Kenny400 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 Quite a change over the years...... now mapped and MOT'd , significant security being fitted plus road testing and a hundred small jobs......hoping to make Saturday at Market Harborough Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealExile Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Stunning I'm just hoping to get mine to look as good as yours was at the moment! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny400 Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 Not quite finished.... but enough to get to Market Harborough yesterday. I've done 500 miles in 48 hours and really drives great....really likes petrol stations...... Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny400 Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 Well, I’ve done about 1000miles now and most of the snagging is now done. Plan for the winter is boost control, up the boost, a full days mapping and fitting traction control and air con. It’s getting quite a bit of use so had it 3 stage polished and ceramic coated to protect the paint. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monaco Blue Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Cracking looking car! That's definitely one to drool over! Liking the all white paintwork. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny400 Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Car Show at Wellington Country Park today......another Manta!!!!Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Edited September 30, 2017 by Kenny400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis p Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Beast of a car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opel2000 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Hi Kenny, Clive here. We briefly met at Market Harborough, I saw the gradual build of this on my trips over to Retropower, I remember the day that the Manta turned up and Nat told me it was "Hedleys'" from Hedleys Casebook, and the day the donor Skyline turned up. As Nat and Callum were about to scrap the Skyline shell they asked if there was anything I needed off of it, I took a bit of N/S wheel arch (as can be seen in the pic when about to be scrapped) and a big chunk of O/S rear quarter, as I had dinged my R33 Skyline. The Driftworks set up you have on the rear of that is awesome kit especially the rear camber adjustment arms my skyline was a daily drive and it ate the inside edge of rear tyres due to bad camber. And as you say "it likes petrol stations" yes mine did too, I was nudging 300bhp I'm guess you would easily be over that. That RB straight six lump is one fantastic beautiful engine though. I have a few regrets in life and one of them is selling my skyline. You must be loving driving that Kenny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny400 Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 Hi Clive - 320bhp currently as it’s running in! Should be well into the mid 400s over the winter. The engine is a peach, just so smooth - look forward to hearing about your future Manta project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny400 Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 phase 2 started. Gearbox rebuild, uprated clutch, wheel speed sensors for traction control, brackets being made for ac compressor.......then boost control and rolling road . ‘Only’ 320bhp at the moment while I put a 1000 miles on the newly rebuilt forged engine so be interesting to see what it makes - somewhere between ‘plenty’ and ‘too much’ I expect Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starmist Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Can you ever have too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny400 Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 13 minutes ago, starmist said: Can you ever have too much? Only when I run out of talent lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®evo03 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Think you might appreciate this, its a retrostock, idc drift car, got a few spins in both. Interesting, M3 Manta drifting: Opel Manta Mapping: Bit of action, 23/09/2012, RetroStock @ Mondello: http://youtu.be/0XvHdC8OnZ4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RECARDO Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 What a stunning car ! Where did you get your lamp pop as that's the best fitting one I have seen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny400 Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 21 hours ago, RECARDO said: What a stunning car ! Where did you get your lamp pop as that's the best fitting one I have seen? A place near newton Abbott, I’d didn’t look anything like that when bought though - the lamp rings weren’t even round! Took a massive amount of filling and sanding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RECARDO Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Thought it would need a lot of work, looks fantastic though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny400 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 425bhp now 9A431994-68C2-4253-9DFC-F352079FC51D.MP4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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