Got me a 99-turbo!

[Crazyswede]

You are aware that movie was fictional, right?

the movie was fictional but time travel is possible. the irony being that the faster you go the later you will get to your destination.

[DeLorean]

Nice car, I always liked the wide stripe. I had the thin gray one which was never installed. I ended up trading it at some point. I'm not on DMCTalk, but I've been a member of the local club (PNDC). I'm not really active. I just enjoy driving the car, its so much fun. Getting gas is always an ordeal .. ;-)

Yep, I know all about it. Getting out of the car, at any point where you are likely to see people- be ready to stop and have a conversation.

I do like the car as well. It's really much more practical then it initially leads on (as far as 2 seaters go). The rear of the seat area you can store quite a bit in, there is also a nice storage cubbie behind the seat, the front trunk is pretty big (but not big enough for a blown rear tire to fit in. Also, the car does not suck to drive like most people think. It will do over 120 MPH, it handles well, it gets good gas mileage, it feels great to drive and has fairly good pick up in most ranges. It's also pretty comfortable, the seats & various interior components are made by Bridge of Weir (same company Saab used)

[Crazyswede]

Is the drive train all ford components?

[DeLorean]

Yep, all ford It's also made out of Aluminum and is the heaviest car ever built weighing in at 6600 lbs

[Luke]

Yep, all ford It's also made out of Aluminum and is the heaviest car ever built weighing in at 6600 lbs

For some reason I thought they has the same renault/volvo thing those V6 volvos had.
Was 6600 lbs including the weight of smuggled cocaine or not?

[Jordan]

Yep, all ford It's also made out of Aluminum and is the heaviest car ever built weighing in at 6600 lbs

For some reason I thought they has the same renault/volvo thing those V6 volvos had.
Was 6600 lbs including the weight of smuggled cocaine or not?

I thought it was the PRV engine too. I read originally it was supposed to have a Citroën Rotary engine. How freaky would that be.

[Crazyswede]

Yep, all ford It's also made out of Aluminum and is the heaviest car ever built weighing in at 6600 lbs

I am guessing your response is a joke? I thought someone had said it was a ford drivetrain. a quick search reveals the ever popular...semi reliable PRV V6 engine. stainless panels bonded to a fiberglass chass with lotus designed or inspired suspension.

[paulh]

Bricklins had the ford crap. The setup in the delorean is pretty similar to the Alpine A310's, less the turbo.

Paul

[airsweden]

do either or both of yours have a UN1 transaxle?

[sjones]

do either or both of yours have a UN1 transaxle?

I believe all manual Deloreans use the UN1 (version 369) Renault. I don't know anything about the automatics. I know there are a few folks modifying existing PRV-6s and UN1s to get more power out of the car. In 2000 I had what delorean.com calls a 'stage I' conversion which is supposed to give me 200HP, but I've never had it on a dyno. This included a new less restrictive exhaust system which makes the car sound louder.

The delorean is an easy target for critics on all angles .. but I think most long term owners love them and like any good car, if you do regular maintenance (and drive it regularly) it will do quite well for you.

[DeLorean]

The delorean is an easy target for critics on all angles .. but I think most long term owners love them and like any good car, if you do regular maintenance (and drive it regularly) it will do quite well for you.

Pretty much. The DeLorean as a car from 1981 is actually pretty good. There are clearly a few items that would have benefited from some more long-term durability testing. It would also have been a plus if the car was not all full of British electrics. What they did right is often times overlooked due to a few typical easily fixable problems.

[DeLorean]

Did a bunch of work on this recently. In actual use, I noticed it was not exactly a cherry mechanically. Turbo was blowing oil, engine mounts were shot so on hard cornering the alternator was hitting the heater box, brakes didn't work despite many attempts to fix them, exhaust manifold was leaking due to a crack, additionally a stud was broken off in the head. Oh, and even though the rack was good when I bought it, some hard driving with modern tires took care of that and that broke too... It also picked up an annoying habit of idling down and stalling when it was warming up due to a bad warm up regulator. The headlights also did not function on main-beam!

SO.


Pulled the exhaust manifold so we could weld up the typical crack from the #1 cyl. In doing so, also decided to pull the head to fix the stud. All new studs, new gaskets and a "good used" turbocharger put in. Engine looked great internally, so that was a plus. New fuel system components prevented the K-Jet stalling (Warm up regulator, 02 sensor & Injectors) Also installed a set of good used motor mounts. Wilwood calipers fixed the brakes. A new signal switch fixed the mainbeams, and I borrowed the inner bushing bit from Paul H's steering rack repair kit he got from the UK to get it to steer right.

I still need to get an alignment, but it's now a very unique driving experience. I have never driven a 99 turbo that didn't have a least some of these problems! We'll see how long it lasts...

[Cark]

Very cool you've improved on some "flaws" and have been out driving it! Keep us updated and more pics never hurt.

[DeLorean]

Last weekend was the first "long trip" I took the car on, and aside from one the of the wheels looseneing up on the highway requiring me to crank it down, it performed flawlessly. Note to self, don't paint wheel seats when refinishing wheels, it may cause them to loosen up.

I think this car has better take off and better mid-range power than a stock 16-valve 900-turbo. the 70-115 range is actually pretty darn good! It's really a fun to drive car. for some reason the no intercooler thing really seems to make the feel of the car better.

Also, interesting tidbit. At carlisle, I bought a nice NOS fuel pump for the car, to have "on the shelf" - I had never been in the fuel tank of the car, and it likely has the original fuel pump. I pulled into my driveway yesterday after the show, and we were going to run out again to get some things... and no go, fuel pump would not prime or run. Fuse good, relay clicking, contacts look good. Good thing I picked that thing up! I'm going to pop that in around lunch time today to get it going again... Aside from the fuel distributor, cold start injector, frequency valve & lines it's just about the only original fuel system component.

[SwedeSport]

It's a shame that doesn't happen with lotto numbers. Didn't have much of a chance to check it out as I couldn't stray far from my Fast Eddy hatchback tee shirt store.