Marcos Maniacs

Garry,

In 1966, it is my belief that the engine was a 1600 & 1500. Is that correct? 
I have the opportunity to purchase a Kent engine and transmission for my '66. 
In your opinion is the Kent a good engine to invest in? Do you have any other 
suggestions? Also, I will have to put a roll-bar in. Do you have any diagrams 
or words of wisdom as to how to mount the roll bar properly? 

Hal
#5006

PS The head of the rules committee for RMVR Colorado is currently interested 
in a Marcos. If anyone knows of a car that is currently for sale in any 
condition, please contact me.

Hal,

You are right, the 1600 and 1500 are both period correct running in pushrod 
form with twin Weber DCOE Carbs,(Sorry no twin cam). The Kent block is 
really the only one to go for as there are tons of readily available tuning 
parts and knowledgeable tuners. This is still the Block used for vintage 
formula based 1600's although they have sadly gone out of production. ( they 
were  still produced in South Africa until quite recently).
What is the spec for the one you have in mind?  What gearbox is with it?  
There are so many variations it is probably wise to pin down the application 
( race, fast road etc)  before you make a buy decision.
if you tell me what you will be using it for we can give you a period spec. 
and some idea of how much you should expect to spend.
Roger is in England right now but when he gets back  I will get him to 
sketch out the Rollbar configuration he used. Quite tricky in the wooden 
chassis. I will also post some pictures of how we mounted mine in the steel 
chassis.

Hope this helps.

Garry

>From: Meggsief@...
>Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Vintage Marcos Motors
>Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 02:41:32 EST
>
>Garry,
>
>In 1966, it is my belief that the engine was a 1600 & 1500. Is that 
>correct?
>I have the opportunity to purchase a Kent engine and transmission for my 
>'66.
>In your opinion is the Kent a good engine to invest in? Do you have any 
>other
>suggestions? Also, I will have to put a roll-bar in. Do you have any 
>diagrams
>or words of wisdom as to how to mount the roll bar properly?
>
>Hal
>#5006
>
>PS The head of the rules committee for RMVR Colorado is currently 
>interested
>in a Marcos. If anyone knows of a car that is currently for sale in any
>condition, please contact me.

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Gary,
         Thanks for the info. I plan on trying to build a streetable track 
car. I would like to be able to compete well against my class. I was speaking to 
the elgibility guru from Rocky mtn vintage racing and he was flipping through 
a book of cars and thier motors and the like. He couldnt find any info on a 
1600 engine for the '66. He said I would have to get proof. All I have is an 
advertisement with the different power plants but there is no date on it. Also, 
if you were to build a track/street car what engine trans would you use?Would 
it be worth my time to change the rear end. (de dion} Do you recall the way 
this car was set up to race back in the 60s

Hal
5006

Jac,
       I actually was kinda thinking out loud... I was wondering if there was 
a way to improve the rear end. Any ideas on set up or anything that has 
worked for everyone will be greatly appreciated. 

Hal
#5006

garry,
        In an email you had sent me you stated that the 1600cc {1967} motor 
had twin weber carbs. Is there a way to prove that to my rules committe? As it 
stands now I can race in D prod. {probably} but I am told with only one carb. 
Also can you send me a copy of the way you configured the roll bar. 

Thanks for all your help so far and I cant wait to get this thing rolling.

HAl
5006