The Northstar is approximately 80 lbs. heavier than the PRV. Could be enough to give a problem.

I would go for that aluminum corvette motor before the caddy, I think.

I have a friend who has a caddy with that motor and it is using oil big time. It is the third caddy he has had with that motor and all have done this around 40 or 50K miles.

I am not sure why he keeps buying them.

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

bump!

WHY, did you bother to bump!!?? Who the hell cares..!!?

Deloreans sucked, when they came out the first time..

Now they'll suck when they come out the second time...


Why would anyone care if they make a second hopeless attempt..?

You may as well have announced a second attempt by YUGO , of which probably, actually, has a better shot at it than Delorean does anyways .

Trucky

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Nick, your PM box is full.. I wanted to send you a PM(a good one.. not a B.S. one)

The Northstar motor was based on the Corvette ZR-1 motor, except it was built by GM not Mercury Marine. I had one, and it used a quart every thousand miles. This, on a car I bought with 25k miles, and it had the oil changed at the dealer every 3k.

I have heard of northstar conversions for these, but haven't seen one. I did see one with a 5.0 Land rover (or maybe it was a cadillac) engine in back and a 4 cyl honda up front.... why????

I used to be WAY big into D's when I was younger and knew quite a bit, most of which I have forgotten to make room for useless training courses from MB From time to time I check out some for sale looking for a good one, I'll probably pick one up someday.

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

Detroit tolerances are +/- 180lbs ...btw gotta make room for the bull.

So what do you snort the coke off of in those things?

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2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

GM engines have been an issues for some time now. Especially the Northstar V-8's. They like to oval the cylinder walls, hence the piston slap. Dealerships deny and deny. My mom's equinox with 60k on it hasn't shown signs of piston slap but has the dreaded Dexcool aka Death cool, coolant in it.

back on topic..


so.. what is stainless steel and has gullwing doors... a delorean.That is what

Oh man, you guys crack me up! The Delorean DMC-12 only weighs 2712lbs. As a little comparison:

1981 Corvette : 3300
1981 Datsun 280 Turbo : 2960
1981 Ferrari 308 : 3320
1981 Ferrari Mondial : 3500
1981 Maserati Merak : 3200
1981 Porsche 911 : 2700
1981 Porsche 928 : 3200

I've seen a Mazda tri-rotor, SBC, SBF, Northstar and BB Caddy motor conversion. The only motor mod I know of is the ONE Legend twin-turbo kit that was sold.

Oh, and DMCH (H for Houston) has been selling "new" D's since atleast '04. I priced one out at about $35k back then...but they're $60k now?! Talk about market change. Now that they're all 25 yrs old and JZD has passed away their collectibility is only getting stronger.

I bought an 83 DMC-12 last night...and it's been sitting at a house only 3-4 blocks away from me for the last 2 years!

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'85 280GE...sold
'96 Impala SS ~ 6-speed 396
'14 Cadillac Vagon. . . . . . . . . . "Life without knowledge is death in disguise." - Hans-Peter Geerdes

If your numbers are correct, the Deloren would have a power to weight ratio that was not all that different from the porsche 911 base model of a few years earlier.....what years were the delorean made?

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

They have a little mirror right next to the coffee cup holder.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

That polished SS looks pretty hot.

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1981-83 IIRC, Tom


Thanks to me, James found a D.