Recent content by Dickey

I'm looking to make up some custom lines for my RX-7 and I was curious how well this kit worked. I've seen a few you tube videos on it and it appears to be idiot proof but some reviews on Amazon are less than ideal. My goal is to use it to put regular #6 and #8 fittings on the ends of the some...

I honestly don't know if there are alternates for this site or not. I know that updated skins sometimes have bugs related to the security tokens and various other background details is all and thought maybe that was the case here.

That's almost certainly a bug in the interface skin for the particular links you're using. The $session['token'] object or whatever its called these days is likely not being handed to your browser so that it can be handed back during the response.

With regards to the vBulletin software that runs this forum, the security token is just a small bit of unique information that is relayed to your browser from the forum so that the forum will be able to identify your session when you submit a request. Something is occurring where the token the...

No kidding, hehe. I'll never understand why people take such a car as seriously as the US DMC crowd does. I stop in on a UK forum from time to time; they poke fun at the car and don't have an issue with seeing the cars modded at all. You would not believe the grief I caught when I converted...

I don't know of a specific local club for them. The closest such thing that I'm aware is the South East DeLorean Owners Club but they are mostly around Atlanta. I usually only meet owners in person when they bring me their car to wrench on. It avoids them a trip down to Atlanta or Bonita...

Well, I've had some time to put some miles on the update and I've got to say I'm very happy with the results. Since having the car back on the road, I've run it down I-77 for about 50 miles from Chester to Columbia...which for those who are unfamiliar with the stretch, is rough to say the...

As best I can tell, the unsprung weight is reduced by about a pound. I'll be weighing everything after it is all said and done to be certain. The factory DMC balljoints are very sad looking creations. Literally, the tapered shafts are not as large as the RX7 tie rod shafts and I have not...

I'm not convinced it would have been easier though I am aware of the current dmc vendors and their offerings. None of those options addressed the availability and simplicity details that I prioritized. My primary concern here was explicitly related to the fabrication steps I employed to...

Yeah, the first gen one that was made in Germany. They quit importing them here a few years before DMC rolled out its first car but were readily available at the time in Ireland. If I remember to, I'll snap a picture of the factory setup that I removed. It does not inspire confidence.

I'm pretty sure the rear calipers on the DMC are mid 80's XJ6. A lot of the components for the car were off the shelf. Just off of European shelves which still puts me in a spot wanting easy to source robust components. The stock front calipers are from something called a Mercury Capri...

Your father in law is right, there is nothing hanging from the ceiling yet.

Such parts are available, but not from cars that are readily available in the States. With what I've got, I'm able to buy easy to find Miata parts that will clear a 14" wheel while maintaining the 4x100 bolt pattern and lug threading. When Mazda developed their 1st gen Miata they put a lot of...

For those unaware, DeLoreans do not have vented discs for their brakes. The rotors they get from the factory are reminiscent of vinyl 45s and will pretty much warp after about 10 miles of mildly spirited driving. So far as I have observed, the hardest DeLorean owners typically pedal their cars...

In the past, I've used a bottle of hydrogen peroxide mixed with baking soda and a teaspoon of dish soap. Worked well for removing the funk from a dog's fur but I wouldn't bet that it would do much for wood details. The trouble with skunks is that they are nocturnal, so when you are likely to...