This is a DMC DeLorean with a General Motors LS4 V8. Yes, an LS swap DeLorean is possible and here is a real one! It's fast. Too fast for it's own good.
Nah He knew full well what everyone said that was impossible. But to most Engineers they see impossible aa a challenge to be overcome with GENIUS. The guy who shoe horned a V-8 Vett engine into a Delorean is a Genius.
9:20 And 6 years later Josh now offers a LS swap kit for sale and works full time swapping DeLorean's and inventing/selling upgrades parts the vehicle, from brakes to dashboards. From a hobby to a dream job!
That's because most cars are designed to rust. I read a comment from someone once that said his shop teacher told him this in high school. If they put something like 5% more nickel in the steel, it would not rust. Cars are designed to deteriorate so people will have no choice but to go out and buy replacement vehicles every few years.
Well I mean, they did put V8 noises over it in the BTTF movies, so its no wonder we all thought this was one of the baddest things on the street back then.
"I haven't found anyone serious enough" Well, I was serious enough, and with Josh's endless help, my DeLorean is now also LS-swapped. Best thing I've ever done with the car.
@@AE86FTS That's absolutely correct my friend!! Id like to think most of us car enthusiast know that or should at least. So......who said anything about DMC being a Mid Engine car??? 🤔...🤣
Happytime cyanide that would be a hard sleeper cause most people still think the car was originally fast because most everyone has seen back to the future a lot of people non car people still assume that it’s a fast car 😬
Honestly, because the car turns heads even in stock form, it would be more of a Q-ship than a sleeper. A sleeper is a car that doesn't look like anything but is actually fast, while a Q-ship is an unexpectedly fast car that's normally well-known for something else. An example would be a BMW M5 - the 5 series is known for being more of a luxury sedan built for comfort, but the M5 is an absolute monster.
Keep those CAD documents, Josh. And when you solve the trany and brake issues, well then, you've taken a really big step towards a 2nd career as a DeLorean engine swap kit manufacturer. It's all about experience. Good luck!
Ryan Paaz No the Peugeot motor was reliable . It just wasn’t meant to be a performance engine, so it couldn’t be powered up. Same problem with the transmission.
@@SpaceGhost999 sorry man, this car IS historical and a classic. Name me one other stainless bodied american rear engine car built by a wholly independent car company....
I received my LS4 swap kit from Josh Schattenkirk today. It's going into my 1982 DeLorean, VIN 10365. Thank you Mr. Regular for interviewing Josh and making this video. It inspired me to make the leap and get my project going. I have probably watched this video a dozen times or more.
@@uuuultra It’s a 40 year old car with a very niche following, maybe 6000 surviving examples in existence, from a manufacturer that has long since gone out of business. You own one, you get used to inventing your own solutions when it breaks.
@@dr.dylansgame5583 I hope that someone will make a time machine replica with an engine swap. I think that would be the pinnacle of time machine replicas. Also, I do know what you mean with the Part 3 Delorean and how beefy it sounds. That thing sounds really good.
@@destruxandexploze2552 I am the ghostwriter of many movies, T.V. series, songs, videogame concepts and books. The rest are slackers... The two Bobs took credit for BTTF. The third Bob... Spongebob is your bogus test.
My biggest nit, believe it or not, are the 'Corvette' valve covers; what would reall mess with some minds would be if the builder made up some 'DMC V8' ones, brushed aluminum, of course. :) Regardless; that's one very well executed conversion; especially dealing with the parameters here.
I would've expected a car enthusiast to do this job, but the guy that did it is just all over the place. He doesn't know everything off the top of his head or the exact proportions like an enthusiast does. It's a kickass swap dont get me wrong, but the fact he stuck with a Peugeot transmission from 1982 made for a DMC V6 that could barely hit 80 to an engine that was used in one of America's most loved super cars and one of the best engines ever made for power. So I think the guy could've taken a better step by taking a corvette gearbox and mounting it right so it would work with the interior of the Delorean as the Vette trans would better hold up with the torque and pressure that comes with it, much rather go that route than stick with a weak trans that when just the right of pressure comes into play the spline will shear straight off and he would be stuck on the freeway.
@@moreuggaduggas Uh he made a CAD model of the car to do the swap and basically made everything... Not even sure if the Corvette transaxle fits - don't forget the Corvette was front engine, rear transaxle
@@leotam3372 He is a smart one, can never say that. He doesn't sound confident in what he says and doesn't even state the specs correctly as a car guy would. He just doesn't seem the kind.
GM make sure 90% of the cars we put out are meh looking and are meh performing and have meh reliability. Christler makes sure it breaks after 10k miles. Ford, it looks ok is functions ok 50% of the time you might get a bad car. American auto manufacturers are really the bottom of the barrel compared to the foreign car companies I wish they would start making great looking reliable economy cars.
"Started with the original transmission, Moved to a reversed subaru splitcase 6spd, finally stabbing in a porsche G96 this winter." (his post earlier today led me back to this video)
This is amazing. A dad of one of my HS buddies had a delorean, but it had an electrical problem and the brake lights and turn signals didn’t work. Still started and ran though. My friend let me drive it on his private street and I was shocked by how under powered it was. Sluggish is an understatement. That’s part of the irony in Back to the Future of having to hit 88 mph in a Delorean in a parking lot.
If I ever owned a Back to the Future Delorean, I would want an LS in it, I'm not sure what engine they used for the sound clips in the movie, but it sure as hell wasn't the stock motor
I was toying with the idea of a Twin Turbo, LS swap, Drag DeLorean, and ran across this video. Good to know some of the stuff he was talking about was some of the stuff I was thinking about! Awsome vid, and Info!
DrewLSsix Lol. I have a 2006 Grand Caravan already. It's the long wheelbase model with roof rack and bug deflector. I sent it to RCR so hopefully he does an Ontario road trip or at least come to Detroit and I can cross the border or vise versa.
LS4 engine is such a clever choice - because it was designed for front wheel drive use it has design features that make the length of the engine, including all accessory pulleys, shorter than other LS engines. It fits quite well in the engine bay, actually takes up a lot less room than the PRV V6 engine. I'd remove the goofy Corvette engine cover from it though...
yeah the corvette covers did look a little goofy but look up a Tucker 48 I feel if he could get one of those transmissions it could hold the torque very well
yeah the corvette covers did look a little goofy but look up a Tucker 48 I feel if he could get one of those transmissions it could hold the torque very well
He said he moved the transmission forward, meaning, the halfshafts are now half-cocked. This is a bad build. An RX8 with a badazz turbo, and nitrous would fly, but possibly break the trans.
The Porsche 997 transverse transmission I believe it is has an ls mounting kit and would solve all your problems, and getting you an extra gear. They are also rated for up to 750hp
Hook that to a Supercharged Gen III 3.8l V-6 that has been balanced and blueprinted (excellent HP and Torque for a car that size) and it would run like a monster AND get good gas mileage.
Fuck it, build it a spaceframe chassis with more advanced suspension and RWD mid engine or front engine layout. Some guy made something similar with an old golf and a massive engine, why not do the same with a DeLorean?
This is what John DeLorean should have done right from the start! And of all places for this build, SASKATCHEWAN? I like it man, well done! Cheers from British Columbia 👍
gm could make one of the best rotary's to exist and could help solve the rotary problems backin the day and improve in its desing today, but because of the change of direction that not happened. americans can bolt 4 motors and make it work, a gm rotary would be a beast.
@@joaovitorsilvagohl682 I sometimes wonder where the rotary would have been like had it not been for the 70's oil crisis choking the life out of the automotive industry.
An engineer that ACTUALLY put effort into making this as practical as possible. Made CAD models that can be replicated to fit a car with a simple engine that produces power in the same manner as it was built. This guy makes custom work WAY easier for other enthusiasts.
This guy has a winning business opportunity he could start up. All of that time and effort put into the CAD designing and etc. could either be sold as an instructional book/DVD, or better yet he could start making conversion kits. I think there would be enough DeLorean owners out there that would love to do this type of engine swap.
I'll hazard a guess that as soon as you top 350HP that gearbox will detonate, but man is that a cool engine swap. It probably even manages to maintain similar fuel economy while delivering way more power and, most importantly, way more torque. Makes it a far more viable daily driver when you aren't forced to constantly worry over the health of your weird little mostly French engine. I'm not usually a huge fan of LS swapping everything, but the amount of effort this guy put into doing it RIGHT redeems all of my misgivings about it. That swap is clean AF and turns it from a weekend car or something to trailer to a car show into a legitimately usable daily driver. Brilliant work.
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@Anton Zuykov Yes, it is level. I've seen this car in person, and I have a DeLorean myself with this exact same swap in it. It is even with the rear frame member, and has nearly the exact same clearance that the stock Volvo engine's oil pand did.
@Anton Zuykov Dude, how the fuck are you trying to teach me about MY OWN DAMNED CAR? You can not see it all you want in a video, but I can go out to my garage and look at my very own car!
@Anton Zuykov LOL. I'll give some weight to your "input" when you have real world experience with an LS DeLorean. Considering the pan sits nearly identically to the stock Volvo, if this were an actual issue, I'd have heard of plenty of them by now.
Favorite line of all time "not the LS, when the general motors LS V8 descended from Mt. Olive in 1997 with an aluminium DICK and a seditious sneer, the world did YEA and look up."
It's correct in every way. Since the DeLorean is basically just a fantasy vehicle that happens to actually exist in the real world it becomes one of the rare instances where altering it to make it live up to the fantasy as much as possible is far more important than keeping it original. One in pristine condition with low miles and all original parts is actually less correct than this one, in my opinion anyway.
But you know what's weirder, 7 years before the Delorean was made the Bricklin SV-1 was made and that was a gull wing door car and it was named after the owner of the company that made and both cars failed at the end.
Lol what is there to do in that part of Canada, I've been there once and it just seemed like there was one main city and then nothing else and nothing to do
Justin there really is next to nothing to do outside the cities Saskatoon and Regina besides ride dirt bikes, have gravel pit parties, shoot things, and basically enjoy farmer life. We all dream of moving to BC, where it's expensive but be able to enjoy the mountains and ocean
