74 Opel Manta
Posted by EvanB
Pete Remner Professional Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
That's the impression that I got when I was poking around under the hood. Opel did not design the chassis well for engines from 40 years in the future... So if you have to cut and notch and fab and stuff, go 13B  It's just as much work but you get big heaps of cheap power, probably build a super kick ass engine with the stuff lying around in the garage and small parts that would cost less than a pair of cams for anything you'd care to wedge under the hood.Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/2015 02:03PM by Pete. |
John Barnett Junior Moderator Location: Bama Join Date: 03/13/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 113 Rally Car: I really have one and use it. |
Bob Legere Mod Moderator Location: Spofford, NH Join Date: 03/07/2007 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 308 Rally Car: 1971 Opel Ascona |
John Barnett Junior Moderator Location: Bama Join Date: 03/13/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 113 Rally Car: I really have one and use it. |
John Barnett Junior Moderator Location: Bama Join Date: 03/13/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 113 Rally Car: I really have one and use it. |
Bob Legere Mod Moderator Location: Spofford, NH Join Date: 03/07/2007 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 308 Rally Car: 1971 Opel Ascona |
John Barnett Junior Moderator Location: Bama Join Date: 03/13/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 113 Rally Car: I really have one and use it. |
John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Lincoln locker is from: 
In Sweden---where Opels ruled the roost for almost 20 years---before Volvo 240s took over---its called "ESAB diff" 
In Rally-paradise aka Finland its Kempi diff 
Now sorry but I have to ax whenever i see this weird "I want it to be period correct-ish" But what period and for who? I see this almost always from people who in malheursement have no idea what people were doing elsewhere in any time period much less 3040 years ago.. One dipshit Doctor--a gynecologist or proctologist was taking it on himself to write rules from his proposed SCCA Vintage class and throws this "period correct" stuff out (all the while neglecting to mention that his personal Datsun 510 had a 2.4 liter bottom end that wasn't made till 20 years after the car---probably a Republican judging from his one set of rules for everybody else and he's exempt) But is it what a Gynocologist "thinks" was do-able back then---or a guy who cross references things like me and who knows guys who were active in development and moddiing rally cars back then where the sport is a mass sport? John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
John Barnett Junior Moderator Location: Bama Join Date: 03/13/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 113 Rally Car: I really have one and use it. |
John Barnett Junior Moderator Location: Bama Join Date: 03/13/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 113 Rally Car: I really have one and use it. |
John Barnett Junior Moderator Location: Bama Join Date: 03/13/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 113 Rally Car: I really have one and use it. |
John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
John Barnett Junior Moderator Location: Bama Join Date: 03/13/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 113 Rally Car: I really have one and use it. |
John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
John Barnett Junior Moderator Location: Bama Join Date: 03/13/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 113 Rally Car: I really have one and use it. |
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