View Full Version : The fastet metro in town.
Marky Boy
01-03-2003, 01:30
Found this when looking for parts for my metro run around. Very amusing. For a 1.1 it must be a real speed machine. ;)
http://geocities.com/inverter_whrc/
I cant stop laughing. If only they knew about real cars.
HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! oh deary me, please dont tell me that was 2 twin tail pipes on th eback of it! :eek: :D
Best watch out for that one, looks like a real street racing mean machine... :p
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: and :D :D :D
Filmidget
01-03-2003, 12:47
He has 'performance and style' written in the rear side windows...
I think the 'wanted:' bit of the sticker fell off.
:rolleyes: :) :D
Its that bad his bird wont even look at it.:D
Nathan_200sx
01-03-2003, 14:17
Originally posted by Filmidget
He has 'performance and style' written in the rear side windows...
I think the 'wanted:' bit of the sticker fell off.
:rolleyes: :) :D
and across the windscreen I was just going to post that as well. I was going to say quite tidy for a metro until I saw the exhaust pipes :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
ow dear:eek: :eek: .. why do people do that? I say a little 106 pug (standard 1.1 or something) with two double rear pipes going into one!! (you could see it from behind too, cos the car was so high).
The GTA metro is actually a 1.4 (but that is no excuse);)
Luke
I could understand the guy posting pics of his car if it was a 6R4 but those tail pipes does he really think he gonner go any faster.
Which was fastest the MG tubro or the gta, I know they were both shite..
You coming to the TSC??
You might think a little more of MG Turbos if you do :D
Dave
The lad must have guts driving around in something as embarrasing as that :D
Which was fastest the MG tubro or the gta, I know they were both shite..
The Turbo had the greater scrabbling potential, but you're right, they're both sh!te :D
sroberts
02-03-2003, 11:49
Tell you what guys, I know that the four exhaust really does it! But some bitch in a transit van wrote off my mini... I was going to get a GTA... great first car. But I got an AX-GT instead.
What was you're first car :rolleyes:
Si :)
Originally posted by sroberts
What was you're first car :rolleyes:
:o Vauxhall Viva 2300HS. Lasted all of 7 weeks before I span out of control in a busy town centre on market day (:eek: :eek: :eek: ) and crashed into the back of a lorry, transforming the car into a natty little coupe. :( :( :( :( :(
Corsa Boys......pah, I was there, doing that long before they were a stirring in their father's trousers.
David_S14
02-03-2003, 11:57
1.6 MII Escort (no that's showing my age), it was great for getting the back end out and cheap to repair when it went wrong. Sold it and bought a 2.0 Laser Capri.
Both cars were as mint as I could keep them and it was frowned upon to "Trev up" motors....oh those were the days.
What was you're first car :rolleyes:
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1972 Ford Escort in 1989! No scrabble for me even back then.
sroberts
02-03-2003, 12:02
Robbie, you're a notts lad
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32125
SI :)
David_S14
02-03-2003, 12:09
Looking at the first couple of pics of the metro I thought "hmm tidy looking car, looked after etc." until you see the pics of the back.
Harry Enfield mode engaged:
Mr. GTA Metro owner, a tidy example of a latter day attempt at a hot hatch it may be BUT if you think that fitting a set of twin "DTM Stylee" exhausts will have the teeny's creamin their nickers I'd say NO !!, get them things off there and save any money you were going to spend on future fruitless frivolities and put it towards your next motor !!!
Harry Enfield mode disengaged.
Daniel san
02-03-2003, 12:25
What a crock of shit! Generously speaking!
I think his bird likes the Citroen Berlingo better, either that or shes just hanging around hoping for a glimpse of builders bum :D
David_S14
02-03-2003, 13:15
Originally posted by J595HAS
I think his bird likes the Citroen Berlingo better, either that or shes just hanging around hoping for a glimpse of builders bum :D
She's just gauging the size of their tips ;)
First car:
Ginetta G26. Mk3 Cortina based kitcar. Chassis no 001. 100bhp and didnt weigh too much. Gotta love carb engine noises :)
Dave
RichardB
02-03-2003, 13:57
Found this metro on Autotrader and its in my village.
Metro (http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW/cars_search.asp?miles=40&max_records=50&modelexact=1&make=MG&model=METRO&min_pr=&max_pr=&postcode=LE12+6QT&x=42&y=10)
Shall I go down and try and blag a test drive :D
Cheers,
Richard
Metros are unspeakable crap. I can remember years ago going with my mum and dad to the local BL dealer (as they were called at the time) to look at the then new Metro with a view of buying one for my mum. Dad managed to blag a 1.3 for the afternoon. It poored down and the thing leaked like a seive. When going round a corner fast petrol was spuing out of the fuel flap and there were more shakes and rattles than a shaky rattly thing.
Whenwe got back to the dealer, he asked my dad what he thought and (in a packed showroom) he replied loudly "This car's a load of fcuking sh!t and a death trap!"
Needless to say we didn't get one. Bought a Polo instead.
Originally posted by sroberts
What was you're first car :rolleyes:
Talbot Samba !! And I want another.. cant find one :( If anyone sees one for sale, tell me about it. I want to remember the good ole days
barryjdart
02-03-2003, 18:55
What was you're first car
MG TC :D :D :D
dont knock metro's...... I had a metro GTI 16V (MPI model) as my 1st car. Stuck on a straight through exhaust a 1600 block and a lightly ported head along with a K&N and had myself a tyre sreading monster that went round corners and killed 325i sport BMW's....... great fun cars and cheap insurance
Pete
Originally posted by RsPete
killed 325i sport BMW's
Which dream was that in then? :rolleyes:
Pull the other one, it has got bells on :D
And don't try and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about, 'cos I used to own an MG Metro Turbo at the same time as a mate had an immaculate E30 325i Sport and there was *no way* I was keeping up with him.
Marky u back in Glasgow or have u just not changed ur location?
Kev
Nismo_Freak
03-03-2003, 04:32
First car:
91 Nissan Hardbody Pickup Truck
Came with a SOHC version of the motor in my 240SX. (KA24E)
Blown motor, replaced it with my dad and uncle.
Originally posted by Nismo_Freak
Blown motor, replaced it with my dad and uncle.
Wouldn't another engine been a better move :rolleyes: :D
Originally posted by AndyT
Wouldn't another engine been a better move :rolleyes: :D
:D :D Fred Flintstone action under the "Hood" :D
PeteC, Have a read up on the K series engine. They were used in caterhams till just recently, and have a look at the motobuild website. They specialise in tuning rovers. Then you will see where im coming from.
myn did 0-60 in 6.5 secs
and had a top speed of 140, running on a rover 416 gearbox.
tour right though the MG Turbos were not all that fast, but could easily be tweeked upto 110bhp as they used a garrett T3 turbo.
cheers Pete;)
a T3 on what, a 1 litre? 1.3? that's daftly oversized
I know, they were originally going to be built with 125bhp then BL found the gearbox's kept on blowing up after 10,000 miles or so, but they kept the T3.
RichSeal
03-03-2003, 15:34
Had the n/a MG Metro as my first car. I loved it. It wasn't fast, and I didn't expect to win many races. But it was just good fun to drive and surprisingly never once broke down!!!
Plus I could caine the life out of it and it wouldn't complain :)
Having said that I loved it, that was at the time. I'd never have another one now.
p.s the MG Turbos, could be quite highly tuned. There is a metro/mini racing co. near me, and they bored them out to 1.4, with huge webber carbs and ran the tubby at ridiculously high boost pressures. Dunno how fast they were, and I'm pretty sure they weren't road legal as all the ones he did were track cars.
Although the funniest I saw was a stretched limo mini he had :D 4x the length of a normal mini :D
Originally posted by RsPete
PeteC, Have a read up on the K series engine
I'm not denying that K series engines are good (except the 1.4's have a reputation for blowing head gaskets), but I still think you're gonna have some serious trouble from a 325i Sport.
Especially in the mid range when the little K series runs out of puff and torque is what counts...
P.S. There is no way my little Metro had a T3 on it :eek: Imagine the lag on a 1.3!
the K series I had was a 16V engine, The cams kicked in at about 3500 RPM. myn was a 1600 and revved to 7500RPM with the weber alpha ECU. they all suffer from head gasket problems if you dont use genuine rover gaskets and skim the heads.
cheers Pete
It was the E30's I used to beat. I couldnt keep up with the E36's after 70ish
Marky Boy
03-03-2003, 16:42
As much a sack shit Metros are in genral they can still be a good laugh. My one's a GTi16v with the K series engine and it is just a good laugh to drive. The boy racers in their saxos always have a go at it. Its so much more fun beating them in a metro. It would be embarising getting beat by a car that cost less than your wheels.
Still Id rather my 200.
The best part of my metro is the Nissan 200 fuel pump cos i couldnt be arsed buying another rover one. Also the exahaust is held together by a tennents can. And the shells held together buy filler. Bodgetastic. :D :D
Marky Boy
03-03-2003, 16:46
Oh yeah and the fuel tank leaks. Id like to think of it like the SR71. When it gets going the heat caused from the air friction helped seal it. But nah so i just filled the holes with chemical metal.:D :D
Originally posted by RsPete
MG Turbos were not all that fast, but could easily be tweeked upto 110bhp as they used a garrett T3 turbo.
cheers Pete;) Unfortunatly, I owned a MG Turbo myself, they actually have 105bhp out of the box so I think you could acheive more nquite easily. I on the other hand was too busy trying to keep the car on the road to do any mods. I killed two gearboxes and two tubbies in 25,000 miles and it was a genuine 70K motor with FDSH when I bought it.
Originally posted by J595HAS
they actually have 105bhp out of the box
I bet mine didn't have that much when I had it - it was so fooked! It had 49K genuine with FSH when I bought it, it had just had a new tubby, I had to change the HG after the first couple of weeks, and I reckon the timing chain was loose too, 'cos it ran like a bag of sh*t :mad:
Still loved it though, the little thing had so much character, bless it's little cotton socks ;)
Had one for 6mths only 49000 on clock but what a crok of shit it was spent more time off road than on. My only smile was getting rid of it it was like driving a fiat all tinny noises and no stability around corners. Just regret not torching the fuuuuuuukin thing.:mad: I blame myself for buying it but needed transport for football and was only 17 at time. Goodbye AustinRover....
Originally posted by braz
Had one for 6mths only 49000 on clock
Damnit, will you stop copying me? :p ;) :D :D
Originally posted by Pete C
Damnit, will you stop copying me? :p ;) :D :D
OK if want specifics I think it was 49455 or similar and it was actually 8 months but off road for 2. And dont tell me yours was blue. and you actually was born in wales b 4 moving to avon. Your missus not blonde aswell.
Bought my bks may last year-1st or 2nd..:D
ps I know youve copied where i put tax disc cos I got all my parking permits down left side..:)
First car :
E reg Autin Metro city
998cc of raw metro power! I think it was blue but i was too afriad to wash it as when i did more paint came off :( my dad showed me how rusty it was by putting his hand through my front wing... surely there was a nicer way of showing that to me :confused:
couldnt drive the thing over 75 as it shook so badly i thought it was gonna fall apart. bout the only good things about it was petrol would last for ages :D and the car was free from my aunt!
bargin! even if it was a turd on wheels.........
Originally posted by braz
And dont tell me yours was blue
Nope - it was British Racing Green, and looked exactly like this one:
http://www.metroturbo.com/photos1.jpg
The bodykit, the graphics, everything, it's all completely standard :D
After it was stolen and crashed, I sold the engine to someone who was going to transplant it into his Mini :eek:
I know you're all gonna slate me a hell of a lot for this, but weren't maestro turbos quite quick, i saw one do 13.5 sqm at pod a couple of years back. Not that I'd ever have one of course!!!!!
Originally posted by moondogr
I know you're all gonna slate me a hell of a lot for this, but weren't maestro turbos quite quick, i saw one do 13.5 sqm at pod a couple of years back. Not that I'd ever have one of course!!!!!
Maestros were quick if you could control the scrabble off the line. Unfortunately they felt ill at the site of a bend and were as well put together as a wet cardboard box.
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