It was very cool to meet you all. Thank you again for your time and hospitality. Alex, Bob, Robert, and the others !! What a weekend, 1st time for me seeing 5 Delo’s together at once that all run. 🤙🏼💯🇺🇸
Props to Universal Pictures and the Back to the Future franchise to not sue the living crap out of the fans and allowing fans to build the Time Machine. Unlike that sue-happy Permit Patty lady from that Stolen in 1 Minute franchise stopping fans from building their own Shelby GT500 replica eleanor
Now we're talking LS Power! Love DeLoreans, but they were never known to be reliable nor powerful. This potentially fixes both those issues. Very cool!!
@@Colorado_Native When I was a junior in highschool (2004) I remember seeing one for sale in my neighborhood. It was mint condition w/ 30K miles for only 3K. I wanted so much to get it, but my father talked me out of it. I ended up getting a 91' Toyota MR-2 Turbo instead.
@@Mak-Daddy They are neat. I am retired USAF now, but came back to the States and my brother and I went to see Back to the Future. The theater had one parked out front. It was very neat to walk around and check out. Almost as good as a Dallas Cowgirl. Almost.
Certainly very unreliable! Tools parts from so many other manufacturers, jaguar, Renault to name 2. Drum brakes🤦 it was a disaster. Titanic built in Northern Ireland it sunk! Delorean built in Northern Ireland company goes bust. Owner caught in a hotel room with a suitcase full of the devil’s dandruff 😂 not a grey advert for my country 😂
You have no idea how much I enjoy, appreciate and love your videos, and personally I truly admire you. Sometimes I Imagine having you as a mentor and blow my mind. The knowledge I could acquire from you would be gigantic !! Im a hobbyist model maker, kit bashing my favorite. Having the opportunity to do that in real life is a dream! For this and many other reasons you’re a role model to me. Much, much love Bob, long long life! 🤘🏻❤️🖤❤️🖤🤘🏻
I remember seeing the DeLotus all the way back in 2004. GORGEOUS design, so well done, and some heavy engineering has gone into that car as you touched on with the way his custom wing was fitted so the louvres can slide right in. Love the LS motor swapped cars, but that DeLotus is in a class of its own.
NICE!! those cars look so much better just lowered and completely stock. the original wheels look perfect. I really like the look of the stock front grill. the blacked out lights on the Lotus powered one doesn't look as good to me. I really like the look of the clean glass headlamps.
I'd like to see a delorean with the 4.3 v6 with twin turbos or the 3800 series 2 with twin turbos. It would be a good fit and plenty of power and reliability.
I like that the delotus owner isn't all hung up on how much power it makes. I'm more than certain it makes enough power to be fun to drive. Nothing wrong with wanting to build a racer and going by the numbers, but there's something to be said about just building a car for fun. I like the style.
The Esprit engine has a flat plane crank its only 3.5 litres and puts out 350bhp stock…. Lotus couldn’t go for large nrs as the Renault gearboxes couldn’t handle the power.
Lotus didn't go for more power not because of the transmission, but for marketing reasons. The up and coming models had more power, so it would be foolish to put the esprit with the sage or more power to match the new vehicles. The UN1 box has no trouble holding the power. It seems that a few 5th gear failures from shaft overhang, labels every Renault box as weak, which they are not. Internet wives tales seem to be more popular than the facts.
I believe it was Lotus who designed the frame for the DeLorean....A DeLorean restomod like these would be awesome. But an all stock underpowered DeLorean would be a dud........Would be cool to see a drag racing event to see which restomod was fastest.
Delorean would have been a world wide powerhouse if he didn't rush his project. What kind of moron puts an anemic boat anchor into a sports car? It is beyond deserving to see these cars get the performance they deserved from day one.
"What kind of moron puts an anemic boat anchor into a sports car? " All the bean counters in nearly every car company, like GM for instance when they crippled the Fiero. It was designed to have a new high performance v6 made specifically for it, instead they put in the iron duke 4 cylinder that the small USPS delivery trucks used and then later an existing low power v6 from family cars they already had on the shelves.
Now I want to get one and put a B8444 V8 in it - to stay with the PRV roots! Love ALL those old DMCs and wonder if I got to help on some of these. When I was 17 I worked for a guy in Kansas that came up with a door handle/pull solution. We did at least 20 of them over the year that I worked there. Again all of these are wonderful!
Man, blast from the past, I remember seeing Roberts DeLorean on Tamir's website back in 2010, I was in absolute love with it. The car literally looks the exact same too lol
There’s just something so wholesome and heartwarming when weirdos find each other. In this case it’s the DeLorean lovers. Another example might be people who form a club to shoot only BB guns that were manufactured before 1977. Somehow they all manage to find one another.
Wow ! If I get to order a Back to the Future replica from you Bob I’d like a combination of yours with that Lotus V8 twin turbo engine or at least that LS5 or maybe even an LS9 I wonder if that would fit? 😍🤣👏🏼✅🆒
1:18 one of my pet hates of certain super cars (Lotus Esprit etc) is the Handbrake being next to the exit. You're going to be brushing against that every time you exit the vehicle. You'd think they'd be able to engineer a better solution.
The original powertrain was a big reason for the low desirability. 0-60 10.5 sec, 1/4 speed 77 mph with the much quicker 5 speed manual was not the power Americans wanted. But make a blockbuster movie with a Lada as co-Star and they will become very valuable, grasshopper.
For anyone that’s never driven a DeLorean, that location where he put those 3D-printed cup holders is damned near inaccessible when sitting in the seats. You’d have to lift your butt up out of the seat and twist yourself around sideways to be able to reach that. It’s actually behind your range of reach when sitting.
Next time your in Dallas. Head over to Coit and 635 next to the Jack in the box. There's a huge intersection there. The little kids scammers are there on Saturdays with their help Sarah signs. Maybe part of the same group in LV.
Would've loved to hear that LS model start. The deLotus was great. Thanks for posting. I think I saw you on one of GIV's videos. He loves the Time Machine.
Beautiful machines. The blacked out headlamp / front looks very cool. And I don't know if that flush glass is original, but also looks very cool. The Lotus almost sounds like the ( I assume overdubbed ) sound in the movie when it's backing off the truck. Greetings from Prague. CZ
Doubtful. I don't think he's taking it off road anytime soon and it's practically in line with the tires, so unless someone welds a manhole cover sticking straight up in the middle of the lane and he doesn't see it in the dark, I think it will probably be just fine.
Still blows me away to the day, with how often we see the automatic DeLoreans out in the wild. They only made 200. That’s it. Yet I see them out and about all the time. Especially since they’re extreme power-suckers and make a slow car even slower. I’ve never understood why people go for them.
I cant Believe this Wasn't done a long time ago, This car Deserves a 350 LS motor, Top end That car has to run 180-200 mph with 500 to 600 hp, Great Mod , Good luck with the Car and try and not get your Hurt. God Bless.
Hi Bob, I have seen you on Tyler Hoover's channel. These cars are great. Is this the In-an-Out on Sahara? I am not from LAS, but try to visit at least once a year. Love to plan a trip when there is a good show in the area. I have been to Mecum's motorcycle auction a couple times now.
This In-N-Out Burger was on blue diamond Road. The first and third Sunday of every month there’s a car show called gears and grinds. I highly recommend going to that one.
Amazing little collection, engines look and sound amazing. My question is has anyone solved the creaking sounds inside the cars that ruins the driving experience of these cars.
Gday mate. The LS powered car is cool. The 'Delotus' is Fvcken Cool ! Too good fella 😊 ! Lowered cats look very Lotus Espit'esque ! Way cool ! Chur bro. Cheers from New Zealand
I wish you would bring your toys to Rancho & Craig on Sunday mornings 7 to around 9 . It’s a great car show , I bring my super nice 67 RS Camaro nearly every Sunday . Hope to see you there !
First of all that Lotus V-8 is a pretty small displacement engine as V-8’s go and it does not weight much more than the stock engine. And secondly it will not make the car handle worse. It would make the car more tail heavy of course and therefore it would tend to oversteer more but that could be compensated for simply by using slightly wider wheels and tires on the rear. And you would need them to be wider anyway to transfer all that extra power to the road.
@@Novusod - While it would be correct to say that all modern engines have much more horsepower per liter than engines from the 80’s it is not be even remotely correct to say that all modern 4-cylinder engines are more powerful than all 80’s V-8 engines. By the way, I’m not a V-8 fan myself and all of the 19 cars I’ve owned have had 4-cylinder engines except for the 93 RX-7 which, had a rotary engine. Still, we should get our facts straight here.
@@SLOBeachboyAmericans especially seem to get a truly pathetic amount of HP from large engines, especially in older cars. You could easily get a four/six cylinder engine in there which would make this infinitely better than a low power lazy V8.
Hey Bob! Huge fan of your channel and Fellow DeLorean owner (VIN 04228) just checking… do you offer flux capacitors on the prop shop website anymore? I looked and didn’t see them available, but wanted to ask. You could be mopping up if you were still cranking those out. Love the videos! Keep them coming. 👍
Hey V-BOB-M, were ALL of these John DeLorean's automatics from his factory back in the eighties ?!? BTW - That Lotus Espirit powered example was absolutely sublime. Many Thanks Yo ! 🚘🔍. 🎯
@@1183newman yeah I know that's why I said that, but I dont like saying that as it makes it seem like its a knock off instead of its own thing, and what do you mean reversed,
@@kavinskysmith4094 the chassis is opposite way around in the delorean due to how delorean is rear engined and the esprit is rear mid engined. Same chassis essentially but opposite way around in delorean.
I like the interior and the exterior of the Lotus car better but I definitely like the engine bay of the LS car and would choose the LS engine any day of the week. Cross plane engines easier and cheaper to work on and will handle more boost as well as being cheaper to make more horsepower including the parts and aftermarket support for them.
👍🏻 I wish DeLorean would have originally gone with V8 making over 300hp or so instead of going with a 130hp V6. A sleek futuristic sports car having more power makes sense. Makes DeLorean fun and fast not just for looks.
@@VegasShuffle There were plenty capable of making that kind of power at the time, but the two oil crisis of 73 and 79 (which lasted until the mid eighties) changed everything in terms of what manufacturers could make and sell. Everything was being detuned and crippled to cope with the times.
It was very cool to meet you all. Thank you again for your time and hospitality. Alex, Bob, Robert, and the others !!
What a weekend, 1st time for me seeing 5 Delo’s together at once that all run. 🤙🏼💯🇺🇸
Props to Universal Pictures and the Back to the Future franchise to not sue the living crap out of the fans and allowing fans to build the Time Machine. Unlike that sue-happy Permit Patty lady from that Stolen in 1 Minute franchise stopping fans from building their own Shelby GT500 replica eleanor
Don't give them any ideas.
Always loved the DeLotus. A twin turbo Lotus V8 in a DeLorean is just sooo right, and a beautiful, meticulous build.
The De Lotus is a very special custom Delorean. Haven't seen that car in years. Thanks for showing it to us!!
That was a great tour. Thanks Bob!
Now we're talking LS Power! Love DeLoreans, but they were never known to be reliable nor powerful. This potentially fixes both those issues. Very cool!!
And they didn't handle well either. But still neat cars.
@@Colorado_Native When I was a junior in highschool (2004) I remember seeing one for sale in my neighborhood. It was mint condition w/ 30K miles for only 3K. I wanted so much to get it, but my father talked me out of it. I ended up getting a 91' Toyota MR-2 Turbo instead.
@@Mak-Daddy They are neat. I am retired USAF now, but came back to the States and my brother and I went to see Back to the Future. The theater had one parked out front. It was very neat to walk around and check out. Almost as good as a Dallas Cowgirl. Almost.
Certainly very unreliable! Tools parts from so many other manufacturers, jaguar, Renault to name 2. Drum brakes🤦 it was a disaster. Titanic built in Northern Ireland it sunk! Delorean built in Northern Ireland company goes bust. Owner caught in a hotel room with a suitcase full of the devil’s dandruff 😂 not a grey advert for my country 😂
@@stewarty28Titanic was fine when it left Northern Ireland, was an Englishman who stuck it in an iceberg.
You have no idea how much I enjoy, appreciate and love your videos, and personally I truly admire you. Sometimes I Imagine having you as a mentor and blow my mind. The knowledge I could acquire from you would be gigantic !! Im a hobbyist model maker, kit bashing my favorite. Having the opportunity to do that in real life is a dream! For this and many other reasons you’re a role model to me. Much, much love Bob, long long life! 🤘🏻❤️🖤❤️🖤🤘🏻
I'd LOVE to see a EcoBoost V6 in a Delorean, the 3.5 from the SHO or Raptor! Keep the Delorean's V6 howl!
The LS swap looks soooo CLEAN! AWESOME 👏🏻👏🏻
I like it lowered i think it looks so much better!
Man, those LS and Lotus swaps blew my mind. Either one of these is the car it should have been.
I remember seeing the DeLotus all the way back in 2004. GORGEOUS design, so well done, and some heavy engineering has gone into that car as you touched on with the way his custom wing was fitted so the louvres can slide right in. Love the LS motor swapped cars, but that DeLotus is in a class of its own.
I love the 5 lug wheel conversion and massive brakes too. Looks more modern and way safer with more power. Allows those fabulous wheels too.
“LOTUS is an acronym for Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious.” -Jeremy Clarkson
Many people said that before him , And none of them had owned one either.
Hi Mr. Bob I'm a Delorean ower myself Thank you for this great video. This never get old.🥰
Despite the power advantage I’d still take the Lotus swap over the LS swap any day. Simply for the cool-factor.
Yes^
Sure, but what's the cost? And any more reliable?
NICE!! those cars look so much better just lowered and completely stock. the original wheels look perfect. I really like the look of the stock front grill. the blacked out lights on the Lotus powered one doesn't look as good to me. I really like the look of the clean glass headlamps.
I'd like to see a delorean with the 4.3 v6 with twin turbos or the 3800 series 2 with twin turbos. It would be a good fit and plenty of power and reliability.
0:03 I just imagined it going over the wrong speed bump and it taking out that oil pan. lol
damn. the one you showed at the very beginning of the video looked clean.
They'd sold more if they had v8's in them!!!!
If they sounded like they imagined in Back to the Future.
Now they can finally go faster than 88 mph
And this is how DeLoreans should have been built the 1st time.
That Lotus TTV8 though... 😆
Doesn't matter what sort of V8 you put back there, as long as it fits, and gets you well beyond 88 mph 😁😁😁
I like that the delotus owner isn't all hung up on how much power it makes. I'm more than certain it makes enough power to be fun to drive. Nothing wrong with wanting to build a racer and going by the numbers, but there's something to be said about just building a car for fun. I like the style.
Zero flux given 😂
Wow .... its a nice looking engine swap .... sum how the v8 Esprit engine kinda suits the DeLorean more
If Delorean got with chev and made this car basically a rear engined corvette, it couldve been even more iconic
gonna miss those prv v/6's
Yeah. I just got the cheezy USB Amazon flux capacitor and installed in my ambulance rv by the solar components. 😅
Now it sounds more like the movie car
Rumor had it someone swapped a Flux Capacitor in one.
Zero Flux Given... I want one
Wedge designs like the Delorean and Lotus Espirit are proof that simplicity equals beauty.
It's about time those Renault engines are junk .God Love you America 🇺🇸
Agreed. They'll do 88 mph now for sure.
The Esprit engine has a flat plane crank its only 3.5 litres and puts out 350bhp stock…. Lotus couldn’t go for large nrs as the Renault gearboxes couldn’t handle the power.
Lotus didn't go for more power not because of the transmission, but for marketing reasons. The up and coming models had more power, so it would be foolish to put the esprit with the sage or more power to match the new vehicles. The UN1 box has no trouble holding the power. It seems that a few 5th gear failures from shaft overhang, labels every Renault box as weak, which they are not. Internet wives tales seem to be more popular than the facts.
I believe it was Lotus who designed the frame for the DeLorean....A DeLorean restomod like these would be awesome. But an all stock underpowered DeLorean would be a dud........Would be cool to see a drag racing event to see which restomod was fastest.
That peugeot v6 wrecked an iconic vehicle. Bravo. Rotary would also be cool.
Good call.
It's been done. There used to be a triple rotor with Porsche transaxle delorean about.
Nice video! Had fun last night thanks again for coming out!
Any Delorean that is on the road is the best Delorean
Beautiful workmanship Bob. Congratulations man!🙏🏻😍
Beautiful! I have my doubts that you're familiar with metric though 😂 that's more than a mm
Delorean would have been a world wide powerhouse if he didn't rush his project. What kind of moron puts an anemic boat anchor into a sports car? It is beyond deserving to see these cars get the performance they deserved from day one.
"What kind of moron puts an anemic boat anchor into a sports car? "
All the bean counters in nearly every car company, like GM for instance when they crippled the Fiero.
It was designed to have a new high performance v6 made specifically for it, instead they put in the iron duke 4 cylinder that the small USPS delivery trucks used and then later an existing low power v6 from family cars they already had on the shelves.
DeLotus for the win. Those wheels and all the nice little detail touches. Very well done. But I’d take a Time Machine in a heartbeat!
How come there’s no people around looking at all those beautiful cars absolutely insane
"Enjoy it with Coke"
LOL I got that one.
Delores gives zero flux! Very cool cars. Love the "Delotus". If there is ever another BTTF movie, it would make a great time machine.
The front cone not being the same as rest of body is a true crime.
i love dmc's, but i always thought a supercharged 6cyl would fit nice, give it a nice whine, and plenty of power to reach 88mph...
I agree. Lots of good choices these days.
@@tjmoneybags def lots of options. of course buying one is completely out of my reach🤣
Gotta love the Irish reg plate, that’s a nice touch.
the stainless rams for the hatch are use for marine applications and readily available
Now I want to get one and put a B8444 V8 in it - to stay with the PRV roots! Love ALL those old DMCs and wonder if I got to help on some of these. When I was 17 I worked for a guy in Kansas that came up with a door handle/pull solution. We did at least 20 of them over the year that I worked there.
Again all of these are wonderful!
I believe that 4.4 V8 in the XC90 was built by Yamaha, even though the engine's design was conceived by Volvo.
Man, blast from the past, I remember seeing Roberts DeLorean on Tamir's website back in 2010, I was in absolute love with it. The car literally looks the exact same too lol
There’s just something so wholesome and heartwarming when weirdos find each other. In this case it’s the DeLorean lovers. Another example might be people who form a club to shoot only BB guns that were manufactured before 1977.
Somehow they all manage to find one another.
Wish they still made these this could have evolved into such an amazing car
Wow ! If I get to order a Back to the Future replica from you Bob I’d like a combination of yours with that Lotus V8 twin turbo engine or at least that LS5 or maybe even an LS9 I wonder if that would fit? 😍🤣👏🏼✅🆒
Hehe wow, changing a belt is an engine out job. That's a tight fit.
Already had to do it. Rear fascia off job, 6 bolts and a multi pin connector for the taillights
very nice, would have liked to hear that LS. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome! Ls powered Delorean! Now it Might ACTUALLY be able to reach 88mph!
Wild conversations and they get driven is awesome.
Some of these actually WILL reach 88mph 😂
Nice cars 🙌👍😊🍀👌
1:18 one of my pet hates of certain super cars (Lotus Esprit etc) is the Handbrake being next to the exit. You're going to be brushing against that every time you exit the vehicle. You'd think they'd be able to engineer a better solution.
The original powertrain was a big reason for the low desirability. 0-60 10.5 sec, 1/4 speed 77 mph with the much quicker 5 speed manual was not the power Americans wanted. But make a blockbuster movie with a Lada as co-Star and they will become very valuable, grasshopper.
For anyone that’s never driven a DeLorean, that location where he put those 3D-printed cup holders is damned near inaccessible when sitting in the seats. You’d have to lift your butt up out of the seat and twist yourself around sideways to be able to reach that. It’s actually behind your range of reach when sitting.
Never understood why anyone is obsessed with cup holders. Can count how often I've required a drink in a car on one hand in 30 years of driving .
@@sandersson2813 I've owned my DeLorean since 1996 and there's NO WAY IN HELL I'd ever get in it with liquids. Period. I love my car too much.
Next time your in Dallas. Head over to Coit and 635 next to the Jack in the box. There's a huge intersection there. The little kids scammers are there on Saturdays with their help Sarah signs. Maybe part of the same group in LV.
That's one bad bump away from taking that oil pan. 😵 that rear suspension better be stiff
The Delorean is finally fixed !!!!
Hell Yes !!
Would've loved to hear that LS model start. The deLotus was great.
Thanks for posting. I think I saw you on one of GIV's videos. He loves the Time Machine.
Beautiful machines. The blacked out headlamp / front looks very cool. And I don't know if that flush glass is original, but also looks very cool. The Lotus almost sounds like the ( I assume overdubbed ) sound in the movie when it's backing off the truck. Greetings from Prague. CZ
I see a busted oil pan in your future.
Why? Oil pan is higher that the frame.
Doubtful. I don't think he's taking it off road anytime soon and it's practically in line with the tires, so unless someone welds a manhole cover sticking straight up in the middle of the lane and he doesn't see it in the dark, I think it will probably be just fine.
But he's got a Delorean so can go back to the future and sort it.
That LS DeLorean looks extremely familiar. I think I may have tuned that thing on the dyno here is Phoenix.
Hey Rhett, Yes sir, runs great !
Still blows me away to the day, with how often we see the automatic DeLoreans out in the wild. They only made 200. That’s it. Yet I see them out and about all the time. Especially since they’re extreme power-suckers and make a slow car even slower. I’ve never understood why people go for them.
Which one gets up to 88 mph faster? No race? 😢
Roberts is my favoirte too, Its what you think of in my mind as a modern delorean
I cant Believe this Wasn't done a long time ago, This car Deserves a 350 LS motor, Top end That car has to run 180-200 mph with 500 to 600 hp, Great Mod , Good luck with the Car and try and not get your Hurt. God Bless.
Hi Bob, I have seen you on Tyler Hoover's channel. These cars are great. Is this the In-an-Out on Sahara? I am not from LAS, but try to visit at least once a year. Love to plan a trip when there is a good show in the area. I have been to Mecum's motorcycle auction a couple times now.
This In-N-Out Burger was on blue diamond Road. The first and third Sunday of every month there’s a car show called gears and grinds. I highly recommend going to that one.
The best part is the custom plastic cover, although if he hits a pothole or a speed bump, that oil pan is going bye bye
Amazing little collection, engines look and sound amazing. My question is has anyone solved the creaking sounds inside the cars that ruins the driving experience of these cars.
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH AND I WANT ONCE but man, the packaging!! EV swap would arguably easier.
Beats the Cyber truck everytime
well delorean and lotus esprit share same chassis almost. Since lotus designed the delorean.
Giugiaro designed both the DeLorean and the Esprit.
What's the 0-88 time?
I have always loved this car
Gday mate. The LS powered car is cool. The 'Delotus' is Fvcken Cool ! Too good fella 😊 ! Lowered cats look very Lotus Espit'esque ! Way cool ! Chur bro. Cheers from New Zealand
I wish you would bring your toys to Rancho & Craig on Sunday mornings 7 to around 9 . It’s a great car show , I bring my super nice 67 RS Camaro nearly every Sunday . Hope to see you there !
to far, too early
That’s to funny ! I like your vidios !
Great Scott’s that’s badass
LS with a dry sump for ground clearance.
How to make DeLorean handling even worse? Put a big heavy V8 in the rear instead of stock V6 :)
Modern 4cyl is more powerful than V8s from the 1980s. Nobody really needs a V8 anymore except for ego stroking.
First of all that Lotus V-8 is a pretty small displacement engine as V-8’s go and it does not weight much more than the stock engine. And secondly it will not make the car handle worse. It would make the car more tail heavy of course and therefore it would tend to oversteer more but that could be compensated for simply by using slightly wider wheels and tires on the rear. And you would need them to be wider anyway to transfer all that extra power to the road.
@@Novusod - While it would be correct to say that all modern engines have much more horsepower per liter than engines from the 80’s it is not be even remotely correct to say that all modern 4-cylinder engines are more powerful than all 80’s V-8 engines. By the way, I’m not a V-8 fan myself and all of the 19 cars I’ve owned have had 4-cylinder engines except for the 93 RX-7 which, had a rotary engine. Still, we should get our facts straight here.
@@SLOBeachboyAmericans especially seem to get a truly pathetic amount of HP from large engines, especially in older cars.
You could easily get a four/six cylinder engine in there which would make this infinitely better than a low power lazy V8.
Love to know how the Lotus powered and LS powered DeLoreans drive.
Hey Bob! Huge fan of your channel and Fellow DeLorean owner (VIN 04228) just checking… do you offer flux capacitors on the prop shop website anymore? I looked and didn’t see them available, but wanted to ask. You could be mopping up if you were still cranking those out.
Love the videos! Keep them coming. 👍
Hey V-BOB-M, were ALL of these John DeLorean's automatics from his factory back in the eighties ?!? BTW - That Lotus Espirit powered example was absolutely sublime. Many Thanks Yo ! 🚘🔍. 🎯
This is what @legitsteetcars should do with his Delorean. That crappy factory engine needs to GO!!
Well the lotus V8 makes sense, Delorean Mark II, they were planning on a twin turbo model
Delorean and Esprit share the same chassis since Delorean was developed by Lotus. Chassis in Delorean is just reversed.
@@1183newman yeah I know that's why I said that, but I dont like saying that as it makes it seem like its a knock off instead of its own thing, and what do you mean reversed,
@@kavinskysmith4094 the chassis is opposite way around in the delorean due to how delorean is rear engined and the esprit is rear mid engined. Same chassis essentially but opposite way around in delorean.
@@1183newman you mean that literally, like the seat and the steering rack are all mounted backwards?
I like the interior and the exterior of the Lotus car better but I definitely like the engine bay of the LS car and would choose the LS engine any day of the week. Cross plane engines easier and cheaper to work on and will handle more boost as well as being cheaper to make more horsepower including the parts and aftermarket support for them.
Question sir. Do you custom all cars or do you make a movie car and know someone will buy it when it’s done?
I'm pretty sure all his custom cars are built to order.
Great Scott
👍🏻 I wish DeLorean would have originally gone with V8 making over 300hp or so instead of going with a 130hp V6. A sleek futuristic sports car having more power makes sense. Makes DeLorean fun and fast not just for looks.
In 1981 there was no V8 making close to 300 hp. The Corvette of the time was under 200.
@@VegasShuffle There were plenty capable of making that kind of power at the time, but the two oil crisis of 73 and 79 (which lasted until the mid eighties) changed everything in terms of what manufacturers could make and sell. Everything was being detuned and crippled to cope with the times.
Epic rides!!
Beautiful cars
Makes sense since the Delorean in the BackTo The Future film had a V8 put in it. Think it was a 350 out of a Corvette but I am not quite sure.
Like the future cars had the stock engine inside, but the sound dubbed over was from a Porsche V8