stagcar Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Hi All, Just got this nice little manta hatch of the net. Its got a rover v8 Fitted and a ford 9" final drive. Its fitted with 305/15 on split image rims on the rear and 205's on the front Its been tubed out as you can see and some big boxed out bits under the tubing It has got a super charger fitted (wade ro34) but its missing the belt. I have today fitted the edelbrook manifold and the holley carb o i can see if it runs. then start the prep for mot Loads to do. welding wise it looks to only need a little patch on the sill and one behind the headlight where it joins the inner wing and in general it looks loads better than the other sunroof rotten shell i have got. Has any body seen this car before? What do you recon? to me it looks like somone has put a lot of time into this car and i would love to know more about it. Cheers Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantaraver Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Any pics available stagcar. Planning to v8 my coupe in the near future and i'm checking out every v8 manta pics i can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagcar Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sorry just noticed the pictures dident work so here we go! Any pics available stagcar. Planning to v8 my coupe in the near future and i'm checking out every v8 manta pics i can. Hi Mate I have a few pictures of the other project manta v8 i will dig them out for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul1393 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Nice bit of rear floor fabrication over the Ford axle. Been thinking about putting some extra strength in my A series shell. I am changing the 3.9 for a 4.6. Is that a 3.5ltr P6 engine you have? The valve covers and water pump most certainly are, however as you may know you can dress up any size or any age of RV8 with these mods. The P6 pump is the shortest available so its used in many conversions. My 3.9 had the P6 water pump and associated pulleys. With the 4.6 I am going to use the later front timming cover with the crank driven oil pump and serpentine belt system. Best of luck with the project. I would be glad to help if you need any advice engine wise. Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagcar Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Nice bit of rear floor fabrication over the Ford axle. Been thinking about putting some extra strength in my A series shell. I am changing the 3.9 for a 4.6. Is that a 3.5ltr P6 engine you have? The valve covers and water pump most certainly are, however as you may know you can dress up any size or any age of RV8 with these mods. The P6 pump is the shortest available so its used in many conversions. My 3.9 had the P6 water pump and associated pulleys. With the 4.6 I am going to use the later front timming cover with the crank driven oil pump and serpentine belt system. Best of luck with the project. I would be glad to help if you need any advice engine wise. Paul. Hi Paul, As far as i know its a p6 engine that the chap has fitted thicker head gaskets to lower the compresion. Not sure that its a lot of good TBH the 4.6 would be a nice conversion but i have been told they can suffer from porus blocks not sure if thats true or not. i also have a 3.5 landrover 101 engine so its very low comp and its in tip top condition so with the right cam it would be better for the blower., any way i am still fighting with the wiring at the moment nealy there tho just the fuel pump power to sort. I have got a nice holley one to fit with ajustable presure regulator it all looks very nice. Thanks again Derek PS has any one seen this car before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul1393 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) The 4.6 and more so the 4.0 suffered from cracking behind the cylinder liners check this out http://www.v8forum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=618&start=60 (check out the post at the bottom of this page) it explains how the later engines built be Mitchell Cotts who took over production of the RV8 after Rover finished sorted the problem with their blocks. Your Landrover engine sounds good. If it's 1983 or later it will be stronger than the earlier block, stronger mains with more block contact around them. Very useful if your supercharging! Also look at the ribs in the valley, unlike the earlier block they are the same thickness all the way across. I would not use the P6 timing cover without the upgrade on the oil pump housing. This gives the pump more capacity to the same spec as the later SD1 type pump. Paul Roach used to run "The Manta V8 Register" his email is; grpservicesplymouth@googlemail.com Send him an email with some pic's of the car. Let him know what part of the country you think it came from and he maybe able to help. Paul Edited January 20, 2010 by paul1393 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagcar Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 The 4.6 and more so the 4.0 suffered from cracking behind the cylinder liners check this out http://www.v8forum.c...?t=618&start=60 (check out the post at the bottom of this page) it explains how the later engines built be Mitchell Cotts who took over production of the RV8 after Rover finished sorted the problem with their blocks. Your Landrover engine sounds good. If it's 1983 or later it will be stronger than the earlier block, stronger mains with more block contact around them. Very useful if your supercharging! Also look at the ribs in the valley, unlike the earlier block they are the same thickness all the way across. I would not use the P6 timing cover without the upgrade on the oil pump housing. This gives the pump more capacity to the same spec as the later SD1 type pump. Paul Roach used to run "The Manta V8 Register" his email is; grpservicesplymouth@googlemail.com Send him an email with some pic's of the car. Let him know what part of the country you think it came from and he maybe able to help. Paul Hi paul, Very intresting at least i know what to look for now Looks like it will have to be a p6 timing case and pullys for clearance of the charger belt Thanks again for all the good info mate i will drop that chap an email see if he knows of the car Many thanks Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagcar Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 Hi paul, Very intresting at least i know what to look for now Looks like it will have to be a p6 timing case and pullys for clearance of the charger belt Thanks again for all the good info mate i will drop that chap an email see if he knows of the car Many thanks Derek Well i still havent been able to drag up any info on the car but i know it hasent been on the road since 1994. Well thats what came back when a did a sorn on it! Still i have been doing a lot of work on it, all basic stuff like changing the clutch master and slave bits and getting it ready for MOT:thumbup But it seems it has been left standing with plain water in the engine and it has blown out some of the core plugs. the worst bit is i think i will have to take the engine out to get to them. only got this and the brakes to fix now and it will be MOT time Cheers Derek PS i will post some more pictures when i can get it out of the garage without it spilling its guts everywhere:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagcar Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 (edited) Hi all Here Are a few pics of the manta I got it running ok with out dumping its juices every where and it goes very well now:thumbup seems to have loads of power:thumbup I am sorting the very bad wiring out at the moment and doing the little bits of welding also got a good set of twin headlights to fit! got an exhaust to make and a lot of painting to do underside as you can see. Hope you like the pictures and they work this time! Edited April 5, 2010 by stagcar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costasa Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Drive that big V8 must be something Good luck you have a great car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I like it a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rutts Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 another 1.8 raped for its xe parts that will be stunning when on the road i like it loads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymanc Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 i like the wheels looks well with the fat rears inside the arches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagcar Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Thanks for the kind words I am having a few problems with my stupid old welder at the moment it keeps jaming its wire Any way going to get her indoors to give it a good talking to then it will work:thumbup Thanks again Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavSportHatch Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Whatever happened to this car? I almost bought it when it was for sale on retro rides years ago but let my head rule my heart and regretted it ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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