2w ago

Awakening my Delorean from its winter slumber

Took my car out for its springtime shakeout drive. Pretty excited to get some miles on it here in NY now that the weather is finally nice.

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that's so cool. Is it as awesome as it looks online?
- Yes and no. It's fun to show off but driving is okay. No power steering, dealing with late 70s tech, it's a 5-speed so I HATE driving in traffic, normal classic car maintenance, and a lack of people who can work on it.
  But lemme tell you: the moment I pop the doors, people come out the woodwork. Any time I get gas I have to pad the stop by 10-min for the inevitable person who'll come up and ask me about it.
  
  I imagine it would be real fun with some good performance mods.
  
  Oh for sure. I've seen some great mods (twin turbo, Northstar engine swap, etc) and with a proper engine, the car MOVES. You're so low to the ground and the car has excellent handling, so it's quite ready for more HP.
  I've seen two companies offering drop-in EV replacement mods and lemme tell you: it's tempting. My Ioniq 5 does 0-60 in 4 seconds. The Delorean as-is does it in 12-13 seconds. So if I got the DMC to a ~6S 0-60, it would easily handle it and be crazy-fun to drive.
  
  EV conversion would be great. This way you could drive the powertrain with Mr Fusion as well, that would make time travelling less cumbersome.
  
  Its funny, I like traffic with a manual better than an automatic. I can just idle along, control speed almost fully with the gas. Play the game where I see if I can roll to a stop going up hill and apply brake just as I stop.
  
  You've never driven in NY traffic I take it. It's not fun in a 5-speed when you're moving along for an hour at 5mph
  
  Helps if you have lots of low end torque. I know my Scirocco 16V hated that low speed, but 2L Fiats you can drive almost without ever using the clutch, idling along.
  
  I have loved every stick I've ever driven, back roads or city. Then i got my wrx. Good thing i love in the country.

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