What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[81Delorean]

Put the interior back together and the fixed craig radio. Then took it for a nice spin!

[DMC5180]

Did the best possible thing. I DROVE IT In January!!! I've never done that in my 18 years of ownership. Put 50 miles it. A year ago there was 20 inches of snow on the ground. Our 1 significant 5 inch snowfall was in early November. Not much more than flurries since.

[vwdmc16]

Took her on a 50 mile cruise along Sacramento River, really makes me notice the annoying noises the car can make, Im about to fix one tonight.

[Chris Cooling]

unbelievably i took it out for a drive around the nieghborhood!Jan 7th plus six degrees in toronto
what winter

[Kenny_Z]

What was wrong with your radio 81Delorean? Also, are there pictures of that 67 Nova anywhere? I'm restoring a 66 four door Nova.

I finally washed Red and then took her out for a spin. Then we stopped at the park for pictures as the fog rolled in. I needed some pictures without that front plate.



Those eyebrows are driving me crazy now that I have her mechanical troubles repaired. Time for the cosmetic fixes.

[pezzonovante88]

unbelievably i took it out for a drive around the nieghborhood!jan 7th plus six degrees in toronto
what winter

nice!

[jawn101]

Gained about 75 horsepower (give or take... ) by removing the throttle return spring. Seriously, why didn't anyone suggest this sooner? Response is so much better now.

Helped Clint fabricate his latest mad science project. I'll leave it to him to explain it though...

[rundmc]

Gained about 75 horsepower (give or take... ) by removing the throttle return spring. Seriously, why didn't anyone suggest this sooner? Response is so much better now.

Wait, what? I thought that would cause a high idle...

(and to stay on-topic) Coolant flushed and changed, DMCNW coolant bleeder kit installed

[jawn101]

Wait, what? I thought that would cause a high idle...

Doesn't seem to have.. idle was a perfect 750 before and after removing the spring.

[DMC5180]

I've been running without the large throttle spool spring for years. Although I'm used to it now, the initial reaction was the same. WOW where did all the extra power come from. In reality you don't have anymore power than before, but the amount of force it requires to press on the accelerator pedal can make you feel like your dragging a boat anchor. By removing that feedback force, you can maximize the rate of acceleration with little foot pressure effort. As for running like this causing high idle issues. Yes it can, if the rest of the throttle linkage system isn't tuned and lubricated. The OEM idle microswitch requires a fair amount of force to trip. On my car, I replaced the Idle Microswitch with the one that JH sells. It requires less force to trip it, plus I modified that switch by removing the external lever return spring to lighten it up even more. The internal switch mechanism has it's own return spring that works just fine. Another factor can be (spool to throttle) link rod wear (slop). you might need to adjust it out and clean and lubricate the return spring on the "inside" of the throttle spool. The throttle system has 4 return springs. 1) Gas pedal , 2) spool inner [small], 3) spool outer [large], 4) throttle assembly spring [Shaft].

Back to the thread topic.

Went for another 35 mile JANUARY drive