkey Wrote:

Dan Willis Wrote:The 3.0 24v might work....

They sound absolutely incredible....

Check out the 400Gt (admittedly it's turbo'd but it's got seperate pipework for each bank).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1uu6IQnYCU

Is that your D in there Martin? If so, did you do a top speed run on the airfield in it?

[stunned_monkey]

I spent some time with Rick at the Chicago show and if he was originally dutch, he's lost all his accent!

[stunned_monkey]

jerzybondov Wrote:Is that your D in there Martin? If so, did you do a top speed run on the airfield in it?

Chris Hawes' - and yes, he did. This was taken the same day (funny!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWBDRg2UBjg

[WelmoedJ]

stunned_monkey Wrote:I spent some time with Rick at the Chicago show and if he was originally dutch, he's lost all his accent!

He left The Netherlands some 30 years ago.
Time can make a difference there.

However before DCS 08 we had e-mail exchange and he explained being former Dutch.
He even could write in Dutch.

Welmoed.

[stunned_monkey]

Wow - I'm impressed. My Dad lived in Canada and the UK and spoke english for 60 years and always had an accent.

[jerzybondov]

stunned_monkey Wrote:Chris Hawes' - and yes, he did. This was taken the same day (funny!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWBDRg2UBjg

Nice! Only had a little sideways action in mine so far - don't really fancy catching that massive arse if it lets go big time though

EDIT. This forum automatically changes ar$e to bottom! Outrageous censorship!

[Dan Willis]

It's all food for thought. Just started a new job so it's not on the forefront of all I think about.

I actually have to replace my daily driver first, sell the Monaro and THEN think about the next garage car - and DeLoreans are always there tempting me back... but, so is the Aston Martin V8 Vantage (no, no need to tell me they're crap - it's has NOTHING to do with it being a good car and EVERYTHING to do what my chest tells me when I see them!).

Time will tell - I'm hanging around this time. Might hit a few shows and will spend more time with you guys at the NEC this year (get my mojo back).

[Dan6457]

jerzybondov Wrote:EDIT. This forum automatically changes ar$e to bottom! Outrageous censorship!

Gez there is a way of changing it to show the real word in the 'user control panel' somewhere. I did it when this was bought in so I could still see the real word. Your Arse came out fine. :wink:

What does this look like on the censored version: ***** Wanker ?