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Opel Manta coupe, the best shell I have had in 20 years and owned by a lady with only 40 thousand miles on the clock Back in the day digital cameras didn't exist so I have no pics of it as it was Hey ho..... cosworth engine added and t5 box manta i240 bodykit from the best in the country( rallytech) T5 box a bit long for the manta so I sierra tunnel added although I now may go back to a getrag 265 and manta tunnel Manta pcd is 4x100 and I wanted 5 x120 so hubs changed to monza with manta bearings custom made at a cost of 200 quid so I could pick and choose bmw rims These are harge split rims Other rims to consider are these which seem to fill the arch better The roof on a manta is rubbish so I cut it off and added a non sunroof one And lead fill RS500 intercooler tucked into nose cage added manta steering is always really heavy( honestly it can be a 2 hand job just to turn and that leaves no hands for stirring the box ) on a lowered car so I added corsa b column power steering
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Last Edit: Jan 17, 2015 20:37:41 GMT by mantakev
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Mark
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Nice build mate. I'd like to have seen the ''woman with less than 40 000 miles on her''
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Love that!
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Jan 30, 2010 10:50:29 GMT
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Looks like it'll be a beast. BMW rims FTW as well, they look like they properly fill the arches! Man I love Mantas, is the cossy conversion that common?
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Jan 30, 2010 11:33:57 GMT
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Nice car i hope my manta cosworth does not take 10 years i will to old to drive then
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Jan 30, 2010 11:46:40 GMT
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Jan 30, 2010 11:49:04 GMT
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Jan 30, 2010 11:51:42 GMT
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Jan 30, 2010 13:17:07 GMT
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You have got all the right ingredients for a fast toy Kev, I hope I don't have to weight another 10 years to see it doing donuts William; thats an awesome build, doesnt look like there much of the Manta left ;D do you have your own build thread for that one??
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ChrisT
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Jan 30, 2010 13:17:16 GMT
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nice looking project kev how does fitting a cosworth engine in the bay compare to an XE - much more fabrication???
oh, and william - get a project thread up on here, remember seeing your build thread on VXopel, awesome stuff
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Jan 30, 2010 23:06:46 GMT
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Is the corsa ps much of a job to wire up? Do they come with a controller of some sort or do they just work on steering input?
Awesome build btw! I love the way you just replace the roofs on these Opels!
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Thank's for the comments. William! That manta of yours puts mine to shame, love it mate, seen it on the manta site too and i love the engineering and fabrication in it. Luckgti, no the cossie conversion hasn't been done loads, i only have ever known it to be done twice in 4wd and 4 times including mine in 2wd ChrisT, no the cossie only requires moving the engine mounts on the crossmember back the fabricating your own engine and gearbox mount, not too hard. Fit's in further back than an xe as no water pipe on the back like an xe has. hongkongphooey, the corsa eps is easy to wire up but takes about 50 amps to power and you need a control unit to simulate the input from a wheel sensor, now available as a piggy back ecu on ebay for £35 and you can adjust the weight of the steering from a dial on the dash then As for the roof, loads of mantas get the roofs replaced but it's tricky and this took me and a mate 12 hours to do the metal work then untold hours to lead fill so it looks factory without filler! ( er ok, lead is a filler ) Some more pics Manta 400 bonnet
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Kev, nice neat work there - lead loading on the roof is a nice touch/dying art! I'm with HKP on the power steering - could you post up some more details about this, as I've been considering installing it too.
Cheers, Joe.
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hi kev your manta is the curse word i saw pictures of it years ago. at first when i was building mine i had the engine in the same place as yours with manta suspension i then found rust and went daft with the stihl saw
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hi kevin where it says balderdash it did not say that i put the b@@llocks and has changed eh sneaky computers
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woah! EPIC! thats fricking awesome!
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Waaay nice dude HC.
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I love this project!
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The power steering wasn't that hard to do on the manta and you can adapt it to suit most cars i suppose, this is how i did it on my manta.. Corsa b column Remove the outer collapsable top part of the corsa bit You are left with Don't hit the end of the spline as i did or the spline end will come off I will be putting a blob of weld on mine to hold the 2 parts together as the top part with the manta bit added will not collapse now anyway, the reference for the amount to stick out is 85mm for the top part Take your manta column and remove the inside part What i was trying to do was keep the columns the same length so the inner part was my reference point Take the outside of the manta column and chop it into 3 pieces You want the top outer part to be 180mm That part slips over the inner of the corsa bit These two parts will be welded together Make room to get at the bolts This will now take the manta multi switchgear and wheel in the same place as a standard car Bottom part of the column Take the inner shaft from the manta and split it then cut the bottom part down to 315mm Shove that into the corsa UJ, it's a tight fit but this part if you leave unwelded will collapse in a front ender Take the bottom part of the outer of the manta column and bolt it to the floor, mine hasn't got a bearing in as it will be blasted and a new one fitted Column will now bolt into place as the original It fits in the bay as the standard one does I'll be getting a control unit to replicate the singals for the ecu from ebay, this one is around 40 quid and looks good cgi.ebay.co.uk/Corsa-Rally-Kit-Escort-Electric-Power-Steering-Control_W0QQitemZ320487330523QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item4a9e8892db#ht_1145wt_958I got the column myself so removed lots of wiring and got the fuseholer that was standard in the car Ramdom reference pics now Hope that helps Cheers Kev
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That's an excellent write up there, Kev. Very useful indeed!!
Rich.
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