A DeLorean with a Ferrari engine? By Zeus!!!

The time-traveling DeLorean of Doc Brown has swapped its sluggish V6 for a fiery Italian heart!

This is exactly what Brazilian engineer Anderson Dick, a mechanical enthusiast and huge fan of Back to the Future, has done to his DeLorean DMC-12. A time machine revisited as a supercar, combining the stainless steel aesthetics of the 80s with the mechanical fury of a Ferrari California.

The story begins in the United States, where Dick stumbled upon a DMC-12 stripped of its original engine. Goodbye to the 132 hp PRV V6, and hello to a Ferrari 4.5 L V8, boasting over 500 hp, paired with a six-speed manual transmission from a Porsche 911. An Italian-German marriage housed in an Irish chassis… and it requires some technical prowess. The clutch was notably custom-made in Brazil, then shipped across the Atlantic, and the available space in the engine compartment was measured in millimeters.

The restoration was as ambitious as the mechanics. Chassis repaired, stainless steel body straightened with… a hammer, and new wheels (16 inches at the front, 17 at the rear). Inside, Recaro seats sit alongside a modernized dashboard with a FuelTech module, capable of replicating the indicators from the film, as well as a functional replica of the famous flux capacitor, here transformed into an air filter.

In terms of performance, Dick talks about a potential power of 600 hp and exemplary handling thanks to a custom KW suspension. All of this required over $150,000 in investment, for a result estimated as… priceless, in fact!

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Yet, this mechanical jewel is not destined to sleep under a cover in a climate-controlled garage. Anderson Dick uses it for drives, gatherings, and even to please his children. Blending a proud homage to pop culture with high-level engineering, this unique DeLorean proves that nostalgia and extreme performance can coexist.

And if Marty McFly were to leave for 1985 today, there’s no doubt that this version would make him forget the original time machine… and perhaps even Biff Tannen.

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