ratty
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Apr 10, 2008 11:57:38 GMT
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A little spec run down 2.0L 8V twin carb turbo Low comp Lightened balanced bottom end Lightened flywheel AP paddle clutch Huge rad and intercooler Leda adjustable suspension 900lb rear springs 600lb front springs Twin arb setup on the rear Maestro van rear drums Compbrake B16 front calipers with 285mm discs Evo 1 wheels with 888 tyres Exterior   Mission control   Stoppers   New wheels  On the rollers  Power  Noisy video  |
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Last Edit: May 30, 2010 20:00:01 GMT by ratty
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Icey
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Apr 10, 2008 12:01:50 GMT
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Stupidly insane ;D
Always makes me chuckle to myself when I see it....
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Apr 10, 2008 12:27:04 GMT
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Very nice, loving the mods, I'm guessing its a factory Maestro turbo? Any close up pictures of the engine? We got a tatty red MG Maestro turbo, #234 or 505. have you seen www.maestroturbo.org.uk/ as they like to know how many of the 505 still exist if you havn't told them your reg already. |
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ratty
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Apr 10, 2008 12:33:20 GMT
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Its not a 505 but originally a 1.6 Advantage Engine shot before repainting and tiding up so please excuse the messy wiring etc as it was in development stage at this time  |
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Speedle
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Apr 10, 2008 12:53:04 GMT
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awesome! do love these cars!
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DutyFreeSaviour
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Apr 10, 2008 13:18:48 GMT
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You're off your head son - shonky my  That's a sweet motor, looks to be producing some serious power from that dyno readout. You obviously use it in anger - anything to report on the antics? |
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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ratty
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Apr 10, 2008 13:22:44 GMT
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Nowt special to report, the norm is fix it, thrash it, fix it and repeat lol Its got a good few Cossie scalps under its belt now and the old 1.8vvc track Metro  Coming up is a charity event in Wales where I'll get to go head to head with a 280bhp road going Maestro |
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Apr 10, 2008 21:57:15 GMT
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Thats some industrial sized intercooler and radiator!!!
Twin carb set up looks very intresting, how did you make the inlet?
It may not be a 505 but I couldn't tell, and you done a great job on it and looks fab in black.
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ratty
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Apr 10, 2008 22:14:07 GMT
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Its 2 seperate modified inlet manifolds from either an old rover or triumph I cant remember which
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Scruffy
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Apr 13, 2008 22:24:59 GMT
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Hi Ratty.. Nice to see another Maestro on here. The car speaks for itself Really is great looking..! Interesting to see the gear linkage has been move up into the car.. Why is that? |
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ratty
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The gear lever was moved inside to provide clearance for the 3" exhaust to run down the tunnel and through the spare wheel well. The single silencer is in the wheel well see below  |
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I love this car! Lots of great engineering, the twin SU st up is ace  It must be an absolute monster on the track! |
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Something I've always wanted to say...... I learned to drive in one of those ;-)
Looks a bit different to my Learner car... It looks the nuts
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hammoj28
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Apr 18, 2008 23:32:22 GMT
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Thats decent power. Looks really good. I like the twin carb setup too. Just noticed its the same plenums as the metty turbos.
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Apr 21, 2008 22:13:17 GMT
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i was temted to buy those wheels for my car when i saw them on ebay didn;t realise that they were 4x114 on a meastro , my old man had an mg when i was a kid he loved it to bits as did we he used to wheel spin it on command all the time ! i think he had just as much fun as we did those were the days! top motor by the way and if you change your mind on the wheels drop me a pm
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Apr 22, 2008 11:42:01 GMT
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holy! god! poo poo! wahoo!
Ace bit of engineering mate, Nice work!
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Apr 22, 2008 20:12:20 GMT
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I was temted to buy those wheels for my car when I saw them on ebay didn;t realise that they were 4x114 on a meastro , my old man had an mg when I was a kid he loved it to bits as did we he used to wheel spin it on command all the time ! I think he had just as much fun as we did those were the days! top motor by the way and if you change your mind on the wheels drop me a pm The Maestro van mayby that PCD, But the regular maestro is 95.25mm X4 as is the Montego, K-Metro, MGF elise TR7 |
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ratty
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Apr 24, 2008 11:13:47 GMT
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Correct, the gooon use modified van drive flanges and van rear drums
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ratty
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May 27, 2009 17:57:16 GMT
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