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Guess this is what you ment on my FB last week.Quote:
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Indeed!
Well have fun.Quote:
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What did I do to my Delorean today? Totally mangled the transmission coolant pipes while trying to change them out. Made an appointment with DMC Midwest for the 4th & 5th of April to have them sort my mess out.
On another interesting note.... I spent most of Wednesday night under the car wrestling with the transmission coolant line fittings, tugging pulling, banging, etc. After they wouldn't budge, I gave up and called it a night. Went out to the garage on Thursday afternoon to get some hand tools for another project and found that sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon, the Delorean fell off the jack stands and rolled forward about 1 foot inside the garage. Didn't hurt the car, but scared the crap out of me. Could have easily happened while I was under it on Wednesday night.
Glad you, the car, and house are okay. What style of jack stands do you use? Did you have some kind of block between the stands and the car that failed? I am curious about your setup and if you come up with any ideas to make it safer for the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by bfloyd
Make your life easier and buy some ramps. I never liked using jacks, especially on the delorean. I just dont trust little prong on a piece of wood.
If i do end up jacking the car up, I usually need the wheels off, so I put them under the actual lifting points on the body as backup. It was something mentioned on a tutorial when I changed rotors on my accord.
I don't ever use stands or ramps. It's a lift with safety catches or not worth doing.
No... it was totally my stupid mistake. I had the rear of the car up in the air on stands, but did not chock the front wheels.
I've cut some pieces of 3/4 inch red oak and glued a rubber pad on each side. The rubber pad is actually a hay bailer belt I found at our local Tractor Supply that I cut up to fit the boards. I glued the pads on the boards with E-6000 glue. Anyway I've got 5 of the oak / rubber blocks made to use with the car. One of the lifting plate of my floor jack, and the other four for the tops of my jack stands. Looking at the aftermath, the two stands were lying on their sides, so it looks like the car just rolled forward and tipped the stands over.
When I was rebuilding the car from November of 2014 through August of 2015, I had it up on 4 stands, but also had ramps under each wheel. I think I'll stick to ramps from now on.
Sanded the driver C-pillar with 150,220,320,400,600,800 then it started raining, but the sandpaper is waterproof, so I kept going with 1000 and finished with 1500. Will put polish on it tomorrow.
Ill still have some scratches to clean up later, but pretty happy so far. Only pretty much the entire car left.
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Are you going for the mirror polish look? From the picture it looks nice.
Yes. Getting the rests of the grain out is really time consuming, but it speeds up once I get to 400 grit. Eventually I plan on getting a variable speed polisher to speed up the process, but its rubber blocks and mothers aluminum polish for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by opethmike
Is that a Delorean Kit? Those look REALLY nice
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Originally Posted by Christian Dietrich
WOW! I like that!
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Originally Posted by Mark Hershey
I finally got around to installing a beautifully reconditioned original mirror switch courtesy of Matt (Drive Stainless). Looks and works great.
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Its a kit that DPI no longer offers.Quote:
Originally Posted by djdogbone
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Our Tri-State DeLorean club thats been getting off the ground slowly had a nice turn out yeaterday at the Cars and Coffee! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...068415aaee.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...6dfb7b4b94.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0b4e2e06fe.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0578f2414b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8452fc4727.jpg
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Got my 3rd brake light wired up.
Got my heads-up GPS speedometer installed.
Got my garage sink operational!!
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Any more details you can share about the HUD? What make/model did you decide to go with? Is there any kind of stick on reflector you had to install on the windshield? Any photos of it operational? :smile:
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Engine in the hole
Now thats different! Like this better than a LS swap! LS swaps are over rated and you see that every day. Me, I love the PRV! Its the little engine that could, BUT, If I were to do a swap, i'd do a Quad 4 with the supercharger! Nice original idea you have there.Quote:
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I'll add my 2 cents worth ... I got a GPS HUD for the D and loved it so much that I got one for my daily. I love the one I got for the D and hate the other one and don't use it. The D's is nice and bright. Works great day or night. The daily's does not project a good and bright image on the glass and as such I cant really see the speed on the windshield in the daytime. Both included about a 4" square piece of reflective film but I didn't use either. Try without and you may find it more than satisfactory. The primary benefit from the film is that it eliminated the "shadow" or "ghost" image. With the windshield, the reflected image reflects off the front of the inside glass as well as off the front of the outside glass and that makes for a "ghost" image. On the D, I simply set it on the dash off to the LH side. It only takes a glance to the L to see the speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark D
I hate this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I love this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
YRMV (Your Reflections May Vary)
Nick
Hey Mark - so I have the one that Nick bought and does NOT like. It was $22 on eBay and seems to do the trick for me. I have a larger speedo project planned for down the road, so I didn't want to invest too much in to the HUD. It comes with a reflective piece you can stick to the windshield. When I tested it the other day, I didn't need it, when I drove it this morning, I did. I will say, it takes a couple minutes to find the satellites. I don't need to know my speed in my neighborhood, so that's fine by me. You can also change the display to being readable straight on, rather than a reflection. Which gives a lot more mounting options. I'll see if I can take some photos of it in action.Quote:
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Got my new Polk Audio 8" sub mounted tonight. Not wired yet - that's next. I used the approach someone else here did, just mounting it to a board and putting it over the small hatch opening. I have no idea how this is going to sound, so I built it in such a way that if I need to construct all sides of the box, I have mounting points for it.
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Would love to hear this in person!Quote:
Originally Posted by rickjames8
Installing new Fuel Lines, from Delorean Industries https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b536eb798c.jpg
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If you are using a GPS based, HUD app as your speedo to replace the angle drive based one, another place you can put it is right on the ledge of the instrument cluster. The reflection goes up on the plastic lense in front of the gauges. You can position it so that it shows the speed on top of the regular speedo gauge, or just beside it, between the speedo and tach in that open space.
You won't find any double reflections in there and it's darker than competing with the direct sunlight. It's also on a slight angle down to help keep it from flying off into your lap. I had used a HUD app on an iPhone 4 and this size of phone fit quite well on that ledge. The one corner would tuck under the trip reset shaft and then I had it so that the power cord end pointed towards the centre of the car (the app used a lot of battery life over time). The app let you rotate the reflected image so you could point your phone in either direction and the image wouldn't be upside down when reflected.
This was only temporary for me until I got my speedo through the angle drive working reliably, but is another thing to think about as you find the ideal spot to place yours.
A low cost, and maybe free, alternative to a purchased HUD speedometer is to use an Android cell phone with a GPS speedometer app. If the app lets you flip the display, it may work as a heads up display. If you have an old Android phone not in use, you can dedicate it to the car.
My Daily has a more vertical windshield which may be part of the issue for me. So maybe it would work well in the D's steeper angle. Plus I bought mine a couple years back and soon afterwards contacted the seller. He said he would look into the dim reflection ... which maybe he did.Quote:
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The other thing to be aware of is that the less expensive one requires a USB power supply (so you need to get a 12Vdc to USB adapter). No big deal. Just a heads up (pun intended :-) ).
But he had to hack the frame!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Christian Dietrich
Well, I think this Frame was wrecked in the rear and he fixed it all? I think? Its whats ever dude. Its your car, do whatcha like. You wanna go faster, go ahead. I myself dont care to much about horsepower. For me, the stock engine, maybe upgraded with cams is all i would need. The supercharged Z/24 with 210hp.... way plenty. But what i cant understand is why you want to build a LS motor and you hardly drive it anyway because of the stupid comments. Isn't kinda pointless? Just asking and you talked about maybe selling it? I dunno, like i said its your car bro. I'll stick with the slow junky K-jet version lol.
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Just teasing you :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Christian Dietrich
As to why, I like LS motors, and I'm more about the journey than the destination, so a project like this is right up my alley. And there isn't any engine family that makes more sense for a swap.
Installed new weatherstripping on the top of the doors going to the T-panel.
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Well a LS engine is stupid simple to work on and can fit in anywhere. With me, its not how fast i get there but how i get there. I used to be all about speed and such in the 90's, early 2000's when i built my Oldsmobile engines but now, its about comfort and handling, and yes a little performance and get up. For me, the DeLorean is a perfect balance of that. Handles great, for the mods i did it gets up and goes with a great exhaust note, and with a interior I dont wanna get out of. Also while in that car, i just wanna travel everywhere in that car! I know im speaking for my self but the DeLorean,.... to me, is the ultimate GT Touring car and I use it like a car and not a show queen..Quote:
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Getting old Christian, getting old :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Christian Dietrich
Lmao well i also have a family to think about now but hell, damn wife drives a Hemi Challenger 😲 I love muscle cars also but the DeLorean stole my heart. Its a mechanical version of me. Its simple, doesn't fit in, looks odd different from everything else, goofy and imperfect, but it stands out among the rest. Yeah, maybe i am getting old, oh wait, i am 40 now! The DeLorean is a perfect balance for me. I guess every car has a different feeling for everyone.
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If your car looks like you, it must be VERY sexy!
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You know the frames dead stock other then the bolt on rear crossbar, which has nothing to do with the swap..
Finally received my custom door vent replacements machined out of ABS by eMachine Shop.
This is my original RH vent:
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These are the two replacements that came today. They cost a pretty penny, so I designed them thicker than the originals.
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