What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[JohnZ]

Greased the CV joints and replaced the boots, and also replaced one time too many the windshield washer pump! But this time we drilled the infamous holes under the black cover, so it should last longer! And of course the rivnuts were totally seized, but we incredibly managed to replace them all!

As for the joints, we disassembled them completely and made a hell of a job by cleaning and greasing them! It was a fun time and it all really went very well, which is very rare!

[Bitsyncmaster]

Well my new battery bottomed out at 30 ma. charging at 14.50 volts. I've never seen a car battery go to charge current this low. Now is that good or bad, I don't know. But I'm happy I decided to replace my 13 year old battery.

[EngineerGuY]

New Break Pads, Rotors and Calipers from DMC installed this week! Plus, a new headliner going in this coming weekend.

[Timeless]

New Break Pads, Rotors and Calipers from DMC installed this week! Plus, a new headliner going in this coming weekend.

I'm going for the Miata brake setup in front once I need brakes.

[Emit]

I Installed air conditioning, from scratch... when I did my full rebuild AC was low on my list, so I've only gotten around to it a year after the rebuild.

Hardest part was running the return/suction/big line down the passenger side between the frame and the body, had a split hose from DGo. Needed to put the body on stands, undo the body bolts and even then I only got it a mm at a time, took about five hours, dreadful work. I suspect a lot of my issue was that the heater lines were pressing down on the AC line because I wasn't paying attention to positioning when I reconnected the body to the frame originally.

Radiator has to come out to get the condenser on, which was a bit of a faff, and the dryer was fiddley to align with the new evaporator.

One interesting thing is that I spent ages researching compressor oil and added the "correct" amount, but when I brought it to the AC guy (all he does is AC systems) and told him he was a bit exasperated, told me he'd need to vacuum it all out again - seems that his machine measures the exact amount of oil given the capacity of the system, therefore no PAG was needed from my end.

I have to say I was delighted to see the clutch engage and then for the first time cool air coming out the centre vents; I had rebuilt my HVAC box so its quite a strong flow, I also deleted the door vents exiting the HVAC box, which helps a lot.

Any questions ask away while it's still fresh in my head

[DMC-Ron]

I'm going for the Miata brake setup in front once I need brakes.

Can you stick with stock wheels with this conversion?

[dn010]

Can you stick with stock wheels with this conversion?

Yes: https://lsdeloreanstore.com/products...51960089248028

[Helirich]

Yes: https://lsdeloreanstore.com/products...51960089248028

So I upgraded to vented rotors using the stock brakes. Are the Miata brakes an upgrade compared to them?

[Timeless]

So I upgraded to vented rotors using the stock brakes. Are the Miata brakes an upgrade compared to them?

Oh yes.

[dn010]

So I upgraded to vented rotors using the stock brakes. Are the Miata brakes an upgrade compared to them?

In my opinion:
I wouldn't say the Miata kit is necessarily a "major" upgrade. I'd say the base kit is more intended to replace the stock calipers and rotors for Miata components that are readily available and cheaper: a pair of Miata drilled and slotted rotors are 72 bucks. The selection of rotors are more vast than the "DeLorean" selection. If you go with larger rotors and calipers, then it is a better upgrade but it depends on what you want to do with the wheel size.

For an even better upgrade, there is the Wilwood kit and it still uses the Miata rotors. I am going the Wilwood route very soon.

Ultimately yes, they are an upgrade whichever kit you go with.