The LS1 is the correct choice if it fits.
The LS1 is always the correct choice.
Furniture
The LS1 is the correct choice if it fits.
The LS1 is always the correct choice.
Flat Out
but the LS1 is designed to be in FR layouts. in order to easily make the swap not impossible, it is best to use an engine already suited to fwd layouts. hence the v8s i mentioned.
Honor. Courage. Commitment. Etcetera.
Fanatic
The hell? Why an FR swap? Your weird is weird. I'd be looking for a Lotus Esprit TTV8 style swap, only with a gearbox that can handle more power.Originally Posted by Kitdy
Life's too short to drive bad cars.
Furniture
RR is terrible - especially in the DeLorean. I read in one of my old man's books that it was horribly rear weight biased - a website says it's 65% rear.
That would be garbage to drive.
I don't care about preserving the integrity of the car really - as I said, if I was rich enough I'd have 2.
One would be what it should have been, or at least what I want.
Fanatic
In that case you might as well hunt down a Rover SD1.
Life's too short to drive bad cars.
Fanatic
Maybe you can convert it to something like nuclear power?
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
Furniture
As long as it can go 88 mph and produce 1.21 jiggawatts.Maybe you can convert it to something like nuclear power?
Fanatic
I think a nuclear engine would be capable of it.
While you are at it, you can go back in time and buy a 1955 (or 1985) car and store it for a few decades.
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
Novice
Well I just experienced the difference between 1.3L and 1.8L
I gave just as much "gas" as I would with my sisters Golf and well... I wheelspun! :O
Now I have the urge to replicate it at every stopstreet haha :P
Furniture
I don't think humanity has the technology to make a reactor capable of producing 1.21 gigawatts in a space as confined as a DeLorean.
Fission reactors make maybe 3000 MW (3 gigawatts), and the newest experimental fusion reactor will be on that order of magnitude.
However, those reactors are huge.
Super Moderator
DMC --- was their decision to ship a crappy top end on a great engine.
The PRV 3l engine is capable - but cheaper to drop in US iron.
250 as standard , 350 with typical Venturi top end or >500 with the twin turbo.
Peugeot were reportedly getting 680HP and 720nm ( Let's jsut not get on relibaility)
re gear shifting on slowing down.
Some of us are old enough to remember when brakes would fade VERY quickly - liek any reasonable journey adn you'd be wary coming down a hill. So early driver training items are about looking after the mechanical aspec of the vehicle. So engine-braking was a thing to take advantage of.
I still do it sometimes, but for other reasons. More relevant today on motorbike riding and that is to ALWAYS have the vehicle in a gear where you can chose to take immediate action if necessary.
and then to "spirited driving" where keeping the car balanced is important and brake fade is still possible
Block changing is "lazy" and I use it when feeling that way.
No real right or wrong for everyday driving.
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
Novice
GM LS4 V8 / 4T65E INFO
And these can go to 6.0 (364cid) if needed.
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Most cars AFAIK have had DFCO (Deceleration Fuel Cut-Off) as part of the EFI installation since the 80's. Some modern manual cars even have CFCO (Clutch Fuel Cut-Off).
Looking at a GM tune file DFCO is activated once a certain temp is reached for it to be enabled and there are TPS, RPM, MAP and RPM parameters to satisfy further.
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