Marcos Maniacs

Hey guys,
         The only local gas station here in Co. just quit carrying 
leaded gas. Soooooo   I was thinking of changing the engine over to 
unleaded. I also do get tired of adding lead. Does anyone know of ant 
drawbacks or stupid things to watch for? Don got that diagram thank 
you. Also AVO and Spax shocks are expensive. I heard at our British 
car show that there was an American made shock that was adjustable 
shock does anyone know of any such beast?

Hey guys,
         The only local gas station here in Co. just quit carrying 
leaded gas. Soooooo   I was thinking of changing the engine over to 
unleaded. I also do get tired of adding lead. Does anyone know of ant 
drawbacks or stupid things to watch for? Don got that diagram thank 
you. Also AVO and Spax shocks are expensive. I heard at our British 
car show that there was an American made shock that was adjustable 
shock does anyone know of any such beast?
                       
                            thanks,
                                   Hal #5353

Hal,

We haven't had leaded gas in California for many many years!  I 
drove my Jensen-Healey for 120K miles on the unleaded with no 
problems.  I've put 14K or so on the Marcos (V6) and just use 
unleaded with no additives.  There has been a lot of discussion over 
the years about conversion from leaded to unleaded valves, etc.  
Both pros and cons.  If I ever have to rebuild the engine I'll 
convert then.

The US shocks are HAL shocks.  www.halshocks.com They aren't cheap 
either.  Can be purchased thru HAL or Summit Racing.  Dave Barton 
has purchased HAL shocks for his.  The problem I found was that they 
are 2 1/2" ID springs vs. the 2.25" springs.  The 2.5" springs 
wouldn't fit my rear shock mounts without modification.  They have a 
few different kinds so don't get confused.  One type of coil-overs 
has soft compression (for hot rods).  Let me know if you need help 
with them.  I talked to the HAL folks and did a lot of research.

Hope the schematics helped.

Hurry up with those pics!!

Don Lattimer
#3m5759
Willits, CA


--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "w00dy18" <Meggsief@a...> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>          The only local gas station here in Co. just quit carrying 
> leaded gas. Soooooo   I was thinking of changing the engine over 
to 
> unleaded. I also do get tired of adding lead. Does anyone know of 
ant 
> drawbacks or stupid things to watch for? Don got that diagram 
thank 
> you. Also AVO and Spax shocks are expensive. I heard at our 
British 

> car show that there was an American made shock that was adjustable 
> shock does anyone know of any such beast?
>                        
>                             thanks,
>                                    Hal #5353

Hey Don,
             I tried to post my photos but  I couldn't get them past the 
confirmation stage.  Any clues would be helpful.
                                                    Hal Kellerman
                                                     #5353

Don, 
       It took my girlfriend to make me smart. I finally got them up. I hope 
to get one more real funny one up soon
                                                 Hal
                                                 #5353