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12-13-2001, 06:44 PM | #16 | |
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I've noticed that my Delorean is rather underpowered, but one company has a way to solve that and retain the stock engine.>USA DMC< They had a professional motor tuning company tweak the engine, and get the most HP out of the car. They have a stage one program with just Intake/camshafts/exaust etc.. has brought it from 130HP to nearly 200HP! and Stage 2 and 3 are still being worked on. I would imagine with all 3 stages that car would be a beast compared to most of the cars on the street in its price range. My delorean seen>here< I hope will have these mod's done, and will be king of the streets.
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01-01-2002, 07:10 PM | #18 | |
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It looked like that delorean was painted. Seems sad to me. I thought the coolest thing about them was the Polished steel. Sort of seems a waste to paint it.
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02-15-2002, 12:12 PM | #19 | |
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paint
My car was painted when I bought it. I think of paint as temporary. It can be removed it the future. What counts is that the Stainless Steel underneath will never rust!
To give some perspective to the whole performance issue, look at this magazine from that time:
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02-16-2002, 08:20 PM | #20 | |
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yeah, back in 77 every car was slow as hell, corvettes were as fast or faster than any other new car, and they only had 180 or 205 horses
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03-05-2002, 09:42 PM | #21 | |
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What a difference!
Looking at 0-60 & quarter mile times for cars from 1980 to 2002, I've noticed a statistically significant shift. Every car made today is sooooo much faster. 20 years ago, your average Honda did 0-60 in about 20 seconds. Now the base models do it in about 8...
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05-25-2002, 12:58 PM | #22 | |
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Wow....Vector Aeromotive....been a looooooooooong time since I heard that name. I remember when I was really really young, probably 6 or so, I went to a car show with my parents in San Diego (I think) and saw the Vector there. I got to meet the designer (or something) of the car and even got a signed poster of the Vector signed by him. What the hell's the deal with these cars? Any one know anything about them or where they went? Also, what are some specs on the DMC-12? Just curious. Damn...I wanna go find that poster now....this is like De Ja Vous...
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05-25-2002, 01:49 PM | #23 | ||
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05-25-2002, 01:55 PM | #24 | |
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Oh wow...didn't know there was a Vector forum. Sweet.
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06-06-2002, 05:37 PM | #25 | ||
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06-14-2002, 12:45 PM | #27 | ||
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Re: The History of the DMC-12
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I was a Tech Rep for the East Coast and worked out of the Bridgewater NJ Tech Center. Essentially, this was to have been a place for the cars to come to be prepped before being shipped to the dealers. However, we ended up having to rebuild them quite a bit more than what anyone had imagined! the worst part was getting the doors to align and open properly. They were extremely temperature sensitive - the gas struts and torsion bars would open the doors at different speeds depending on the temp. But there were many other problems as well. At the height, I'd say there were at least 100 mechanics and bodymen working at Bridgewater. the facility was a former Ford dealership at the intersection of Rt. 202 and I-286. Currently there is a Home Depot on the site. I believe there was a similar shop in California, but I never went out there. |
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Re: The History of the DMC-12
Please do not resurrect old threads longer than 3 months since th elast post date. This one has been idle nearly 6 years. Start a new thread and link to the old one if you wish to add to the conversation.
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