$87,722 was raised for the Petersen Automotive Museum via Omaze. Winner drives away with a DeLorean restored by DMC in 2021.
https://www.omaze.com/products/delorean-2021
Hi, all. I've been thinking about two cars: The DeLorean DMC-12, and Toyota AE86/Corolla Sport GT-S.
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First, a couple of pics:
https://i.imgur.com/mU5m06d.jpg - The DeLorean DMC-12.
https://i.imgur.com/yXCzboe.jpg - The Toyota AE86/Corolla Sport GT-S.
Did you notice that these two cars have similar shapes? However, the Toyota has conventional doors and not the gullwing doors.
One was featured in Back to the Future, the other in the anime series Initial D.
I sometimes imagine a cross between those two titles, with a time machine modeled after the Toyota AE86/Corolla Sport GT-S. :D
Which of those two cars do you like, and why? What are some good and bad points of both of them? The mic is yours.
Spotlight Car Data - DMC DeLorean - Sports Retro Epic
Total 17 spins - 4 Spotlight cars
12x 2* & 5x 3*, 4x Epic, 3x Rare & 10x Common
A better week for me with 4 Epic Spotlight cars and a 3* RS 7 👍.
Seeing several posts of peoples sets on display with the various amazing vehicles as of late, especially the 10274 Creators Ghostbusters set, makes me wonder why there hasn't been a proper DeLorean. The 21103 set is kind of a joke, especially compared to some of the modern vehicle sets. I see Dave Slater made a respectable MOC about 2.5 years ago.
I know personally, I'd likely throw a silly amount of money towards a quality Creator series set.
Any idea if I'm just in fantasy wistful dreamland, or maybe someday?
Hey everybody, here’s the car you never knew you needed: an all-wheel drive, fat-tired Delorean for all of your off-road needs.
I made this car on a lark, but it actually turned out to be great fun to drive and solid for cross-country and scramble races. It has good traction for flying corners, so you can take wide turns in the dirt at speed and that AWD will pull you in the direction you want to go. Hence the “no brakes” nickname.
I took a couple passes around the Airfield cross-country circuit and got in the top 1% with an 0:57.97 0:57.17 lap time!
Edits welcome:
Upgrades
Conversion:
- 3.0L V8 - Racing
- AWD Drivetrain
- Twin Turbo
Engine: No upgrades (other than the conversion)
Platform and Handling:
- Sport Brakes
- Rally Springs
- Race ARBs
- Race Roll cage
- Street weight reduction
Drivetrain:
- Race transmission: 7 speed
- Race driveline
- Offroad diff
Tires and Rims:
- Offroad race tire compound
- Tire width: 255mm Front/295mm Rear
- Track width: Maximum width front and rear
Aero: Forza rear wing
Tuning
Tire pressure: 16.0 Front/ 19.0 Rear
Gearing:
- FD: 4.00
- 1: 4.17
- 2: 2.89
- 3: 2.17
- 4: 1.66
- 5: 1.32
- 6: 1.07
- 7: 0.85
Alignment:
- Camber: -1.0 Front/-0.5 Rear
- Toe: 0.0/0.0
- Caster: 6.5
ARB: 19.00 Front/24.50 Rear
Springs: 330.2 Front/455.3 Rear
Ride Height: Maximum (7.9/7.9)
Damping:
- Rebound: 8.0 Front/11.7 Rear
- Bump: 2.6 Front/3.5 Rear
Aero: Rear: 350
Diff:
- Front: 100/100
- Rear: 100/100
- Center: 50
For bonus points, I used the "polished aluminum" finish for the paint job, which I would recommend.
Edit: Fixed the damping, which was messed up. Also, here's the share code: 842 588 522
