Marcos Maniacs

Good day,
 
I run a warmed over 1600 cross flow in wood chassis #1579.  It has all the power I need and to be honest I think my set up is quicker than most other Marcos.  The car is light and well balanced.  Very quick on the road or track. 
 
 IMHO - any big motor can make you go fast, but what happens at the end of the straight away is more important.  I have driven many four cylinder cars that are much faster than a lot of the ground pounding 8 cylinder cars.
 
The wood chassis cars are so unique choose your modifications wisely.  There is a lot of potential power that can dependably developed in the Kent engine series.
 
Bob M


--- On Fri, 6/4/10, Red Hot <firstredhot1@...> wrote:


From: Red Hot <firstredhot1@...>
Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Bigger Motors in wooden chassis?
To: marcosmaniacs@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, June 4, 2010, 12:14 AM


  




Hi John,
I dont think you are quite correct; there were some V6 Ford powered wooden chassis cars. The wooden chassis was actually more rigid than the steel frame which was always a compromise to get it to fit under the same body.  However I agree with you that the best option for this owner is to use the original engine or a close derivative of it. Even if one could get a larger engine in the gearbox and rear axle would be the weak points.
I raced the 1500 and 1600 wooden chassis cars in Europe from 1969 -75.
Roger




To: MarcosManiacs@ yahoogroups. com
From: jaguar1964@shaw. ca
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 03:39:16 +0000
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Bigger Motors in wooden chassis?

  


I think we are missing something here, the wooden chassis Marcos will not survive big engine swaps. It was designed for 130-150hp with the small rims. You cannot squeeze a v8 into a wood chassis there is no room, it barely takes the 4 cyl. motors. I've looked at the Ford Duratec, a fantastic motor, it's too tall and wide with nowhere to run headers. I would recommend upgrade your 1600 or go to the Pinto, more power less expense and loads of after-market go faster goodies, just my opinion.

John.






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