Marcos Maniacs

If you download this catalog you will find a wealth of volvo engine 
performance parts.   They make a triple weber  manifold as well.   Its 
mostly in swedish, but you can sort it out as there are loads of 
photos.
http://www.kgtrimning.com/defaultE.htm
On Jun 14, 2006, at 11:27 AM, Dransfield, Paul wrote:

> Hi again,
>
>  
>
> Donny is correct that the triple Solex setup requires a modification 
> to the engine mounts to raise the engine in little, slightly more on 
> the right side to clear the upper frame rail. The adjustment for me 
> was quite minor resulting in a slight tilt of the engine and a small 
> adjustment to the carburetor floats to compensate. However, having 
> extensive experience with the triple Solex setup, I have to correct 
> some of Donny’s assertions. There were standard and performance marine 
> applications using Solex carburetors. I was fortunate to acquire a 
> setup that has the triple 2 barrel side draft Solex carbs, which were 
> used for both marine and automobile applications. Quite a number of 
> Swedish Volvo 3 litre and 1800 owners have the 2 barrel Solex carbs 
> fitted but they are very rare and parts are almost impossible to come 
> by, though Weber jets and other items can be substituted if necessary. 
> I had extensive correspondence with a number of them when I was 
> undergoing the conversion. The performance inlet manifolds are 3 
> separate units, one for each carb and the 164E exhaust manifold has 
> two pieces, one for the front 3 cylinders and one for the rear 3. I 
> made an aluminum heat to deflect the heat from the exhaust manifold 
> and I have K&N filters fitted to custom made aluminum inlet tubes.
>
>  
>
> Please see the attached a photo.
>
>  
>
> Regards,
>
>  
>
> Paul Dransfield
>
> 3 litre Volvo
>
>  
>
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Donny Lang
> Sent: Wednesday, June  14, 2006 10:04 AM
> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Windshield Wipers
>
>  
>
> Michael, I looked at and drove your car when Hayes had it for sale 
> back in 2001, but ended up buying a project Marcos and a TVR from him 
> instead. I guess you got the transmission leak fixed?
>
> As far as carburetion goes, the stock Stromberg setup isn't too bad 
> for everyday driving and is one of the easiest to maintain. At the 
> time I was looking at you car, I had a Volvo-Penta marine triple Solex 
> setup from a B30 that I was looking to fit to the car. Though I never 
> tried it (because I didn't buy the car), I don't think that setup 
> would bolt into the Marcos because of interference with the upper 
> frame rail. I think that this is the setup that Don L. was talking 
> about. The marine version used three 1 barrel carbs, not to be 
> confused with Solex/DelOrto/Weber 2 barrel side draft carbs. I sold my 
> intake/carb assembly to a friend, but may possibly be able to find 
> another. Your best bet is to try to find the rare triple side draft 
> manifold (not marine), or just swap out a pair of 1 3/4 SUs from an 
> early Volvo or various British cars.  - Donny
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: Michael Crews
>>
>> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 13,  2006 9:25 PM
>>
>> Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Windshield Wipers
>>
>>  
>>
>> Hi Ron,
>>
>> Rain-X and go fast!!
>>
>> By the way, I have A 3 litre Volvo staight six and the Zenith 
>> Srombergs are driving me crazy, do you know of any source of Volvo 
>> performance parts where I could get either a double or triple Weber 
>> setup?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Michael
>>>
>>> From: "McLeod, Ronald" <ronald.mcleod@...>
>>>  Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>>>  To: "MarcosManiacs (MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com)" 
>>> <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com>
>>>  Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Windshield Wipers
>>>  Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:34:38 -0400
>>>
>>> Maniacs . . .
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> That should be windscreen wipers, I guess.  I only drive my Mantis 
>>> on sunny summer weekends, but a week ago, on the way home from a car 
>>> show, I got caught in a real deluge - rain coming down in buckets.  
>>> And I discovered that my windshield wipers are verrrry slowwww.  Not 
>>> surprising, perhaps, as the motor and and all the under-dash stuff 
>>> are original (35 years old), and I can't remember the last time I 
>>> had to use them.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> So, my question is, what should I do to restore proper operation of 
>>> my windscreen wipers, so that when I get caught in another downpour, 
>>> they will perform as expected?
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Regards . . . Ron McLeod
>>>
>>> Marcos Mantis P8/5858
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