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#1 lewis

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Posted 12 July 2004 - 05:14 PM

hi turbo nuts, ive been looking at your site turbo phil and its spured me on to find a metro turbo unit and a mini so i can participate in the jersey hill climbs.

My question is how many metro turbo cars were made, i have no idea how rare they are but i would like to find one early next year and rip all neccesery parts out of it.

cheers all - lewis :grin:

#2 Wil_h

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Posted 13 July 2004 - 02:41 PM

I do like that mini you have as an Avatar. I see that was turbocharged in its day.

What class are you planning on entering? I assume hillclimbing in Jersy is held under MSA regulations. I run a 998turbo in the upto 1400 modprod class.

As for Metro Turbo availibility, I have no idea but most of the componet parts are reasonably easy to get hold of. In any case if you want decent power you can chuck a load of the metro stuff away to start off with and it's just as easy to build a new engine rather than use a metro block etc.

www.turbominis.co.uk is as good a place as any to place a wanted ad, and stuff pops up on ebay too.

Hope this helps

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Posted 13 July 2004 - 11:24 PM

thanks wil that is pretty helpful, still not sure what class i want to go in but i know that i want to participate in sprints and hill climbs etc, and when i get the money do the jersey rally. The only thing im worried about is where when and how am i going to find a metro turbo, do any of you have an idea of p%p on an engine

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Posted 14 July 2004 - 10:39 PM

i saw metro turbo engine on ebay last week for £170 dunno if its still up but ebay is another place to look




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