New clutch, upgraded shaft coupler is installed

The complete clutch package including pressure plate, throw out bearing etc. come from Nissan 350Z. Nice to know that stock parts are available when that day comes. I am very pleased with how it turned out:


Engine, adapter plate (starter mount has yet to be machined) and the complete clutch fitted

Throw out bearing and stock Delorean clutch fork (in black)

Sourcing the upgraded shaft coupler turned out to be quite the chore. None of the usual Delorean vendors were able to provide it so we turned to "crowd sourcing", i.e. the Delorean community. Turns out, there was a huge demand for these couplers and a lot of owners joined in on the order. Read all about it here. Here is a picture showing the transmission with the heavy duty shaft coupler installed (circled):

Heavy duty coupler in place. Tranny ready for high power!

VR6 first fitment

Being that this is a customer build, some things such as sizing up the engine mounts to get the entire drivetrain in the exact location can only be done using actual mearurements, so the as-is transmission and brand new adapter were mounted (no clutch) to the engine and then the entire package was "floated" into its exact, correct x-y-z location in the engine bay using the transmission mounting points as the basic reference:

Right side

Left side

"#1283: Meet your new VR6"

Perfect fit

At this point, Ed tack welded the engine mounts together and once he was confident everything lined up as it should they were finished off and sent out for powder coating:



Right side engine mount

Left side engine mount