De-Lorean

OZFORDAU · 28-03-2006, 11:44 AM

http://www.autozine.org/Classiccar/h.../DeLorean.html

Awww, Back To The Future....I love these cars!

Cheers

Simon

Dauphin · 28-03-2006, 01:05 PM

It's such a weird car but I have a soft spot for it because of the films. Apparently it's a real piece of crap in real life though. There was a new project started by DMC called the Firestar (or similar). Looked great from memory, never happened.

OZFORDAU · 28-03-2006, 01:11 PM

Hmm stick a V8 Boss or Windsor in it and it would prob fly with those doors opened lol....

chevypower · 28-03-2006, 05:41 PM

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Hmm stick a V8 Boss or Windsor in it and it would prob fly with those doors opened lol....

Actually the standard Renault V6 makes the sound that you hear on the movie (awesome sound)- i believe it was a stock engine.

I have always wanted a DeLorean DMC-12

Interesting fact, not all of them were silver, but most of them were

They came in manual and auto
totally unreliable, but i still want one

RAREV8 · 28-03-2006, 06:10 PM

[QUOTE=chevypower]Actually the standard Renault V6 makes the sound that you hear on the movie (awesome sound)- i believe it was a stock engine.

I have always wanted a DeLorean DMC-12

Interesting fact, not all of them were silver, but most of them were

Dead right, they sound pretty good in real life, the slowness was more than a little due to very high gearing- not sure what the ratios were though.

ALL cars were silver metal when they left the factory as standard; a few got painted at dealerships and some others ofter accident repairs.

Danny · 28-03-2006, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by chevypower

Actually the standard Renault V6 makes the sound that you hear on the movie (awesome sound)- i believe it was a stock engine.

I have always wanted a DeLorean DMC-12

Interesting fact, not all of them were silver, but most of them were

They came in manual and auto
totally unreliable, but i still want one

No, I read somewhere that the Renault 6's sound was dubbed over with a Chev V8 engine to make the majority of the movie sound. They combined that V8 sound with a sample off the Star wars movies to make the sound of the Time Machine.

One giveaway is at the end of the 1st film, you hear Doc peel away when he takes marty home. The sound is off an Automatic V8 car, but at the start of the film when Marty is chased by the Libyans in their Combi, you see him change gears manually.

Thats aside, I love the DMC and always have ever since I first saw the movie. If one came up and I had the means to get one. I would in a heartbeat!

chevypower · 28-03-2006, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny

No, I read somewhere that the Renault 6's sound was dubbed over with a Chev V8 engine to make the majority of the movie sound. They combined that V8 sound with a sample off the Star wars movies to make the sound of the Time Machine.

One giveaway is at the end of the 1st film, you hear Doc peel away when he takes marty home. The sound is off an Automatic V8 car, but at the start of the film when Marty is chased by the Libyans in their Combi, you see him change gears manually.

Thats aside, I love the DMC and always have ever since I first saw the movie. If one came up and I had the means to get one. I would in a heartbeat!

I have written that based on what i have read - i have a friend who was in Hawaii and saw one of these at an auto garage idling and revving, he said it sounded "EXACTLY" like the one on the movie

Dauphin · 28-03-2006, 01:13 PM

Hehe, probably. We already know what a flux capacitor does to it. Just stay away from thunderstorms.

OZFORDAU · 28-03-2006, 01:29 PM

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Hehe, probably. We already know what a flux capacitor does to it. Just stay away from thunderstorms.

Yeah, just feed in some rubbish from the garbage and you have cheap fuel! Hmm i wonder if the guy's down at G & D have any flux capacitor's! It will be cheaper then my dual fuel rocket forte!

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Cheers

Simon

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Joes_meat · 28-03-2006, 01:24 PM

The car looks stunning in person. No paint, just stainless steel.

I believe the car handles acceptably, but the engines (especially when mated to the automatic transmission) were pretty poor. Rough, loud and low-output. There's a guy in Melbourne I think who has put a new GM Alloytec engine into one, apparently it's much better. (I would have gone for the 2.8 L turbo alloytec they have in the Saab 9-3.)

RAREV8 · 28-03-2006, 05:50 PM

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The car looks stunning in person. No paint, just stainless steel.

I believe the car handles acceptably, but the engines (especially when mated to the automatic transmission) were pretty poor. Rough, loud and low-output. There's a guy in Melbourne I think who has put a new GM Alloytec engine into one, apparently it's much better. (I would have gone for the 2.8 L turbo alloytec they have in the Saab 9-3.)

Those are Yank specs- UK versions (as stated) were 160bhp which is not insignificant compared to a 250 x flox of same era!
All American spec vehicles lost considerable performance compared to EU/UK versions due to heavy emmissions regulations.
Someone here could tell me exactly, but the Mustang reached an all-time low in US with 110bhp from 5 litres around the same time....now thats pi$$ poor.
Given that an E28 BMW 528i had the same size donk and 184bhp, 0-100kph in 7.8 secs (man) performance is ok....

RAREV8 · 28-03-2006, 06:05 PM

The FBI arrest is a bit of myth- he was only ever held on remand, and that was for 3 days. He was never been convicted of any criminal act. His "drug trafficking" case was thrown out of court after it was clearly shown that he was entrapped by the FBI.

OZFORDAU · 28-03-2006, 06:18 PM

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The FBI arrest is a bit of myth- he was only ever held on remand, and that was for 3 days. He was never been convicted of any criminal act. His "drug trafficking" case was thrown out of court after it was clearly shown that he was entrapped by the FBI.

What has that go to do with the De-Lorean?

Cheers

Simon

Lukeyson · 28-03-2006, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by OZFORDAU

What has that go to do with the De-Lorean?

Cheers

Simon

I believe he is refering to the brains behind the car, John Delorean, or i could be lost too ??

RAREV8 · 28-03-2006, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by OZFORDAU

What has that go to do with the De-Lorean?

Cheers

Simon

Dude! You posted the article!! John Delorean was made infamous for drug-traffiking as it says, I just thought that I'd mention it, thats all.....oh, and I had pretty much exhausted my limited knowledge of the Delorean!!

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Lukeyson · 28-03-2006, 04:19 PM

with 116kw / 235nm and weighing almost 1300kg, wasnt going anywhere too quick. would take forever to actually get to 88MPH. lol

But i do love them, massive B2TF fan!

OZFORDAU · 28-03-2006, 04:59 PM

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with 116kw / 235nm and weighing almost 1300kg, wasnt going anywhere too quick. would take forever to actually get to 88MPH. lol

But i do love them, massive B2TF fan!

WOW, something my stock Forte AU is actally faster then....LOL

Cheers

Simon :jab:

Donny · 28-03-2006, 07:53 PM

The GOLD De-Loreans were Gold 'painted' Limited Edition from the Factory.

RAREV8 · 28-03-2006, 08:16 PM

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The GOLD De-Loreans were Gold 'painted' Limited Edition from the Factory.

Dead right- they were actually gold plated, not painted...AMEX had them as prizes and there were only 2 of these. One other was put together using spare panels leftover from the first 2.

cArSiK · 28-03-2006, 07:57 PM

best-movies-ever

Ultimate · 28-03-2006, 08:23 PM

Well i never seen back to the future people

big_waity · 29-03-2006, 08:36 AM

I'd love one liek from the movies. My missus took a photo of it when she was in Universal Studios in Tokyo a year or so ago. I'd post it up if I could be stuffed.

Dauphin · 30-03-2006, 01:53 PM

I wonder if the 85mph speedo limit is a US attempt at psychologically making would-be hoons from trying to exceed it. The government here was considering it.

Iphido · 30-03-2006, 04:06 PM

Can you reach 88mph in a jcpenny carpark?

chevypower · 30-03-2006, 06:50 PM

Interstates have 65mph and 75mph limits with a 10mph tolerance, which means everyone sits on 85mph (135-140km/h) with wide lanes and smooth freeways that we can dream to have here

RAREV8 · 30-03-2006, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by chevypower

Interstates have 65mph and 75mph limits with a 10mph tolerance, which means everyone sits on 85mph (135-140km/h) with wide lanes and smooth freeways that we can dream to have here

I thought that in the 80's, they only had 55mph limits even on freeways....I could very well be wrong though!

Donny · 30-03-2006, 08:13 PM

When I was ova there in 93, the freeways and interstates in California were 65mph, but the cops didnt seem to worry about the speed that much, and if you were travelling in a group of cars going faster than that, the cops didnt seem to target you....