Realistically, what kind of engine can you fit in a DeLorean?

[SSSnail]

Without substantial frame works?

 

[preslove]

With, or without a flux capacitor?

 

[MarkXIX]

The flux capacitor kind.

Or, the Mr. Fusion kind in just a year or so from now.

 

[SSSnail]

With, or without a flux capacitor?

Well, that's auxiliary and it can be installed afterward. I think the original was outfitted in the passenger compartment, so we'll figure out a place for it later.

 

[Nik]

took me 2 seconds to find via google

http://www.dmctalk.com/showthread.php?t=8266&page=2

There are tons of people asking the same question and have been asking the same question for about 20 years now.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...+can+you+put+in+a+delorean&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

 

[lxskllr]

Why? It's a butt ugly car. The only appeal it has is it's rarity, and the movie tie in.

 

[Aquaman]

Isn't it a mid-engine car? If so........ not many.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[zinfamous]

iirc, the engine casing was designed in such a way to more efficiently store kilo bricks of cocaine. not really designed to easily swap engines.

 

[Nik]

Isn't it a mid-engine car? If so........ not many.

Cheers,
Aquaman

IIRC, about 5 years ago there was a company selling them for $30k after replacing the crummy 140hp (110 w/ catalytic) engine with a nice 200+ DOHC. Would be nice to have one of those, but getting in and out in parking lots might be a PITA.

 

[daw123]

It had a 2.8-liter V6 generating 130bhp, which is crap for the engine capacity.

I would hazard a guess that you could improve the power substantially, whilst retaining a physically similar sized engine. Maybe use turbo- or super-chargers.

Link to stats:
http://exoticcars.about.com/od/guidedtours/p/DeLoreanProfile.htm

 

[zinfamous]

It had a 2.8-liter V6 generating 130bhp, which is crap for the engine capacity.

http://exoticcars.about.com/od/guidedtours/p/DeLoreanProfile.htm

srsly, bro. It was all the coke clogging the cylinders, reducing performance.

 

[BurnItDwn]

You could fit a gasoline internal combustion engine for sure, since those are standard.
You could fit a small steam engine.
You could fit a sterling engine, though I'm not sure you would want to.
You could fit a diesel internal combustian engine.

I'm sure there are many others too!

 

[Matthiasa]

Hmm... could have sworn we had a forum for this kind of stuff.

 

[zinfamous]

Hmm... could have sworn we had a forum for this kind of stuff.

the vacuum forum, right?

 

[Matthiasa]

Well it's about as used.

 

[Nik]

It had a 2.8-liter V6 generating 130bhp, which is crap for the engine capacity.

I would hazard a guess that you could improve the power substantially, whilst retaining a physically similar sized engine. Maybe use turbo- or super-chargers.

Link to stats:
http://exoticcars.about.com/od/guidedtours/p/DeLoreanProfile.htm

The Engine generated 170HP, but adding a catalytic converter sucked 40HP out. European versions don't have the catalytic and will do 0-60 in about 8.5-8.8 seconds. That's not bad at all for the body being made of stainless freakin steel.

Even then, the 130HP version will still do 0-60 in 10 seconds. That's not terrible.

There's a twin turbo edition, but it's ridiculously rare.

Edit: I fixed it, so stop telling me

 

[Cheeseplug]

Quake 3 perhaps?

 

[daw123]

The Engine generated 170HP, but adding a catalytic converter sucked 40HP out. European versions don't have the catalytic and will do a quarter mile in about 8.5-8.8 seconds. That's not bad at all for the body being made of stainless freakin steel.

Even then, the 130HP version will still do a quarter in 10 seconds. That's not terrible.

There's a twin turbo edition, but it's ridiculously rare.

Good point.

 

[Kaido]

The Delorean Motor Company in Texas bought the rights & spare parts to the car:

http://www.delorean.com/newbuild.asp

You can currently get a 197hp motor upgrade on a zero-mile crate engine (the "Stage 2" upgrade). Don't know when Stage 3 is coming out. I've heard of at least one person putting a Northstar V8 in their Delorean:

http://www.entermyworld.com/cat/custom/mem/memnorthb.jpg

But I'd go with the Delorean.com engine upgrade - they have all the stuff figured out for the upgrade so it's ready to go without any hassle.

 

[HannibalX]

IIRC, about 5 years ago there was a company selling them for $30k after replacing the crummy 140hp (110 w/ catalytic) engine with a nice 200+ DOHC. Would be nice to have one of those, but getting in and out in parking lots might be a PITA.

The doors actually require less room to open than conventional doors do, it's a neat design.

 

[Arkaign]

The Engine generated 170HP, but adding a catalytic converter sucked 40HP out. European versions don't have the catalytic and will do a quarter mile in about 8.5-8.8 seconds. That's not bad at all for the body being made of stainless freakin steel.

Even then, the 130HP version will still do a quarter in 10 seconds. That's not terrible.

There's a twin turbo edition, but it's ridiculously rare.

Bahahah, how? With rocket boosters? I think you have the 0-60 times mixed up with quarter mile times. ~10 second quarter mile is Veyron speed, and that thing has 1000hp.

Quarter mile times for a Delorean are probably lurking in the 17-18 second range.

 

[HannibalX]

You have to remember that in 1979 when that engine was designed 170HP from a 2.8L V6 was respectable, 5 and 6 liter V8s were making only slightly more at the time.

 

[Nik]

Bahahah, how? With rocket boosters? I think you have the 0-60 times mixed up with quarter mile times. ~10 second quarter mile is Veyron speed, and that thing has 1000hp.

Quarter mile times for a Delorean are probably lurking in the 17-18 second range.

My bad. Yes. I'll correct it in a sec. I'm easily confused at the moment: multitasking like a motherfucker.

 

[Nik]

You have to remember that in 1979 when that engine was designed 130HP from a 2.8L V6 was respectable, 5 and 6 liter V8s were making only slightly more at the time.

The engine put out 170HP, not 130. It's the same engine in Europe that was sold here.

 

[HannibalX]

The engine put out 170HP, not 130. It's the same engine in Europe that was sold here.

Correct, it's 170 BHP.