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[Sammy D]

Sitting in my garage is a mint 1275 lump from a Metro. The car read 65000, however, it was an Austin. After some engine number checks I've found the engine to actually be one from an MG Metro. I think it must have had a new engine, perhaps a brand new one? It just looks so clean, everything, the core plugs are still shiney, the crank case breathers look clean enough to eat from.

Anyway, it's sitting there with the coil, dizzy (doesn't have any points??? would it be electronic?) alternator, starter etc.

I need a carb, that's all. I will be fitting a FreeFlow manifold, MSC inlet and RC40..

Other than that, what shall I do with it?

Seeing as it's on the garage floor I might as well have a play with it.

I want s/c drop gears, deff. Love the sound of them, also thinking of a scatter cam. I will probably leave the head as it is, or I might try to source a 2nd hand jobbie of eBay.

Samm

[daniel_johno]

s/c drops wouldnt be to big a job to fit apart from getting off the 1st motion shaft nut which is torqued to 150lb/ft i think.

As for the cam, scatter cams (as well as standard cams) can be quite uncivilsed at low revs and idle although once to speed they will be amazing. If its for round the town why not try the likes of a SW5 or kent 266 (which is very similar to the standard MG n/a metro cam) as then you will have round town drivability and a decent level of torque higher up in the rev range.

hope this helps

Daniel

[Guess-Works.com]

If you have the time available, strip it and rebuild it...

There's absolutely no point upgrading an engine without making sure the bottom end is OK to start with...