mikemanta Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) Just testing the water but I have a 2.4 turbo hatch, been stood for quite a few years and I am thinking of selling, I will be taking the rear axle and interior out but the rest maybe up for sale with the right offer, the car back in the day was one of the fastest if not the fastest manta in the country, the engine seems good but i have not run it in anger, it has various bits fitted to it like water injection 8 fuel injectors and was running about 320 bhp, this from a cih engine is very impressive even now, it would benifit from more modern ecu system like an omex, as i say i am testing the water so to keep to the rules i will put a price on it of say £2000 but really its offers , the car is located in Swindon, Wilts, Edited March 29, 2012 by mikemanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Barrett Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz the stig Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Post some pictures up mate. If you dont know how send them to me and I,ll do it for you more of a chance of selling it then. Mt email is adzthestig@aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanta Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 i'll sort some pic's out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz the stig Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 lthere you go mate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanta Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 thanks for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titson Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Plumbers nightmare everywhere, Why are you removing the axle etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanta Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 axle has lsd fitted and the seats have had a full leather retrim and i need that for my other project and yes it is bit of a nightmare but if you were to put somthing like an omex on it then you would loose most of the pipes, this car was featured in fast car magazine when they had a shoot out with some other manta's. The car was producing 320 bhp from a cih way back in the day was unheard of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titson Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Would love to have a go at putting that lot into a decent coupe shell, but having been royally f....d by New Zealand Certifiers over my GT, don't think it is affordable to bring her here, so will probably just bring my Rally car and the Black Berlinetta still in storage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicsManta Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Just a question about the engine. what boost pressure were you running and did you need to drop the compression ratio, and if so how (e.g thicker head gasket, different pistons ect). and what injectors did you use, and how on earth did you fit them. thanks for any reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanta Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 it has 8 injectors on a custom manifold, cosworth rods, low compression pistons,frontera crank, I don't know what boost it was running as I never used it in anger I bought it as a barn find for parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicsManta Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Thank you for you reply. I was only asking because I am going to supercharge my engine and was going to use the standard ecu for a short time before I get a proper management system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEPETE Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 If I recall it was running over 20psi. It also has a special anti lag system/ launch control, also fitted to my car, which I believe even modern turbo road cars don't have. The engine is able to make max boost at idle, to launch you select 2nd gear release button. 0-60 was around 5.5 seconds with wheel spin! Believe engine was built by Power Engineering. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicsManta Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Sounds realy good. moder cars don't have anti lag systems because variable vain geometry turbos work well enough and also environmental laws aswell. my friend has a ford anglia with a ford cossi engine with anti lag for rallying and the rally officials don't like him using it because of the noise but it's a fast car with or without the anti lag. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEPETE Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 In my case I never used my nitrous system because it could launch off the line with max power (252 bhp @20psi, mine was a 2.0 litre) ......as Mike says, something like an omex system with a jag 4.2 airflow meter would make it easier to program..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Thompson Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I’m sure I know that car. I joined the forum just to chime in. I’m an ex-pat Brit who moved to America 20 years ago. I used to live and work in Worthing and owned an 85 Opel Manta GTE that I miss dearly, I was daydreaming about GTE’s over here in the States and went googling for sale ads just for the hell of it. I’m sure that car was owned and built by an old work college called Marco Cuccinotta (not 100% of the spelling of his last name) We both worked at IAD (International Automotive Design) in the early 90’s. Marco was friends with and did work with the guy that owned and ran ERL who made the Aquamist water injections systems. Marco built that car similar to the specs of the ERL owner. That thing was freekin fast, especially by the standards of 93/94. I remember one day being a passenger and chasing a Lambo Diablo on the A24 near Worthing. Exiting the Findon roundabout the Lambo didn’t start pulling away until the jail side of 100mph, that was the days before you were infested with Scameras. What became of this car? I’m sure my far more humble beast ended up in a scrappers in the end. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemanta Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 got broken for spares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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