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Re: [MarcosManiacs] Marcos Martina

2003-10-10 by twinny2nd@aol.com

Hi, I did indeed bring my Martina to the US and fit an engine in over here. This was more to do with saving money on car tax and import duty than just smog regs.
I have photos from my build and can take any more specific photos you might need to help in your build. Just let me know what you need. I also still have the build manual around here somewhere. Though very limited, it may be of some help. I must say that when I was building it back in the UK I made many visits to the factory to ask questions and look at cars in process in order to figure out what on earth the manual was trying to illustrate!
The worst moment was towards the end, just before trimming out, when I looked at the check list and one check item was "fit engine with modified sump". Panic, what modified sump??? There was no mention anywhere in the build of the need for a modified sump. A call to the factory revealed that the standard sump would be the lowest point on the car. Not a healthy situation...
Anyway, e-mail me and let me know what you need and I will try and help.

Cheers

Andrew

p.s. where are you located?

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