I found the Simca club did not do very much for the Matra scene.
In 2007 I desided to go with the Matramania club Belgium where I am still a member.
Its a bit closer to France ;-)
Its a small club but that makes it more social.
The interest for Matra is a bit less the last years.
I still hope to find someone that have a heart for the brand.
I sold my 2.2 to member that give it the TLC.
He has a simple job on it because the car was complete done by me and looks an drive very good.
The day I said goodbey, I still miss it.

Thanks for the feedback. It sounds like something I will consider at some point. You're not in the simcaclub Netherlands right? I don't think I seen your cars at any of the meets at least not the past few years.

It fits perfectly fine in combination withthe Spax but I presume it will fit with the oiginal shocks as wel.
It made the car a bit mor harder and stable in fast cornering but its just a bit.
Some people found it still not hard enough and mounted Mercedes springs, but that specific car runs sometimes circuits with a fast Ford engine.
Its just where you have your priorities.
I found it excelent for  daily driving on  the 1.6

Hi everybody,

I recently worked on my exhaust (1983 Murena 2.2) as one of silencer's mount rubbers disintegrated. I was not readily able to source a replacement rubber, so I asked somebody to make a few out of EPDM and polyurethane. If anybody’s struggling with the rubber, I can explain what I did. Let me know. Happy driving!

Yep, that's what I did as well. The original is 0.5 so I simply used the old cap which indeed is a good fit.

I do believe I seen an 80kpa short reach cap on a tractor supply site somewhere during my search... 🤔 I wonder why I didn't link or haven't mentioned it previously. Maybe I misremember it.

So Spax combined with rear springs from the 2.2 but fitted to the 1.6? I imagine that makes it quite a bit stiffer. Does that make it feel more responsive in corners?

That looks good 👌

the clutch hydrolics on the 2. 2 I had several times problems.
A good solution is a wilwood cilinder that have 22 mm cilinder and a slave from a peugeot (504)
Link: https://www.winparts.nl/onderstel-aandrijving/koppelings-cilinder/peugeot/504-coupe-bouwjaar-1971-01-1984-08/c706-583-14582/hulpcilinder-koppeling/p1369777.html

It ha M10 x 1 so its possible to mount a cupper pipe between them using breakhose from a peugeot 205 front at the rear to let it compensate te movement of the engine.
Th wilwwod kit has order number  260-3376 7/8" Bore Master Cylinder Kit.
It is 22mm. I know it is a little bigger then original but its proven to work good.

At first I mounted Spax on the 2.2.
It made things as height strenght adjustable.

Later I mounted them on the1.6 and also new springs from a 2.2.
At the front I mounted Koni shocks
That was realy progress concerning road handling.
I am very pleased with them.

Sounds great Roy!

What I want/need to do is first get the Murena driveable, get the gas installation removed  from the carregistration and then the APK (MOT in England). Then the car is road legal. This is almost done!

In the main time I will revise the second cilinderhead and fit it with the Holbay cam. Make a good exhaust and get the 2nd flywheel machined. When all that's done exchange the original with the revised one, and off course fit the new flowed exhaust and lightened flywheel. This will take a couple of months. Enough to get used to the Murena and notice a difference in performance.

Thank you very much!

Henk