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Canon20DFan
06-24-2011, 05:38 PM
I have to give some brief remarks at a BTTF outdoor movie night in July, and am gathering some trivia about the movie and our cars. I'm curious - was the original 85mph speedo in a Delorean due to US law at the time?

Jonathan
06-24-2011, 05:45 PM
Yes. Law said you couldn't display anything higher than 85 mph (it was 140 km/h in Canada).

Hmmm... BTTF trivia... and related to the speedo.... ;) Watch the Libyan chase scene at the mall and keep an eye on the odometer in the middle of the speedo. See anything odd there?? They show it about 3-4 times and one of those times it is actually lower than the first shot. I believe it is about 33,000 miles something, and in one shot it dips to 32,900 something.

Canon20DFan
06-24-2011, 06:52 PM
...I've heard contradictory comments about the Delorean in the parking lot scene in the first movie...did it have a Porsche engine/tranny to make the tires spin?

vwdmc16
06-25-2011, 12:13 AM
no it was on a hydraulic jack to remove weight off the tires,

the exhaust was dubbed over with the sound of a porsche 928 4.7l v8 that had holes drilled in the muffler to make it louder.