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[Purple Tom]

Hey,

Was down my local scrappers this morning, and found this:



A pristine looking Allegro 1275 A-Series. The car had 34000 miles on the clock, the yard wants £50 for the engine/box complete.

Is it worth getting? I can't remember if there's anything special about the Allegro engines, I don't think there is though. It has normal pot joints on, and the oil looks in good nick. Also the head is a rather large casting near the thermostat housing, I couldn't read if it was a 12G940 or not as it wasn't visible under the rockers. The block has also had a skim at some point in its life too, as there's no engine number plate and visible machining marks where the number would be.

Worth getting do you think?

Ta

Tom

[Ollie180]

its a cooper head :tongue: thats all i would no about it :smartass: (thermostat is pointing straight) :tongue:

[ed4ran]

I think its defo worth it, all the 1275s are disappearing!! :sad:

[Guess-Works.com]

The only thing different will be the final drive which because of the size of the wheels is quite short, some are 4.3:1..

From the picture it looks like and a+, so will pertty much the same as a bog std metro engine...

anything over 50 notes leave it where it is..

[Guess-Works.com]

its a cooper head :tongue: thats all i would no about it :smartass: (thermostat is pointing straight) :tongue:

That just indicates it's a 1275 head, certainly not a cooper head...

[Bungle]

FOR £50 go for it :wink:

[Purple Tom]

excellent, well its tucked away in the corner and I don't think many people will look twice at an Allegro :grin:

I'm off soon I'll pop down get it then.

Cheers!

[Guess-Works.com]

I'll be up that way in an hour or so... may give you a buzz.. go for a scalp

[Woody]

allegro engines are what we used before metros were invented and before that was the austin 1300 (GT if you could find one )
I would say deffo go for it at £50
the cheapest 1275cc round here was £180 no gaurentee , bring it back for your money back whithin 7 days
I needed a 1275 for my flame red not long back , had to settle for a 1000
any body else wanted £400 or more PLUS carrage of upto £100 :sad:

[Sprocket]

Bought this before christmas for 20 notes as they are now getting rare. Keeping it for a very very very rainy day. Its a 1500 Maxi engine with a five speed gearbox

[Guess-Works.com]

that's alright, I bought a 1300GT for 16 notes

[Jammy]

*Jammy plays hand puppets, right hand representing Mini_Sprocket, left hand representing Guessworks.*

Right hand: Mines cheaper
Left hand: Mine was the better deal
Right hand: Mines bigger than yours
Left hand: Mines better!!


Tee hee. :tongue:

[Woody]

Allegro 1500cc engine wont go in without big mods plus a BIG bulge on bonnet also a very heavy unit .

[Jammy]

Wasn't the Allegro 1500 conversion like the Vtec of 15/20 years ago?

[Bungle]

yes :wink: