note- NOT my RWD Tuner Challenge entry.
KC Motorsport Delorean DMC-SX
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
This car is an object lesson in the dangers of EWI ... Ebay While Intoxicated. After a frustrating trackday working on the differential of a client's particularly difficult TVR, the staff and I kicked back with three cases of beer and a copy of "Back to the Future". I think you can guess the rest.
Two weeks later, the shell of a DeLorean sat in the middle of the shop, and rather than turn around and re-sell it to some other poor unsuspecting drunk ebayer, we contacted the recently-reorganized DeLorean Motor Company, purveyors of the new-and-improved S2 model rebuilt from original components. Another two weeks later, an entire car's worth of guts lay strewn about the shop floor next to the shell. We set immediately to work stripping and rebuilding the motor, transmission, differential and exhaust systems. What emerged from the shop after a solid three months of on-and-off effort shocked us all.
There's more than a little Lotus in the feel of this car, and for a good reason - many structural elements are derived from the Esprit, as Colin Chapman was called in to consult on the original DMC12 during its development. Though DeLorean originally envisioned a Wankel powerplant, a V6 was eventually used to address fuel consumption. We've taken said V6, stripped it down, and with the aid of a state-of-the-art turbocharger, massaged it to 448 bhp, translating to 422 at the wheels. With the motor hanging over the rear axle, the car could easily be called the vengeful love-child of Colin Chapman and Dr. Ferdinand Porsche.
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Notes on Driving
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Pull is no problem. This is without a doubt the fastest DeLorean ever built that doesn't run on plutonium. Cornering, as with any RR vehicle, can be a challenge at first, but master high-speed threshold braking and appropriate throttle-oversteer and countersteer, and this will be among the most thrilling cars you'll ever drive. Watch out for trail-braking over elevation changes, and approach corners carefully. Barge in under too much throttle and not only will the tail kick out, but it will drag the nose with it - think overpowered Lotus Esprit. Enter at the right speed though, and you have the option of gripping right into the apex and throttling out of it with the perfect magnitude of power-oversteer. Or, with a sharp application of the brakes and balls to match the car's stainless steel shell, drift is MORE than possible. Without further ado, the tune.
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Parts List
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Racing Exhaust
Racing Brakes & Brake Balance Controller
Port Polish
Engine Balancing
Racing ECU
Flux Capac... erm, Stage 2 Turbo
FC Transmission
Triple-Plate Clutch
RC Flywheel
FC LSD
Racing Suspension
Full Lightening
Soft-Compound Sports Tires (Race Tires if you want a purebred DTM-killer)
Wing and Oil Change
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Suspension
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Spring Rates: 5.0/6.5
Ride Height: 100/110
Shocks (Bound): 1/4
Shocks (Rebound): 3/7
Camber: 3.0/1.2
Toe: 2/-2
Stabilizers: 1/4
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Brakes, Transmission, Differential, Downforce
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BBC: 4/2 (3/3 or 3/4 for drift driving- adjust to your style)
Downforce: 30/22
LSD:
5
22
10
Transmission: Autoset to 25 first, then adjust the Final ratio as needed - 5.000 works well for the Nurburgring. Elsewhere, between 5.250 and 5.500 seems good. For very compact circuits, just do the tranny trick for more range of adjustment.
Enjoy! Though this isn't my RWD challenge entry, any feedback at all would be MOST appreciated.
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