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![]() Regular Posts: 208 ![]() ![]() Location: High Peak Derbyshire | Reshell it with one of these, Hello everyone.![]() (Copy of IMG_0121.jpg) Attachments ---------------- ![]() | ||
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![]() Flying a Spitfire Posts: 5097 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: birmingham | at least its not a mini... still a stupid thing to say on a metro forum.. otherwise this would be called midaspower.. | ||
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![]() drive it like its hired ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | nah not the best thing to do with a metro, might as well just buy a mgf, thats just my opinion, anyway welcome to metro power ![]() | ||
Midas![]() |
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![]() Regular Posts: 208 ![]() ![]() Location: High Peak Derbyshire | I'm only joking guys, I know how much you all love your metro's. I'd have one of those 1.8 K-series ones like the Talon, I saw it lapping Donington a couple of weeks ago, seems to go OK for a Metro ![]() | ||
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![]() Flying a Spitfire Posts: 5097 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: birmingham | what engine you got in the midas? what sort of quater miles does it run? | ||
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![]() MetroPower Bouncer ™ Forum Admin ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Gloucester @ Da Ghetto. Innit. | I think thats a beast, and I'd rather see that than a rusty 1.1 Metro! At least it's unique, and it is still a Metro at heart. ![]() LT | ||
Midas![]() |
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![]() Regular Posts: 208 ![]() ![]() Location: High Peak Derbyshire | It has a rather worn MED 1380 in at the moment, I'm sure it's a two stroke, it uses gallons of oil, so off the road at the moment, I might just stick a spare 1275 in for now. No idea on a 1/4 mile time, not really that quick, 0-60 used to be about 8.5 secs, some owners have managed to fit the K-series engine and subframe, but it isn't an easy job. It looks a lot faster than it really is, resonable top speed though due to better aerodynamics than a metro. | ||
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![]() ADMIN Posts: 2366 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Chesterfield ish kinda sort of | I'd do a swap for it any day ![]() | ||
Hell Boy![]() |
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New user Posts: 4 | I saw one of those in white, on the Motorway near Barnsly. My first thought was, I wouldn't want to have a crash in that!! ![]() | ||
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![]() Veteran Posts: 391 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Back in my home turf! | Is it front wheel drive or rear wheel drive? | ||
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Its better than some of the things we have had said about metros.. For me the best thing to do with a metro is to step away... and leave the cheque book at home.. Nice car though but not my cup of tea... | |||
Midas![]() |
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![]() Regular Posts: 208 ![]() ![]() Location: High Peak Derbyshire | Hello everyone, It's front wheel drive, It's almost as heavy as a Metro too, a very strong shell, I think a side impact is the one I'd fear most. I had a ride in three Midas cars at the weekend, two of them were full hydro-gas, one felt awful, and the other really really nice, I'm surprised at how good a well set-up hyrdo car can be, the third had springs front and rear and was a bit poor to be honest, too much damping on the front and too soft and low on the back, for fans of hydro-gas that was the car that turned out to be the best. My ideal Metro would be a White Mk2 turbo but with K-series running gear. | ||
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Regular Posts: 148 ![]() ![]() Location: enfield | that is Sh*t ugly never turn a metro into one of them ![]() | ||
Midas![]() |
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![]() Regular Posts: 208 ![]() ![]() Location: High Peak Derbyshire | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, a Metro is just a little tin-box. | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 3670 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Worlingham | I think its awesome, would have one any day of the week! well if it was k-series powered ![]() | ||
Midas![]() |
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![]() Regular Posts: 208 ![]() ![]() Location: High Peak Derbyshire | This is the K-series version, as you can see not nice at all, a shame they didn't keep the looks of the A-series powered one.![]() (bluecortez.jpg) Attachments ---------------- ![]() | ||
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![]() drive it like its hired ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | that is tragic, that convertible behind looks like a ka convertible ![]() | ||
Midas![]() |
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![]() Regular Posts: 208 ![]() ![]() Location: High Peak Derbyshire | Hi richard, are these the brackets that Pete is sorting? | ||
Midas![]() |
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![]() Regular Posts: 208 ![]() ![]() Location: High Peak Derbyshire | Another one, these are photos of photos taken a few years ago, the car looks in a sorry state now, hopefully a good polish will bring it back up to scratch.![]() (Copy of IMG_0120.jpg) Attachments ---------------- ![]() | ||
Midas![]() |
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![]() Regular Posts: 208 ![]() ![]() Location: High Peak Derbyshire | Here's the interior![]() (Copy (2) of IMG_0110_edited.jpg) Attachments ---------------- ![]() | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 3670 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Worlingham | eurgh, well just stick a k in the place of the a ![]() | ||
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Expert Posts: 9862 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Cornwall | Midas - 1/10/2006 8:06 PM My ideal Metro would be a White Mk2 turbo but with K-series running gear. nice intro and thanks for almost describing my car, just i wouldnt want to break a metro turbo to build a project like that!!! Ralph (metro.JPG) Attachments ---------------- ![]() | ||
Midas![]() |
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![]() Regular Posts: 208 ![]() ![]() Location: High Peak Derbyshire | Very interesting conversion Ralph, I've been searching for your thread on that since I saw you mention it on the turret post, search doesn't seem to work very well for me so I haven't seen it yet. I'd be very interested in that. A few people have managed to do the conversion on a Midas too, as you say not that easy. I wouldn't describe doing it to a turbo as breaking, more bringing the car bang up-to date and ditching that well past it's sell by-date A-series engine. can you post me a link to your thread please. Thanks Stuart. | ||
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Expert Posts: 9862 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Cornwall | Midas - 2/10/2006 6:16 PM Very interesting conversion Ralph, I've been searching for your thread on that since I saw you mention it on the turret post, search doesn't seem to work very well for me so I haven't seen it yet. I'd be very interested in that. A few people have managed to do the conversion on a Midas too, as you say not that easy. I wouldn't describe doing it to a turbo as breaking, more bringing the car bang up-to date and ditching that well past it's sell by-date A-series engine. can you post me a link to your thread please. Thanks Stuart. i have no idea how hard it would be to do on a midas cause i dotn know anything about them, the main problem is they are bigger! the subframe on k series tros is bigger to so it will not fit inside the crossmember, infact will not even fit inside the front valence! as far as a series engines being out of date, they are old but i think theya re still good little engines, can you throw a 285 cam in a k series engine and just tune it up and off you go?? no you cant! to do it properly you need a full new injection system costing £2000 or what ever, with the a series u can get a new carb needle for £8! i spent about 4 years fafing about with the a series engine and they are great engines to learn on and very hard to break engines! there are few threads on my car in the technical section and i can no more be botherd to find them then u can!! when you learn to respect metros i will find them for you ![]() Ralph Edited by ralphh85 3/10/2006 1:24 PM | ||
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