Marcos Maniacs

Hi Group,
        What is the rear suspension out of on the GT's.......is it 
pure Marcos or is it stock Capri.?? All the bushings are shot on mine.
                Dave #5511

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "dave barton" <dbarton62@y...> wrote:
> Hi Group,
>         What is the rear suspension out of on the GT's.......is it 
> pure Marcos or is it stock Capri.?? All the bushings are shot on 
mine.
>                 Dave #5511

Hi Dave,

I can answer for the 3.0s in that the rear suspension is Ford 
Cortina.  A few of the early Marcos used a DeDion independent rear as 
well.  That is about all I can tell you on the rear.  Bushings for 
the Cortina rear should be pretty available.  Try Dave Bean 
Engineering out of California.  If they don't have it, they should be 
able to refer you to someone who does.

Good luck,
Tad

Woh!!!!

Whilst the REAR AXLE is from a Cortina GT, you won't get far buying 
Cortina bushes! The Cortina had leaf springs!!!! 

As far as I know the rear suspension is pure Marcos, but the bushes 
in the leading arms (I think that's the correct term) are Austin A35.

Essentially the suspension looks like this :


      o------o  ---> Front of car
      X
      o------o

Where the X is the axle (with special brackets welded on) and 
the 'o's are the bushes.

I was about to say you can Polyurethane bushes and looked for 
Superflex (which I've used on the front of my car and can recommend) 
and found the following URL which lists all the bushes you could need.

http://www.racecar.co.uk/superflex/m-p.html

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Mark

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Tad Todd" <gtcoastie@m...> wrote:
> --- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "dave barton" <dbarton62@y...> wrote:
> > Hi Group,
> >         What is the rear suspension out of on the GT's.......is 
it 
> > pure Marcos or is it stock Capri.?? All the bushings are shot on 
> mine.
> >                 Dave #5511
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> I can answer for the 3.0s in that the rear suspension is Ford 
> Cortina.  A few of the early Marcos used a DeDion independent rear 
as 
> well.  That is about all I can tell you on the rear.  Bushings for 
> the Cortina rear should be pretty available.  Try Dave Bean 
> Engineering out of California.  If they don't have it, they should 
be 

> able to refer you to someone who does.
> 
> Good luck,
> Tad

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Mark Saxby" <Mark.Saxby@W...> wrote:
> Woh!!!!
> 
> Whilst the REAR AXLE is from a Cortina GT, you won't get far buying 
> Cortina bushes! The Cortina had leaf springs!!!! 
> 
> As far as I know the rear suspension is pure Marcos, but the bushes 
> in the leading arms (I think that's the correct term) are Austin 
A35.
> 
> Essentially the suspension looks like this :
> 
> 
>       o------o  ---> Front of car
>       X
>       o------o
> 
> Where the X is the axle (with special brackets welded on) and 
> the 'o's are the bushes.
> 
> I was about to say you can Polyurethane bushes and looked for 
> Superflex (which I've used on the front of my car and can 
recommend) 
> and found the following URL which lists all the bushes you could 
need.
> 
> http://www.racecar.co.uk/superflex/m-p.html
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark
> 
Mark,
Are you familiar with the anti-bump steer conversion & the active 
handling packages offered by Rory?  If so what's your take on them, I 
Know Rory sez they're for the 1980's cars SN 8001+ (mine is SN 8083)

Paul