Marcos Maniacs

So what was the original, Ford or Triumph??  My wheels fit all four 
corners.  No difference between front and rear.  

By the way, how do they measure that??

Don Lattimer


--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "McCubbin, David" <david.mccubbin@s...> 
wrote:
> The triumph GT6 lug nuts are on a 3.75 inch spacing  - technically 
known as
> the PCD (pitch circle diameter)
> 
> For used 4.25 inch for the 4 stud wheels
> Here are some reference links I have picked up on the web:
> The second one includes the Triumph list (very short)
>  <<http___eoni.com_~djco_4_bolt.html 4 Bolt Mounting Guide for
> WheelLugGaugeTM - DJ Edman and Comp.url>> 
> 
> 
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/9975/dataBySubject/WheelBoltPat
terns.
> html
> 
> 
> 
> David McCubbin
> Mosaix Campaign Administrator
> Loyalty/Telesales
> * 151 - 4898
> *(416) 213 - 4898
> * dmccubbi@m...
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	pauldransfield@i... [SMTP:pauldransfield@i...]
> > Sent:	Friday, November 09, 2001 1:07 PM
> > To:	MarcosManiacs@y...
> > Subject:	RE: [MarcosManiacs] LM600 and hi-nose
> > 
> > Stephen,
> >  
> > I'd really appreciate any additional info you could provide, 
including the
> > lug spacing specs if you have them. 
> >  
> > Regards,
> >  
> > Paul Dransfield
> > 3 litre Volvo
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Spalding, Stephen (US - San Francisco)
> > [mailto:sspalding@d...]
> > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:03 PM
> > To: MarcosManiacs@y...
> > Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] LM600 and hi-nose
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Paul 
> >         I found going to the 14" wheel is the only way to go!  My 
car came
> > with the 13" cosmics (one cast wheels and avon tires).  When I 
purchased
> > the
> > car in Feb. of 75, the car's front tires look new the backs were 
missing a
> > lot of rubber in only 7K miles!!!   The wheel lug bolt inserts 
started to
> > crack, about 10 years ago, which I thought was not safe.  The lug 
bolt
> > spacing on the GT6 was only used on a few other cars like the 
Lotus
> > Europa.
> > So the wheel selection was/is? limited at that time.  With a gift 
form my
> > wife, I went to wire wheels, Dayton build the wheels to fit the 
offset (at
> > that time custom cost no more the stock order).  Their wheels 
with SS
> > parts
> > are in general much stronger than wheels form England.  The 
handling
> > improved even with the Dayton's increase in swing weight over the 
cosmics
> > (new tire tech is great).  If you need any details I could go dig 
in my
> > files.
> > 
> >         Stephen Spalding 
> >         5916t 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: pauldransfield@i... [ mailto:pauldransfield@i...
> > <mailto:pauldransfield@i...> ] 
> > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 6:32 AM 
> > To: MarcosManiacs@y... 
> > Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] LM600 and hi-nose 
> > 
> > 
> > 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@W...
> > <mailto:Mark.Saxby@W...> ] 
> > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 4:56 AM 
> > To: MarcosManiacs@y... 
> > 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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