found it while browsing through this:

http://forums.subdriven.com/zerothre...int&id=4197560


cars website:

http://www.eliseusa.com/rotary.htm

 

I bet it's like driving a rear-engine Cosmo.

Does that car use three flux capacitors, or three propellers in its trans-dimensional drive?

 

i posted videos of this car a couple years back on this forum.........i guess no one pay attention to this car before..

 

I saw that car in person. Was actually put together by this young kid in his early 20's that use to work for Carlos Lopez about 5 years back. Smart guy. did the conversion on his own and it was actually really clean. Never heard from him again though. hope he is doing well.

 

Welcome to like 8 years ago. It was all over the DeLorean forums (then the DML) back in the early part of this millennium. And since I am both a DeLorean and RX-7 guy, I still get at least one email daily from someone surfing my website that says "omg! 20b delorean!" as if it is new.

Cool car though. Too bad the 20B is stock and the car is painted black.

 

+1

 

^ Agreed. It's a shame so many were painted because people couldn't take care of the SS.

 

Very few were actually painted, all things considered. Most of the time it was done improperly so the paint is easy to strip off and the stainless can be easily regrained. It's just when there is hidden accident damage that it becomes a problem.

 

i'd like to put one in a 348

 

that delorean sold on ebay a few years back for like 15000 USD... me and higgi were watching the bid and i couldnt stop drooling

 

Not so much into handling, but the 348's appearance is the best in eons

and, can be had fairly cheap these days

one day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwN9JmlnPik

 

At some point, I'd love to own one. But, I can only have one toy so the 7 would have to go.

Why did you get rid of your 512?

 

Currently working on a 20B Delorean conversion. Need help with you all that are familiar with 20b. Especially with running it with ltx12 microtech.

 

will u use the stock un1 transmission?

 

how about a 20b in a lotus exige?? massive amounts of customization, I know, but that would be one mean car if someone could pull it off....or has the funds for that matter

 

Please don't use a POS Microtech.

There are so many better ECU choices for basically no extra money. Haltech P1000 and MegaSquirt MS3-Pro are at the top of my list.

While the Microtech hardware is solid and reliable, the software in the ECU and for tuning is out of date by 20 years. No closed loop, terrible matrix table interpolation, virtually no datalogging, no configurable IO, crazy dizzy themed timing model, and the list goes on and on.

I'd lean towards the MS3-Pro myself but I'm biased.

 

No I felt the UN1 trans while rugged was only designed for less than 200 hp so I am using s Porsche 915 transmission.

 

Aaron, already am using the ltx12 microtech, if I hadn't already invested in it I would be looking at some of these other options.

 

Even still, I'd sell it to the first sucker willing to pay, and then buy an ECU that doesn't suck. Having a Microtech on my own car, which was bought under the promise from Microtech that it would be continually updated with new features, I'm in the same situation.

 

Aaron:

Yeah I hear you. Definitely outdated. The project has been five years in the works tearing car down to the frame, full frame up restoration. Just can't wait to get it driving! Hopefully within a couple of months.... I will then look at changing ecu likely! Anyway you have a Delorean also? Or what is your interest in deloreans?

 

I've been interested in DeLoreans since....forever I believe.

Come close to buying one several times but have always had other projects on the go. However I have promised myself that once my Cosmo is done, my next project WILL FINALLY be a DeLorean. Hopefully '81 as I like the gas flap on the hood and if I can find one without the hood styling lines, so much the better.

For years there was one rotting a block from me, covered in weeds, home to animals yet the owner was a hoarder. I couldn't get the car no matter what I tried and ultimately after he died a mechanic bought it, tried to get it running, gave up, sold at auction then it was scrapped shortly later. All due to a minor issue with the automatic tranny governor.

Obviously my DeLorean will get a 20B as well. Have had the project in my head for at least 15 years.

 

4 rotor delorean! 23a is 1 inch longer than a 20b and thats it.

 

I would have loved that! based on the hard work i'm going thru, and only one inch longer wow! Problem is how much is a 23a engine these days? probably out of my budget range...... what car uses the 23a?

 

Aaron.....

Sorry to hear about the "almost" delorean project. That is the absolute worst thing, people that don't know what they are doing then end up scrapping these cars! Wow, unbelievable. My car 10544 would have likely been heading for the scrap yard, was rescued after being under water in a garage after hurricane Katrina. I didn't much care, I knew the engine and tranny would be junk, but wasn't bargaining for the electrical harness issues! OH WELL..... glad I saved it from the scrap yard!

 

23a has never been in production in any car, he's stating this as two 12a engines mated together to create a 4-rotor 23a.

PPRE sells kits to make your own 4-rotor for $13,000 NZ