Nathan
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Hi All New to the siteNathan
@bgtmidget7476
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Aug 17, 2004 11:07:10 GMT
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Hi all i am new to the site just thought i would give a big hi out.  |
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Aug 17, 2004 11:14:06 GMT
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Hi! Welcome. An MG man? Interesting! Are your MGs modified very much? If you look a couple of pages back, we had a thread on here a while back talking about what we thought would be cool to do to old MGs.
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Nathan
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Hi All New to the siteNathan
@bgtmidget7476
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Aug 17, 2004 11:20:22 GMT
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Yer have Modded em Slightly At the moment the main project is the BGT Modds: Interior · Full Leather interior White Piped seats · Classic Race bucket seats · Full Harness set · Moto Lita Classic Wood Steering wheel · Shortened Gear leaver (removed) Exterior · MGC Front springs accompanied by KONI Classic Dampers · Standard Leaf Springs with Adjustable Spax Dampers · Sebring Front valence bolted to steel cooler Valance (Taken off) · V8 Disks · EBC Pads · Standard Callipers · Standard rear Drums With 20% Carbon Pads · Limited edition Rear Bumper (6 months production time) · Oversized Front anti-Roll Bar · Fast Road Poly Urethane Bushes All round · Full Bear metal Restoration and Spray · Oversized MGC MagLite Wheels · Kenlowe Fan Kit · Full under Body Neon Kit Mechanical · Fully rebuilt B - Series Engine 1800cc · Fully Rebuilt Dual SU Carbs with custom Lathed Needles · Limited Slip Diff · Uprated Rear half shafts Soon to be Added · Dcoe Or Metro Turbo Unit · Full roll cage img78.photobucket.com/albums/v299/bgtmidget/Car1.jpg --- Midget img78.photobucket.com/albums/v299/bgtmidget/Car2.jpgI Have some better Photos which i al going to Mail on here to the Gallery |
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Aug 17, 2004 11:23:57 GMT
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Hi and welcome. Do you read Practical Classic by any chance........  |
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Higgim
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Aug 17, 2004 11:24:31 GMT
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You'll win some fans on here with the Neons. Thats bound to annoy some of the buffers ;D Get that Metro turbo unit fitted sharpish... |
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Vorsprung Dub Technik
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Nathan
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Hi All New to the siteNathan
@bgtmidget7476
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Aug 17, 2004 11:28:53 GMT
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LOL Thought it would but hey you should see it when there on.
yer the turbo is what i would pefer but its finding one at a good price kinda getting hard to track also Inlet is the issue.
Yep mate i do read it just got the new one today and saw the addy for the site so thought may as well considereing round not that many sites for modded retro cars. i did go to the show at santa pod but i snaped a half shaft just as i drove in the night b4 and by the time i go the replacement it was too late to go on the track
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Nathan
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Hi All New to the siteNathan
@bgtmidget7476
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Aug 17, 2004 11:41:55 GMT
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Forgot to Put I have owned MG's since i was 16 the first was that midget. Then i got the GT when i was at UNI still have em both and have both been restored by myself cant beat good old cars
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Aug 17, 2004 11:51:20 GMT
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I'll have an ask around a few mates to see if they've got a Turbo unit 'lying' around!
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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Aug 17, 2004 11:52:08 GMT
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You started young too? I got my first Imp when I was in my mid teens, I think (I might be wrong!) and I never got over them! ;D
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Aug 17, 2004 11:54:35 GMT
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Got my first Mini at the age of 15!
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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Aug 17, 2004 11:58:40 GMT
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See what I mean? I think it might have been 13 that I first got an Imp come to think of it, but it wasn't road legal, it was really just another knackered old racer that I spent ages tinkering with, it never made it to the road (Bloody government wouldn't even send me any details , let alone a logbook!)
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Aug 17, 2004 12:00:18 GMT
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In my dreams I got a Car in my Mid-Teens, in reality, i'm still waiting  Welcome btw! |
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Aug 17, 2004 12:02:09 GMT
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Isn't the Metro turbo a bit small to go on a 1.8? No idea what they have on them originally mind but 1275 to 1798 is a big jump in capacity.
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Aug 17, 2004 12:02:49 GMT
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I dismantled my first engine at the age of 13! Never learnt how to put it back together until I was 15 though!
I'm gonna have to remember to scan in some pics of my first Mini!
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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Aug 17, 2004 12:05:13 GMT
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Isn't the Metro turbo a bit small to go on a 1.8? No idea what they have on them originally mind but 1275 to 1798 is a big jump in capacity. Nah, IIRC the same Turbo unit from the Metty was used on the 1997cc Maestro and Montego Turbo's. I think he may be on about transplanting the whole top end of a Metty Turbo engine anyway! |
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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Nathan
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Hi All New to the siteNathan
@bgtmidget7476
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Aug 17, 2004 12:05:15 GMT
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Thats Sounds Cool Mate thanks...
yer was the same with the midget was 2 weeks before my 17th and my dad drove it back from Brummy with a gaping hole in the floor we got it back and striped the little thing (luckly took pictures of the whole process)
it was a sorry looking car back then, About Jan of the following year it was sprayed and put back together and i had passed my test, Rag top car all my mates loved it then over the years deciided to add small bits roll bar Cobra Seats new engine, Love that little car. I put her in Dry store about a year ago made sure she was jacked up and all the wheels off it will be out next year,luckly its in perfect condition so no need to restore I kinda put her on a back burner due to the GT taking up most weekend time and money cus it was a wreck ;D
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Nathan
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Posts: 5,626
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Hi All New to the siteNathan
@bgtmidget7476
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Aug 17, 2004 12:07:05 GMT
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Naa its fine mate, i have seen that Turbo on a 2.0 Pinto before and ahh my god was it fast, Just sourcing an inlet
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Nathan
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Hi All New to the siteNathan
@bgtmidget7476
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Aug 17, 2004 12:09:57 GMT
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Never thought about the woth the top end, Humm now theres a thought..........
I have seen a GT with the turbo on with a custom inlet,,
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Aug 17, 2004 12:12:34 GMT
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Welcome to the board,.. hope you enjoy yourself  |
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Aug 17, 2004 12:13:34 GMT
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In my dreams I got a Car in my Mid-Teens, in reality, i'm still waiting Welcome btw! Oh it was no dream car, my first Imp! It cost £50 from an owner who planned to start racing it again after a rebuild, but ended up in financial trouble because of a different project. It was pretty rapid, but the rust in the floor was awful, the brakes were well and truly done, the clutch was harder than granite, and I nearly got carbon monoxide poisoning from the really smoky engine (one of a few occasions that's happened to me with Hillman Imps now that I think of it! ;D) And yet I'm still obsessed! |
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