Marcos Maniacs

Hi guys,

Mark could have a point there regarding the raising of the rear, which I
wouldn't recommend unless it's unnaturally low because it would effect the
handling, but I have another slant on the problem. Believe it or not but the
component of my 3 litre Volvo which most often comes in contact with the
road surface is the bottom of the clutch slave cylinder. In fact it got
ripped off the bell housing 2 years ago and I had to remove the engine and
transmission in order to detach the bell housing, which is made of aluminum,
and have it welded properly. I've had my oil sump welded a few times and the
last time it happened, I had a fairly substantial skid plate attached to
prevent a recurrence. I'm currently working on developing similar protection
for my clutch slave cylinder. 

However, in my case, the problems of grounding are probably more to do with
putting Michelin 185/70 13 tires on the car many years ago, because their
diameter is at least an inch less than the original Avons. Not only did it
lower the car but it also causes my speedometer to over-read. I've been
intending on switching to 14 inch rims with lower profile tires that match
the diameter of the originals and I'm hoping to do it next Spring. I just
can't make my mind up about the rims. Does anyone have a suggestion for rims
that would compliment the car. I want something elegant that's not flashy.
Anyway, tire size is another component of ride height. Something to think
about.

Regards,

Paul Dransfield
3 litre Volvo

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Saxby [mailto:Mark.Saxby@WhiteCross.com]
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 4:56 AM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] LM600 and hi-nose



First off, there's only 1 LM600 road car in existence. It was built 
to satisfy the FIA that the LM600 race car was a bona-fide GT and not 
a one-off race special. Factory testers reported, even undeveloped 
(all the return edges on the car were razor sharp!), that it'd exceed 
170MPH and talked of a "developing it properly if someone comes along 
with £100,000". The car was, to my knowledge, last seen with Eurotech 
(Cor Euser's outfit) in Holland. There are some pictures of it 
somewhere on my website, with Dutch trade plates over its English 
plates.

Secondly, the pre-Mantula coupe is often described as having a high-
nose (there being no front spoiler), but looking at Jeff's photos his 
car does look unusually high. I'd expect this to be solved by 
lowering the setting of the spring seat on the shocks. However, it's 
worth considering WHY this has happened. It could be a case of too 
long springs, but equally (or maybe more) likely it's due to the car 
dragging its sump on a lower setting (My sump's been welded 3 times 
now!). So (daft as it may sound), it may well be worth raising the 
rear suspension (perhaps not to match, but 50% down on the front, 50% 
up on the front sort of thing), unless you live in area with pool 
table smooth roads :^)

Cheers,

Mark


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