Marcos Maniacs

The lights have not affected the cooling at all.  I also have a Lucas
"pusher fan" (which is disconnected at the moment), a radiator overflow
bottle, and the heater fan blocking the air intake!  My car has a four
row (core) radiator and I installed a 12" Flex-a-Lite fan in place of
the original fan.  I've not had any cooling problems.  Last weekend was
fairly warm (80 degree F) and the temp gauge didn't move higher.

This weekend it's supposed to be 100 degrees F at the Hayward show!
Good test!

Hopefully I'll make it to England some day.  I would love to see some of
the tracks and also attend a Marcos event.

The new (?) 1981 Manual you posted Jeff has the exact schematic that I
needed last week!  Nice to find out I was correct in my assumptions.

Don Lattimer
#3m5759
Willits, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "mark_saxby" <mark.saxby@...>
To: <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:46 AM
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: New Pics/Sears Point Vintage races


> > You can see the WIPAC driving lights I just installed on my car.
>
> Don,
>
> Do you find the lights affect the cooling on your car? I onced took
> part in a 'classic car run' where we had a plate fitted to the nose
> (directly over the top of the central air intake and extending down
> to cover about 10-15% of it) and the engine ran REALLY hot. As soon
> as the event was over, I took the plate off and the temperature
> returned to the normal rather warm! :^)
>
> On the subject of 'what I did this weekend', I can't quite compete
> with Sears Point (Although I was lucky enough to be there last year),
> but I got to a lovely warm Brooklands on Sunday.  Richard Porter
> (Mini Marcos Owners Club) was there with his Mini Jem (he'd been to
> Scotland in it the previous week - no mean feat, I'd imagine.), which
> is a derivative of the Mini Marcos, and there was also a metallic
> burgundy Mantula coupe there (looked rather smart too), but I didn't
> find the owner.
>
> Overall, the event was a bit low key this year (A few traders were
> bemoaning the poor turnout on Saturday and Sunday), but the really
> good news is that Brooklands (including the remaining banking) now
> has 'historic monument' status, meaning the rapidly encroaching
> business park won't be allowed to swamp the remaining parts of the
> circuit.
>
> If you ever come over to the London area (or anywhere in the South,
> really) or live in the UK, I'd really recommend a visit to Brooklands
> as it has some great (and ever improving) exhibits (both motoring and
> aeronautical) and the ghosts of the pre-war racers are palpable as
> you stand on the banking.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
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