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Re: Left hand Delorean - lukebrynycz - 02 Aug 2012
Rissy Wrote:GOD! I get bored listening to you drone on about this super fast car of yours...
Wow.. How much more of a rude, pointlessly arrogant arse could one be? I fell asleep whilst reading your boring long geeky replies including you pulling 'burds'. Anyone who sits on a forum who claims to pull 'burds' with a car clearly has a small man and/or can't.
FYI, most of it was on a drag strip or track days. Don't judge me by those morons on YouTube posting dangerous motorway driving..
Re: Left hand Delorean - Darren C - 02 Aug 2012
lukebrynycz Wrote:Rissy Wrote:lukebrynycz Wrote:I have never been one for autos, but when downgrading so hugely from what I currently have in the performance department,
Careful sonny! :wink:
It's completely true though, I have to be honest with myselfYou get used to what you have had and when you go for a classic with less performance it will be extremely noticeable. I currently have 350hp per ton with 365fp torque to catapult me forward. In my eyes, i'm going for a cruiser, something that will make me feel special in many other ways.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
I fart in your general direction 350hp per ton ...I have more in my boot release motor. it gets to be fun at 1000hp per ton Luke.
Check out my latest post JZD legacy
Re: Left hand Delorean - lukebrynycz - 02 Aug 2012
Guinney1971 Wrote:PMSL !!! :lol:
I have to say, even after 10yrs of ownership, I still do the 'shop window' thing when sitting in traffic, amazing
how good the cars look (even when they are filthy as mine often is lol).
My daily hack is a 136bhp Omega 2.0 Auto Estate, which is fairly pedestrian feeling, so I do get a buzz giving the
De a bit of a ragging now and again, even though most boy racers in their Citroen C2's would probably have no issue
in showing me a clean pair of heels in the Traffic Light Derby :lol:
I do find the 5spd very easy to drive, plus you've got the ability to change gear and indicate at the same time - ah but
then being female, I can multitask :wink:
So, if you're 'oop norf', that means you've got no excuse not to come to the big DOC-UK meet up next year in North Yorkshire
It's good to hear that you use it as a sports car now and then. Clearly you wouldn't most of the time, but you've got to open the tap now and then :-)
I'll be sure to come to an event if I get one, something different to the Japanese scene. I used to like the 944 Turbo for the more reserved classic shows.
Re: Left hand Delorean - lukebrynycz - 02 Aug 2012
Darren C Wrote::lol: :lol: :lol:
I fart in your general direction 350hp per ton ...I have more in my boot release motor. it gets to be fun at 1000hp per ton Luke.
Check out my latest post JZD legacy
Lol, that's some nice numbers! That must be purely for the strip? Micky Ts, parachute, and wheelie bar jobbie is it..?
Clearly, anything but a straight line perfect conditions etc. to get all that down? I'll take a read when I get to a PC tomorrow, sounds amazing!
Of course, there's always a faster car out there, but I'm talking about road cars. Stuff like 911 GT3, R8, Nissan GTR, M3s, common Ferraris etc.
Re: Left hand Delorean - Darren C - 02 Aug 2012
I'm only talking about road cars Luke.
I've had all of your list above except the jap crap. Plus 7 in total 944's as per your post before last.
Careful what you say on here, we're all a little older and wiser than you may think. :wink:
And my "got the T shirts" are worn threadbare
It takes a certain type of person to own a delorean, not your typical Pistonheads forum member here. I very much doubt you'll "impress" any of us with your MR2 stories. :lol:
Re: Left hand Delorean - lukebrynycz - 02 Aug 2012
Darren C Wrote:I'm only talking about road cars Luke.
I've had all of your list above except the jap crap. Plus 7 in total 944's as per your post before last.
Careful what you say on here, we're all a little older and wiser than you may think. :wink:
And my "got the T shirts" are worn threadbare
It takes a certain type of person to own a delorean, not your typical Pistonheads forum member here. I very much doubt you'll "impress" any of us with your MR2 stories. :lol:
944s are truly amazing. They're superior to the newer breed of Porsches. Speed isn't everything, hence my love of classics at a relatively young age and the search for a Delorean.
I'm very confused about these posts. On one hand, I'm not impressing anyone (not really my intention, just discussing cars and options, which is the intention of car forums surely..?) and that high performance is frowned up as "piston heads forum member" nonsense, then it transpires that both you guys have fast cars and have worn the shirts "threadbare"... We al know very well what that means. (Also, let's not forget the 'burds'. I'm fairly sure I heard something similar from some chavs on the way to a Maccys cruise in a Corsa years back) Then on the other hand, you're a certain type of classic car owner that turns their nose up at any type of spirited driving in the next post.
THE single most confusing thread I have ever read.
Anyway.... That aside, sounds like you've got great taste and have had a cracking set of motors.
Re: Left hand Delorean - Rissy - 02 Aug 2012
lukebrynycz Wrote:Rissy Wrote:GOD! I get bored listening to you drone on about this super fast car of yours...
Wow.. How much more of a rude, pointlessly arrogant bottom could one be? I fell asleep whilst reading your boring long geeky replies including you pulling 'burds'. Anyone who sits on a forum who claims to pull 'burds' with a car clearly has a small man and/or can't.
FYI, most of it was on a drag strip or track days. Don't judge me by those morons on YouTube posting dangerous motorway driving..
Not meant to be rude Luke. It's just frank banter. The reference to "burds" is a Scottish thing, not just a Chav thing (I'm Scottish) and everything I said, is in jest. My g/f would say I'm amply endoud. It was just a light hearted way of saying this is a DeLorean forum, and I'm here to talk DeLoreans. No offense meant. Take it as it was intended, with a pinch of salt. You're too trigger happy, waiting to receive insult, I think. If you ever meet me, you'll see I'm not a bad bloke (at least I'm told I'm generally well liked)
So at the risk of producing another long and boring reply to keep you up all night, I'll say good night. :wink:
Re: Left hand Delorean - Guinney1971 - 03 Aug 2012
bottom line for me (getting back to derriers again), as a 40 something stay at home mummy,
is that after 10yrs, my De, to me, is a car, a mode of transport, that gets me from A-B when
funds allow.
If I want to drive it a bit spirited if the road conditions allow, then I'll happily drop
it down a cog or two, or, if like today (I was doing a wedding in Nottingham), then I was in more
of a 'pose mode', and kept a good distance in traffic, didnt go too fast, and grinned to myself
everytime someone, with their jaw heading pavement bound stopped and pointed at the car or
evertime I saw a cameraphone pointing at the car from a car behind me.
I guess after all these years, sometimes I forget that many people have never seen a DeLorean
before, and I find their reactions quite funny - I forget sometimes that I've spent 1/4 of my life
around them
(jeez, I feel old now!! lol)Anyway lads, keep it friendly, and FWIW, I'm on Piston Heads too and have made some very good
friends through the site
Re: Left hand Delorean - stunned_monkey - 05 Aug 2012
DeLoreans were designed to take much more power than they were given originally tho' :wink:
Re: Left hand Delorean - lukebrynycz - 05 Aug 2012
stunned_monkey Wrote:DeLoreans were designed to take much more power than they were given originally tho' :wink:
Oh for sure! They're also one of the best looking sports cars that will ever exist. A truly special car
Re: Left hand Delorean - Guinney1971 - 05 Aug 2012
I think also, with any increase in HP on a DeLorean, it goes without saying
that you may want to ensure the braking system, etc, is up to handling the
extra power, especially if you are going 200hp +
Luke, if extra power - and I mean a serious amount of extra power - is what
you are planning for your De, then talk to Martin, as he's spent many years
working on various performance options for the car, and can probably point you
in the right direction.
Re: Left hand Delorean - stunned_monkey - 05 Aug 2012
Thanks Claire. Rissy and RichH both got a taste of my current project a week ago. I think they both thought it wasn't for them though!
The PRV isn't a bad engine, just the original delorean version is a bit embarrassing. It's well known DMC wanted to go twin turbo very soon. In fact DMC were developing theirs at the same time as Renault. The Renault one made it into a car in 1984
I picked up a mint Volvo 760 engine for £135 over the weekend - that's the later EFI engine with the best flowing heads & manifold, largest throttle, most agressive cams, crossbolted journals and uprated liners. With a set of pistons, that'll make a very good 2.8 turbo one day.
Re: Left hand Delorean - Guinney1971 - 05 Aug 2012
reah-heah-healey? ............
Re: Left hand Delorean - lukebrynycz - 06 Aug 2012
Guinney1971 Wrote:reah-heah-healey? ............
Do not pass go, do not collect $100
Re: Left hand Delorean - lukebrynycz - 06 Aug 2012
Guinney1971 Wrote:I think also, with any increase in HP on a DeLorean, it goes without saying
that you may want to ensure the braking system, etc, is up to handling the
extra power, especially if you are going 200hp +
Luke, if extra power - and I mean a serious amount of extra power - is what
you are planning for your De, then talk to Martin, as he's spent many years
working on various performance options for the car, and can probably point you
in the right direction.
If I get one, It'll stay standard for a long time