So I'm planning to go Carbureted

[Bitsyncmaster]

Just for redundancy. I think it would be super cool that have a fuel system that doesn't need a single bit of electricity to function.

I bet you can modify an aircraft MAG so your ignition will run without electricity also.,

[DMCMW Dave]

Just for redundancy. I think it would be super cool that have a fuel system that doesn't need a single bit of electricity to function.

Yeah - now you've de-evolutioned to pre -1975 or so. And I recall changing mechanical fuel pumps at the time much more often than electric pumps on modern cars. BTW there is a fuel pump lobe on the back of the passenger side cam under the blanking panel, so somewhere out there is a mechical PRV fuel pump waiting to be re-discovered.

[DMCMW Dave]

I bet you can modify an aircraft MAG so your ignition will run without electricity also.,

I can see it now - a DeLorean with a hand crank hanging out of the rear bumper. Or even better - lawnmower-style pull cord.

[Farrar]

Diesel.

[stevedmc]

I can see it now - a DeLorean with a hand crank hanging out of the rear bumper. Or even better - lawnmower-style pull cord.

I push started my car once when the tow truck refused to tow me. That was the week I canceled road side assistance.

If I can push start a car, I've got no need for a hand crank.

[Dracula]

Yeah - now you've de-evolutioned to pre -1975 or so. And I recall changing mechanical fuel pumps at the time much more often than electric pumps on modern cars. BTW there is a fuel pump lobe on the back of the passenger side cam under the blanking panel, so somewhere out there is a mechical PRV fuel pump waiting to be re-discovered.

This sounds like a great thing to me; a carbureted car with mechanical pump and no advanced systems. Then, if the electrical system were simplified even further, there'd be nothing strange, DeLorean-specific, or confusing about the mechanics of the car.

[Ron]

Just for redundancy. I think it would be super cool that have a fuel system that doesn't need a single bit of electricity to function.

Hmmmm....
Well, there is no electricity and a lot of redundancy involved with Bill's Coke can of fuel down the carb vent trick.

[stevedmc]

Hmmmm....
Well, there is no electricity and a lot of redundancy involved with Bill's Coke can of fuel down the carb vent trick.

Thats just silly. A coke bottle of fuel will only get you a few miles down the road.

[Ron]

Thats just silly. A coke bottle of fuel will only get you a few miles down the road.

"redundancy"