Marcos Maniacs

Hi Don
  That is a long story so I will give the abbreviated version.......
the casting #'s on the block and heads are nowhere to be found in any 
Rover records.........the block is definitely a Rover casting 
as"ROVER"  is cast into the face of the block under the timing 
cover.......so............I can only assume that it is a 
preproduction block and heads that was scooped up by Marcos......
the trans is a 4spd....I am told that it is a heavy duty unit that 
was commonly used for use in things like Italian police cars etc.
  The displacement is 3.5 litre (.060 oversize)........the 
carburetion is 4 dual IDF Webers with 40MM chokes......the engine as 
far as I can gather from the info I have researched came from the 
factory in this car......although the build sheet says that it was a 
V4........the previous owner was a collector of out of the ordinary 
cars (Fiat Abarth twin cams etc)....so although I have yet to confirm 
that it was a factory V8 install ,there are lots of clues leading to 
that assumption........Marcos will not tell me!
  Fitting the V8 is not too difficult but you do need to cut the foot 
boxes.........I'm sure you have seen the pics but if you have'nt look 
in "V8 Marcos" file 
 







--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Don Lattimer" 
<donlattimer@p...> wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> What year is your Rover engine?  Size? Where did you get it?  
Injection/carburetion, etc.??  Gearbox?
> 
> Just preparing for some time in the future.  My Essex V6 is of the 
older style and parts are hard to come by.  Hopefully it will last a 
while, but putting on 10k + miles/year is inviting a rebuild or a new 
engine some day.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Don Lattimer
> #3m5759
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Dave Barton 
>   To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 3:20 PM
>   Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Door waist seal
> 
> 
>     
> 
> 
>   Good tip Don
>       Just got the shell back from the upholsterer......will be 
>   tackling the reassembly in the next few weeks........by the way I 
>   have finally figured out my digital camera or at least my 12 year 
>   daughter did , so I will post some decent pics soon.
>      Cheers Dave #5577  
> 
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>   --- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Don Lattimer" 
>   <donlattimer@p...> wrote:
>   > I finally tackled the door window seal replacement.  It's the 
one 
>   > that is on the outside of the door glass that is almost 
impossible 
>   > to change without 3 hands(or one arm that's REAL long).
>   > 
>   > The seal that fit is from the Triumph Spitfire.  About 4 inches 
>   have 
>   > to be removed from each end and then the metal strip that the 
>   rubber 
>   > is bonded to has to be slit so that the seal will conform to 
the 
>   > curve of the frame.  Not too bad looking after install.  Just 
take 
>   > your time and keep testing the fit as you trim it.
>   > 
>   > Don Lattimer
>   > #3m5759
> 
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