The Mantaray came back Thursday with new engine and re-spray (same colour). So, faced
with the choice of Metro or Mantaray ( the MIDAS is also back with rebuilt engine but the electrics need sorting) I took the Marcos up to Scotland for the
weekend, running in at 3000 revs - ample - like new only better. It felt like an aircraft on the motorway, smooth like a turbine, oddly fuel consumption is
better than my Metro, only £30 from Clapham South to M6 toll service in Birmingham as opposed to £35 the week before.
The engine was built by John Eales and is a new 4.6 shortblock with ported cylinder heads and inlet manifold specifically tuned to match the twin plenum along
with a JE fast road cam. Just beggining to notice little details like tickover adjusters on the throttle linkage and other things on the rest of the engine
that weren't there before, simply the best sorted, best sounding engine I have ever sat behind.
The bodywork and engine transplant + refettling was done by Techniques the Morgan dealers in Herts who also sorted out several of my botched mechanical jobs
over the years. They work like a team with JED and can't praise them both enough. Thanks Noccer for the original nod in that direction.
Big surprize was my heater and demister now work like they should - drove through some awful wind and rain on the M6 last night yet visibility and stability
was great.
I'm a very very happy bunny this morning, will put more info with pics up here when I get the time.
Mantaray makeover - Ten Years Younger
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Posts: 3283 Mon, 27-Oct-2008 17:48 Administrator |
Zeke - nice to read such a positive post!
 The car sounds great. Look forward to the
piccies (& the visit up to Tatton next year!)
The Quiffster
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Posts: 1304 Mon, 27-Oct-2008 21:32 Guru mechanic |
3000 rpm....! Need to avoid 5th gear then!
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Glad to hear the good news. I don't think you can go far wrong if you went to the man himself, he is a bit of a legend. I expect you will find life quite
exciting when you finish running it in and really open it up.
There's a lot of talk these days about green transport. Well, I am ahead of the game, I already have green transport ... British racing green.
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Posts: 2464 Sat, 27-Dec-2008 00:35 Major mechanic deity |
Well I've been a tad busy with work recently and it's taken me two months to finally get somewhere where I could open her up properly - even if it was
only momentarily, biggest problem to date far being (controlable) wheelspin in any of the first 4 gears if I wasn't on a suitable surface, but I can
confirm it is everything I'd hoped, with a wonderful soundtrack too! New paint job is lasting the course too. Hope to catch up at the odd meet in the new
year, in the meantime have a good one y'all......
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Just experimenting to see if I still know how to post pics - I now have new camera to play with over the summer - and have forgotten how to do it - where's
the guide gone?
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Posts: 2474 Thu, 30-Apr-2009 22:16 Major mechanic deity |
Yuku won't let me post a pic - help Q?
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Posts: 1810 Thu, 30-Apr-2009 23:04 Guru mechanic |
Email it to me Zeke.
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zeke kaval wrote:Hmmm... that's both you & Martin now. Weird. Hopefully going to talk through it with Martin this w/e to see what's up but drop me a PM with a description of what happens eg error messages etc. As a last resort you can always raise a HD ticket with Yuku...
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Posts: 1389 Sun, 3-May-2009 22:36 Guru mechanic |
Looking Goooooood and sounding good too.
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Posts: 2475 Mon, 4-May-2009 23:09 Major mechanic deity |
It's for sale y'know......the house, not the car, had to park there while visiting my little sis up north. I think top speed is now somewhere above
145........ the car, not the house.............
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Have you taken the head light covers off?
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Posts: 2476 Thu, 7-May-2009 07:20 Major mechanic deity |
Hi Vic, The bonnet has been resprayed so the old covers came off for that
There is set of brand new ones on the parcel shelf behind the seats, but haven't had the nerve to put them on yet. Before I do I want to put a valve in so's I can extract any moisture that builds up in future - thinking of putting in a windscreen washer nozzle that can be connected up to the vacum when required. I'm not kidding y'know! |
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Looking good Zeke,
I like the idea of a vacuum pump, it is so irritating when I spend hours and hours Valeting a Marcos to take a piccy of my handywork and find that the covers have steamed up!! Gazza
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