Opel Manta 2.0 OHC Automat from Finland

pecu_83 · 02-20-2008

Hi there all you opel fans!

I just stumbled here to this forum and thought I´d register. There are a lot of nice projects going on here, so I decided to put mine on display too.

I bought the car in the summer of 2005, when someone wanted to buy a gearstick to his Manta from me, I ended up buing the Manta from him. At first I just cruised around with it and tuned up the engine and made some minor modifications like moving the gas tank. Then a mysterious problem came with the carburators and I just couldn´t solve it (later i solved it, someone had drilled the idle nozzles i put in VERY big). So I ended up putting a L-Jetronic in it. It also had a mysterious problem (it turned out to be in the wiring) so I decided to do something else. At the same time my friend got in to an
accident when trying to avoid hitting a moose on the road, he ended up wrecking his Omega. Then we had a masterplan to put the engine and gearbox from his Omega to my Manta.

Aardvaark · 02-20-2008

First, welcome to the forums.
You have a very interesting Manta A project.

blauwmarc · 02-20-2008

Nice to know there's a cool manta A in Finland. You did good work. What's the difference between the old engine and this OHC you build in? (i mean, its performance)

heimue · 02-20-2008

Holy smoke! What kind of a huge gear box is that?

Dieter

pecu_83 · 02-25-2008

Originally Posted by blauwmarc

Nice to know there's a cool manta A in Finland. You did good work. What's the difference between the old engine and this OHC you build in? (i mean, it's performance)

The old engine had ~170 hp and the new one has 135 hp

edit: YouTube - Opel Manta A OHC Automat Dyno Test

Originally Posted by heimue

Holy smoke! What kind of a huge gear box is that?

Dieter

It´s the Aisin Warner AR25 automatic.

sl4d3 · 11-06-2008

What is the make and the Model of the wheels?

BQS4 · 11-06-2008

Originally Posted by sl4d3

What is the make and the Model of the wheels?

If you're referring to the car in the youtube video, they're ATS "Cup" wheels

sl4d3 · 11-06-2008

no i am referring to the photos where the manta was finally ready

pecu_83 · 02-05-2009

Originally Posted by sl4d3

no i am referring to the photos where the manta was finally ready

Haven´t checked the make. They came with the car

I´ll try to remember to check them the next time I go to the workshop.

Here is some more pictrues with different wheels:

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...n352008017.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...n352008011.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...n352008005.jpg

After those photos I have raised the car (the 3cm clearance wasn´t enough

) and put on some BIG wheels. I´ll post pictures of them aswell someday.

BQS4 · 02-05-2009

Originally Posted by pecu_83

Haven´t checked the make. They came with the car I´ll try to remember to check them the next time I go to the workshop.

Here is some more pictrues with different wheels:

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...n352008017.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...n352008011.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...n352008005.jpg

After those photos I have raised the car (the 3cm clearance wasn´t enough ) and put on some BIG wheels. I´ll post pictures of them aswell someday.

Nice wheels, widened 75 stock wheels. Do you have trouble finding 13" 60 series tires over there? except for tirerack.com and a few others, 205/60R-13 is getting harder to find.

SantaClaw · 02-05-2009

Where in Finland exactly are you located ?

North or south ?

I live about 6km from the Finish border, and I drive through most of Finland every year when I go to various Opel events in Norway...

Aardvaark · 02-05-2009

Originally Posted by BQS4

Nice wheels, widened 75 stock wheels. Do you have trouble finding 13" 60 series tires over there? except for tirerack.com and a few others, 205/60R-13 is getting harder to find.

How much have they been widend? It looks like about 50mm. (2")?
They almost look like they've been converted to 15" rim dia. from 13" except that
the tire looks like it says 205-50/13 on the sidewall.

pecu_83 · 02-13-2009

Originally Posted by sl4d3

What is the make and the Model of the wheels?

I tried to look them up, but didn´t find the make or model

Originally Posted by BQS4

Nice wheels, widened 75 stock wheels. Do you have trouble finding 13" 60 series tires over there? except for tirerack.com and a few others, 205/60R-13 is getting harder to find.

Yes, wide 13" tires are getting harder to find, 205/60R13 is still quite easy to find but 50 series or less is becoming very rare.

Originally Posted by SantaClaw

Where in Finland exactly are you located ?

North or south ?

I live about 6km from the Finish border, and I drive through most of Finland every year when I go to various Opel events in Norway...

Southern Finland, near Hämeenlinna, about 100km north of the capital Helsinki.

Originally Posted by Aardvaark

How much have they been widend? It looks like about 50mm. (2")?
They almost look like they've been converted to 15" rim dia. from 13" except that
the tire looks like it says 205-50/13 on the sidewall.

They are 8" wide so they have been widened for 3". And yes, the tires are 205/50R13.

pecu_83 · 04-09-2009

It´s almost summer in Finland and the Manta can be seen on the streets again!

http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...4_2009+035.jpg

http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...4_2009+024.jpg

remus · 09-28-2009

Hello mate! I'm from serbia and I have a Manta A and I'm on almost the same project as your's. I fitted a C20NE engine from Omega with manual gearbox.

I see that you fitted a bigger brake calipers and disks on your Manta and I'm interested from which car you fitted the disks.

Cheers!

pecu_83 · 2 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by remus

Hello mate! I'm from serbia and I have a Manta A and I'm on almost the same project as your's. I fitted a C20NE engine from Omega with manual gearbox.

I see that you fitted a bigger brake calipers and disks on your Manta and I'm interested from which car you fitted the disks.

Cheers!

The discs are from Opel Rekord E, and the calipers are 2-piston ATE from a b ascona, which have been widened with home-made spacers to fit the discs.

Edit: It´s getting cold again here in Finland so I put the Manta to rest for the winter yesterday. Today when I woke up the first snow had fallen during the night!

andrericardo · 23 Hours Ago

Hi there
great project you have there.
I also have one Manta A with that engine and manual gearbox.
I have a problem:
what speedo cable works with the gearbox and Manta instruments?

02-20-2008	#1 (permalink)
pecu_83 Opeler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 8	Unanswered: Opel Manta 2.0 OHC Automat from Finland Hi there all you opel fans! I just stumbled here to this forum and thought I´d register. There are a lot of nice projects going on here, so I decided to put mine on display too. I bought the car in the summer of 2005, when someone wanted to buy a gearstick to his Manta from me, I ended up buing the Manta from him. At first I just cruised around with it and tuned up the engine and made some minor modifications like moving the gas tank. Then a mysterious problem came with the carburators and I just couldn´t solve it (later i solved it, someone had drilled the idle nozzles i put in VERY big). So I ended up putting a L-Jetronic in it. It also had a mysterious problem (it turned out to be in the wiring) so I decided to do something else. At the same time my friend got in to an accident when trying to avoid hitting a moose on the road, he ended up wrecking his Omega. Then we had a masterplan to put the engine and gearbox from his Omega to my Manta. This is what the car looked like when I bought it: http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...Amanta+005.jpg First I took it a part, there were lots of corrosion to be repaired. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/6812-1/DSC08618.JPG http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...2_2005+083.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...2_2005+037.jpg Then I made some reinsforcements to the body and chassis. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...2_2006+120.jpg After that I started modifying the engine parts to fit Manta. The oil pan is modified from Kadett E. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...2_2006+132.jpg I cut away a lot of the floor to make room for the new gearbox. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...3_2006+048.jpg Then I made new engine and gearbox mounts. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...3_2006+067.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...3_2006+083.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...3_2006+085.jpg After that I checked the engine. It was in good condition. I replaced the cylinder head and the camshaft from a 1.8 GSI Kadett E. And moved the distributor to the front. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...3_2006+054.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...3_2006+066.jpg Then I modified the handbrake lever and made a place for the gearshifter. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...3_2006+100.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...3_2006+110.jpg When those were done, it was time to build the propeller shaft. Since Omegas propeller shaft doesn´t have a "slide" (dont know what that is called) in it and the mounting to the gearbox is different (and lenght of course) I had to build the propeller shaft by combining Omegas and Mantas shafts. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...4_2006+040.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...4_2006+043.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...4_2006+046.jpg Finally it was time to put some new sheet metal to the body. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...4_2006+031.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...4_2006+035.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...6_2006+009.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...6_2006+012.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...6_2006+005.jpg The axles were cleaned and painted also. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...6_2006+001.jpg Then it was time to begin working on the paint job. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...7_2006+014.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...mantaa+003.jpg First I painted the front with a different shade of purple. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...130806+001.jpg Then I made som flames. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...+08+06+053.jpg Then I painted the rest of the car with a different shade. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...130806+020.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...130806+030.jpg And made some highlights. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...jeejee+007.jpg After the paint job was done, I re-mounted the engine and gearbox, made a new exhaust, re-mounted the interior, put in bigger brakes and my friend re-wired the whole car. http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...9_2006+145.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/.../monni+002.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/.../monni+016.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...020906+003.jpg And finally it was ready! http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...valmis+009.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...valmis+012.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...valmis+025.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...valmis+035.jpg For more pictures go to Opel Manta A __________________ Last edited by pecu_83; 02-20-2008 at 04:24 PM. Reason: fixed the images

02-20-2008	#2 (permalink)
Aardvaark UFO pel abductee. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 2,242 Real Name: Mark Paar (not Parr) Provided Answers: 5	First, welcome to the forums. You have a very interesting Manta A project. __________________ -Mark '75 Manta Direct link to my album of Opel related parts catalogs and magazine articles for reference: http://www.opelgt.com/photopost/show...ser/23031/sl/a

02-20-2008	#3 (permalink)
blauwmarc GT is my middle name Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: netherlands Posts: 610	Nice to know there's a cool manta A in Finland. You did good work. What's the difference between the old engine and this OHC you build in? (i mean, its performance) __________________ Whatch my pics at Flickr.com, not only GT's! http://www.flickr.com/photos/39209800@N07/ Last edited by tekenaar; 02-25-2008 at 11:17 AM. Reason: it's = it is . . . its = possessive

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heimue "The Jägermeister" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newnan, GA - greater ATL area Posts: 1,515 Provided Answers: 3	Holy smoke! What kind of a huge gear box is that? Dieter __________________ One 2.0-16V Opel is not enough

04-09-2009	#14 (permalink)
pecu_83 Opeler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 8	It´s almost summer in Finland and the Manta can be seen on the streets again! http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...4_2009+035.jpg http://www.teammadmax.com/gallery/d/...4_2009+024.jpg __________________

11-06-2008	#6 (permalink)
sl4d3 Opeler Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: dOSRETN Posts: 2	What is the make and the Model of the wheels?

11-06-2008	#8 (permalink)
sl4d3 Opeler Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: dOSRETN Posts: 2	no i am referring to the photos where the manta was finally ready

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SantaClaw GT Racing Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kirkenes North of Norway Posts: 98 Real Name: Andreas. H Provided Answers: 1	Where in Finland exactly are you located ? North or south ? I live about 6km from the Finish border, and I drive through most of Finland every year when I go to various Opel events in Norway...

09-28-2009	#15 (permalink)
remus Opeler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Serbia/Zrenjanin Posts: 1	Hello mate! I'm from serbia and I have a Manta A and I'm on almost the same project as your's. I fitted a C20NE engine from Omega with manual gearbox. I see that you fitted a bigger brake calipers and disks on your Manta and I'm interested from which car you fitted the disks. Cheers!

23 Hours Ago	#17 (permalink)
andrericardo Opeler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 35	Hi there great project you have there. I also have one Manta A with that engine and manual gearbox. I have a problem: what speedo cable works with the gearbox and Manta instruments?

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