De Lorean EuroTec

I was reading about it online. It may be that you need different plugs now you have those cams in there.

Dan 6457 wrote:I was reading about it online. It may be that you need different plugs now you have those cams in there.

Have you got a link for that Dan? The Kent Cams people never mentioned any need for specific plugs. They were quite clear that there was no need to change the valve timing, so I imagine they'd have mentioned any plug issue...

Dunno where it was now. I think it said somthing about using cooler plugs.

Update on this ancient old thread but may be of interest... Today I was down at Santa Pod and managed to get two runs in the DeLorean. One run had a passenger (16.46, 84.11mph) but one run was solo and thus comparable to previous runs (and previous specs). These previous runs are the best of a selection on the days, whereas this was just a sample of one but worth comparing anyway:

Here are the previous:

Gez 2011 (full Volvo, reprofiled cams but knackered rockers and massive tappet slap):
Reaction 2.49
60ft 2.30
330ft 6.77
1/8 ET 10.51
1/8 MPH 64.99
1000' ET 13.78
1000' MPH 74.78
1/4 ET 16.54
1/4 MPH 81.25

Dan 2010 (Volvo fuelling/ignition on DeLorean block - rolling road at 155bhp?):
Reaction 0.33
60ft 2.37
330ft 6.72
1/8 ET 10.37
1/8 MPH 66.23
1000' ET 13.56
1000' MPH 76.29
1/4 ET 16.26
1/4 MPH 83.03

Gez 2015 (Full/stock Volvo):
Reaction 0.64
60ft 2.35
330ft 6.73
1/8 ET 10.37
1/8 MPH 67.12
1000' ET 13.53
1000' MPH 77.34
1/4 ET 16.19
1/4 MPH 84.58

Conclusion: The start on the run today wasn't great (see inferior 60ft time to 2011, also 330ft time to 2010) but the full Volvo set up does seem to give more power so that it overhauls the previous quickest times and gives a higher top speed at the end of the 1/4 mile. Given another few runs I'd have been confident of getting under 16.10 and maybe even nudging 16 flat.

Had I ever got the car down to the strip before the rockers got worn out and whilst the cams were still working I think it would have been on for sub 16.

Meanwhile our American cousins seem to be struggling to get much below 18...
http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?155-V ... 1%2F4+mile

Interesting stuff there Gez. You finally beat my time

I forgot you said you were going there, if I'd remembered I'd have bought mine to compare bone stock with cat etc. Probably be around the times the yanks are getting, it certainly feels considerably slower than my old car.

Jez/ Dan, did you have the uk performance exhaust on all these runs?

Thats not bad times at all out of a Delorean, but if your running a complete Volvo engine you will get a better times as the compression ratio on the Volvo ( B28E ) is 9:2 to 1 compared to a standard Delorean engine ( B28F ) which 8:8 to 1, plus Volvo fueling is better as well. Still very impressive though!!!

Yep we both had the performance exhaust. Tempted to get one for my new car, I already have the Volvo bits in the shed to go on at some point.

Not sure about this claim - a quick search on youtube would have corrected it!

"To our knowledge and according to the Petersen Automotive Museum, the video at the top of this page contains the first filmed drag race between two examples of the sports car."

https://uk.motor1.com/news/536864/dmc-d ... drag-race/

Dan and me in 2010:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0fgmwoJpVg