EvanB wrote: In reply to Jerry: I am always keeping an eye out for some round Cibies at a decent price, I have a pair of rectangular ones but those are going on one of the Volvos and they wouldn't look right on the Manta.
Good luck. I've watched for years and never found anything less than hundreds of $ from Australia.
Yea they aren't cheap. Demon-Tweeks in the UK has new Super Oscars for $145ea or replicas made by SIM for $85ea. Hoping I can find some used for cheaper but doubt it.
that's a good looking little car, my personal engine vote is something NA with high compression and high redline!
I am with dropstep - high rpm screamer!!
Awesome car. I've run into them in the junkyards down here from time to time and always thought it was a shame. Really cool base for a project.
and the jealousy sets in with a vengeance. Nice score!
You need a widebody and 90's bad paint a-la the car in the german movie Manta Manta!
copied and reposted from 2012....
had one a LOOOOOONG time ago......
Very nice car... decent chassis, light weight.
The 1.9 liter engine isn't all that bad for the late 1960s, but there are far superior swaps now available.... a well tweaked on 4AGE would do me fine.......
Now for inspiration... the MOST OUTRAGEOUS Manta EVER built anywhere.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xw4Gxquirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lMmFwBEUeE
Would love to see when the car is finished
In reply to oldeskewltoy:
Yes. I've loved that Opel for years!
While out scrounging Miata parts for the Volvo, I walked into a guys shop and saw a Manta up on his chassis place. He was in the midst of putting Miata roller-skate under it and was quite surprised that I knew what it was.
I always put Opel into my CL searches. The want is strong for a kadett. I new a guy who was 6'11" and had a Ralley Kadette. Thought is was a really cool car.
Did it really need 100psi of oil pressure gauge? or is that in prep for the 13b? :)
fidelity101 wrote: Did it really need 100psi of oil pressure gauge? or is that in prep for the 13b? :)
Yes.
NOHOME wrote: While out scrounging Miata parts for the Volvo,
"You know you are GRM when..."
Cool car. Nice find. A volunteer or official of the local SCCA has one of those in mint condition. There's also one parked with layers of dust on it at the RV park where I park my trailer.
DO you need a 13b carb manifold? I got a side draft layin around I'll let go cheap.
In reply to fidelity101:
I will eventually. I might be up to a Detroit event soon, I'll let you know.
In reply to EvanB:
Bah, and here I was hoping you'd buy my Dellorto 
Does your Dellorto come with a manifold? I need a carb as well no matter whose junk I buy. 
Yah, it was a complete running setup from a stock port 6-port 13B from a Midget swap. I have both engines, too. (One good one blown) I was thinking of yanking the bridge port and Megasquirt out of the RX-7 and throwing the stockport and carb in there. Or not. But if you want to buy the carb/manifold setup, that is one less temptation to move away from bridgeness.
I also have a really, really goofy looking header that routes the exhaust down and under the transmission, presumably for chassirail clearance.
A complete carb/manifold setup would be ideal.
I had a green one just out of high school. The bright green. It was the victim of my first engine swap. It ended up with a Buick V6 with Edelbrock cam and manifold etc. and a T5 tranny. Tight fit, had to swap the exhaust manifolds and run the exhaust out the front and wrap it around under the car.
IIRC the Buick weighed less than that 1.9, hell, I think a small block Chevy weighs less than that 1.9
Would love to revisit the Manta corner of my brain and do another sometime. Until I finish my 5 other projects I'll have to just follow your build and dream.
jgrewe wrote: I Would love to revisit the Manta corner of my brain...
Obviously not YOUR car, but this may clear some of the webs outta that portion of your brain...
Sorry about the thread-jack, Evan. Please carry on...
Thread-jacks are always welcome in my build threads, otherwise they would move way too slow.
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