Marcos Maniacs

OK, Send me a picture of the trim piece you are lookng for (if you have the 
other side).
Garryi


>From: Mike Sullivan <tvrm2001@...>
>Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: 84 Marcos Mantula - Sway Bar
>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:14:55 -0800 (PST)
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>--- Garry Diver <garrydiver@...> wrote:
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> > Mike,
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> >\ufffd\ufffd I have the door rubbers. Do you need both sides?
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> > Garry
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> > >From: Mike Sullivan <tvrm2001@...>
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> > >Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
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> > >To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
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> > >Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: 84 Marcos Mantula
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> > - Sway Bar
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> > >Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:51:22 -0800 (PST)
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> > >I have finally driven the car about 50 miles
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> > (combined
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> > >
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> > >highway at speeds up to 75 and in town with some
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> > full
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> > >
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> > >throttle straight line acceleration up to 60 mph.
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> > >Some mild cornering and the body is flat.\ufffd Got to
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> > >remember that the car only has 10K on the motor and
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> > >
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> > >had not been started in over 10 years (consider
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> > >breaking in the motor again!!!!)\ufffd The car is fitted
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> > >
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> > >with the solid axle with the support / frame
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> > >
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> > >connections being rather simple (I own a 74 TVR
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> > 2500M
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> > >with a beautifully designed IRS using the TR6
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> > >
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> > >differential, 4.1 BTW).\ufffd Right now the car rides
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> > >
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> > >rather stiff (more so that the TVR with I do
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> > >autocross).\ufffd I am considering try to soften up the
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> > >
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> > >ride to make it more of a daily driver (the car
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> > looks
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> > >
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> > >exotic it would be nice if it rode more like today
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> > >
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> > >corvettes / vipers , but I am sure that is a wish)
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> > >
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> > >BTW how about a source for the door gaskets?\ufffd Also
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> > >
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> > >since the car was a calif car the heater control
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> > were
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> > >
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> > >never completed.\ufffd I have the two slide levers with
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> > >
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> > >nothing attached, no blower motor and no
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> > temperature
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> > >
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> > >control valve.\ufffd It does have a nicely installed A/C
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> > >
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> > >system though!\ufffd I am also looking for the trim
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> > piece
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> > >
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> > >for the fiberglass fender to finish the edges (it
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> > >looks like the same item that TVR used).\ufffd Other
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> > than
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> > >that the car is ready to be driven.
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> > >
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> > >I will say that a my first gas station trip that no
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> > >less than 4 people came a looked at the car and
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> > asked
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> > >questions and commented about its look, I don't get
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> > >that much attention in the TVR even as rare as it
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> > is
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> > >it has the look of something one has seen before
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> > >whereas the Marcos does not.
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> > >Well enough said....
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> > >Mike
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> > >#8153 V8
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> > >--- Garry Diver <garrydiver@...> wrote:
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> > > > Mike,
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> > > >\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd My thoughts on fitting Sway bars.
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> > > > I have fitted a 1 inch sway bar to the front of
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> > my
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> > > > steel frame 3 liter and
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> > > > you can see the mounting if you go to my website
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> > and
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> > > > look at the pictures in
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> > > > the Racing section.
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> > > > www.marcospartsusa.com
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> > > > However, before making the decision you really
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> > > > to decide the current
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> > > > handling characteristics and whether they suit
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> > your
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> > > > driving needs. Then you
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> > > > have to look at the effect of not just a sway
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> > bar,
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> > > > but springs and dampers.
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> > > > Here is what I did with the rationale( remember
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> > mine
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> > > > is excusively for
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> > > > racing).
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> > > > Since the 3 liter motor is very heavy I chose
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> > 350lb
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> > > > front springs and a 1"
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> > >
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> > > > bar, to to combat the tendency for the car to
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> > roll
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> > > > over the outside front
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> > >
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> > > > tyre on heavy cornering, and help transfer some
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> > of
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> > > > the weight to the inside
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> > > > front wheel.\ufffd On the rear, I use 160lb springs
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> > and
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> > > > no sway bar to allow some
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> > > > compliance in the rear and reduce the tendency
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> > to
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> > > > hop on corner exit. The
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> > > > result is a neutral handling car on fast corners
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> > > > with a slight oversteer on
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> > > > slow and medium corners which can be controlled
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> > > > through the throttle.\ufffd While
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> > > > I have not yet reached the full potential of the
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> > > > car, which may mean some
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> > > > changes, it handles well in the dry and is
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> > > > predictable in the wet where we
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> > > > can worry the Porsche 911's.
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