Salvage to Savage is a custom car garage that builds amazing things. And among their groundbreaking creations is this original DeLorean that’s been modified with a widebody kit and fitted with a brutal twin-turbo LS V8.
The car is based on a rendering created by the legendary artist aka The Kyza. His 3D art seems impossible to achieve in the real world, but S2S is known for building the impossible.
For example, they’ve got the world-famous Chevy pickup truck powered by twin Tesla motors and fitted with a one-off carbon widebody kit. And right now, they’re fitting the most beautiful Chevelle with a twin-turbo LS.
But just because the DeLorean was shown at SEMA 2021 doesn’t mean it was ready. About a week ago, the S2S did the first start-up for the twin-turbo LS motor. There’s a lot of custom fabrication in there, so don’t be surprised when it doesn’t all go according to plan.
Lead fabricator Tim Moceri always wanted to own the classic coupe from Back to the Future. He found the cheapest one in the entire United States and paid $11,500 for a rough body that had been partially painted red.
When it left the factory, the DMC12 came with a 2.85-liter V6 that only produced about 135 horsepower. In its place, the builders fitted a 5.3-liter LSX V8, custom-built and fitted with a billet air intake manifold. The twin turbochargers didn’t fit inside the bay, so they’ve been fitted underneath the low-riding car, just a few inches from the ground. Between that and the complex exhaust fabrication, the rear end has a certain “JDM” look, which isn’t surprising considering that Kyza designed this.
It was supposed to be a show car
It’s also equipped with a gearbox out of the Porsche 996-generation 911. However, that’s nowhere near as impressive as the bodywork. The stainless steel bodywork has been wrapped in a one-off kit, which includes a new front bumper with integrated 3D-printed headlights. massive fenders and a new rear end that really takes you to 1985, complete with a Lexan engine cover.
The widebody DMC12 is primarily supposed to be a show car; that’s why the turbos are so crazy. After it left SEMA, the project was wrapped gold for a supercar show in South Beach and then taken to the Art Basil. It also spent some time in a shop called Arsenale, attracting and wowing customers.
But somebody wanted to buy the McLaren, not as a show car, but as a fully-functional tire-shredder. That is why S2S mechanics have to tinker with the injectors, work out the kinks in the wiring harness and adjust the fuel rails. Pretty soon, she’s going to hit the dyno, and we’re expecting 4 times the original V6’s output.
