MG Montego Turbo
Discussion
Jumturbo said:
All the more reason to put it back to standard and remove all the "Halfords Ram-Raid" bits.
Lovely condition car and I know they really suffered with the tin worm.
Truly rare car though and got to be worth decent money now too.
Put it back to standard though!!
nick_mcuk said:
All the more reason to put it back to standard and remove all the "Halfords Ram-Raid" bits.
Lovely condition car and I know they really suffered with the tin worm.
Truly rare car though and got to be worth decent money now too.
Put it back to standard though!!
It is pretty much standard except for the wheels which of course are just a nut and bolt mod. The boot spoiler I prefer to standard as it looks better, isn't heavy and doesn't hold water (This is a Rover item too). Apart from lowered springs, boost guage and some engine bay bling it's all standard so easily put back, but that would be boring! And for what reason anyway? Oh, the paint is non standard too - Range Rover Wimbledon Green, very similar to BRG but miles nicer in the sun! The wheels I love, but some hate, but that's fine by me - I'm not someone that cares much about what others think! Lovely condition car and I know they really suffered with the tin worm.
Truly rare car though and got to be worth decent money now too.
Put it back to standard though!!
Edited by Jumturbo on Wednesday 25th July 20:26
Love these cars, my Dad was never into cars and when I passed my test he bought a 1.3 maestro which to be fair at the time I was pretty pleased being able to drive around in, but the montego was always a car that got my juices flowing I remember the adverts for the 1.6 compared it to the sierra and cavalier and it was significantly quicker to 60 than it's competitors which at 17 makes a big impression!
The montego turbo was the car I broke my 100 lepton cherry in along the m25 in fact I remember an indicated 125 leptons at which point the motorway veered around to the left and I promptly shat my pants LOL!!
Great to see this on the road, for me I would really want the flat alloys these came with before the spokes, in fact the more standard it is the cooler it becomes!!!!
Great car, love it
The montego turbo was the car I broke my 100 lepton cherry in along the m25 in fact I remember an indicated 125 leptons at which point the motorway veered around to the left and I promptly shat my pants LOL!!
Great to see this on the road, for me I would really want the flat alloys these came with before the spokes, in fact the more standard it is the cooler it becomes!!!!
Great car, love it
Wow memories! When I was 14 and my sister 17 she had a boyfriend with a montego complete with massive bass tubes. Even at that age I was unimpressed but I did have a ride in a (very racist) mechanics maestro turbo a couple of years later and loved it - i thought it was proper fast back then! Boo to keeping it standard It looks great as it is.
No to pictures of my sister!
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No to pictures of my sister!
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I know that it's been a while since anyone's posted in this topic, but I came across it when doing some research on this: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C342682
Seems like a lot of work has gone into it, I just wondered if anyone recognised it?
Seems like a lot of work has gone into it, I just wondered if anyone recognised it?
FRA53R said:
I know that it's been a while since anyone's posted in this topic, but I came across it when doing some research on this: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C342682
Seems like a lot of work has gone into it, I just wondered if anyone recognised it?
Yep I do, many years ago i helped him with some running issues, this was when it used to be Caribbean Blue, he had it painted the original colour, lots of money spent on this car and worth the asking price. Seems like a lot of work has gone into it, I just wondered if anyone recognised it?
I had one and loved it. Black, with modified boost, it was quick. It amazed me how well it got it's power down, hardly any torque steer. I think the later ones like mine had been modified in some way because the earlier ones had terrible torque steer - I remember seeing a white one literally going from one side of the road to the other. I had a few problems. For some reason it never had a fuel filter, so the carb blocked up with rust from the fuel tank ( soon rectified with an inline filter), also I got through two ignition modules and the silver ones (as opposed to black) were harder to get hold of.
BL cars had their faults but one thing I liked about them was the huge interior space. The Montego was really comfortable too. I drove from Essex to Scotland on one memorable trip and remember playing with a Golf GTI. I'd let him overtake then blow him away up the long climbing gradients on the M73, then wait for him to catch up, then do the same again. Poor sod.
That O series sounded nice and it was a good strong engine. I think it had a Garrett T3 turbo which is fairly big for that size engine, so there would be a bit of lag, then relentless shove in the back. Great fun. OK they didn't have monster power, but cars then were much lighter, so not significantly slower.
OP, great to see one again in such good condition.
BL cars had their faults but one thing I liked about them was the huge interior space. The Montego was really comfortable too. I drove from Essex to Scotland on one memorable trip and remember playing with a Golf GTI. I'd let him overtake then blow him away up the long climbing gradients on the M73, then wait for him to catch up, then do the same again. Poor sod.
That O series sounded nice and it was a good strong engine. I think it had a Garrett T3 turbo which is fairly big for that size engine, so there would be a bit of lag, then relentless shove in the back. Great fun. OK they didn't have monster power, but cars then were much lighter, so not significantly slower.
OP, great to see one again in such good condition.
Thanks for the latest posts;) Not been on here for a while, so almost forgot that I started this thread
. A bit miffed at the crap weather we've had this year. I had the car taxed, Mot'd and insured ready for the summer but went absolutely nowhere in Jum! Personally don't see the attraction of driving a hundred odd miles in the pouring rain to go wheel-spinning round a muddy field!
I blew the turbo last year giving it jip on a local bypass. It blew big style and the outcome was a litre or two of oil dumped into my lovely stainless exhaust! I replaced the turbo before last summer, but despite trying to burn the remaining oil off by covering a few hundred miles, it still smokes like a chimney when hot and at tickover, much to the annoyance of the people behind at the lights! Think I'll have to remove the exhaust to clean it properly, ready for this summer! Let's hope we get a good un'
. A bit miffed at the crap weather we've had this year. I had the car taxed, Mot'd and insured ready for the summer but went absolutely nowhere in Jum! Personally don't see the attraction of driving a hundred odd miles in the pouring rain to go wheel-spinning round a muddy field! I blew the turbo last year giving it jip on a local bypass. It blew big style and the outcome was a litre or two of oil dumped into my lovely stainless exhaust! I replaced the turbo before last summer, but despite trying to burn the remaining oil off by covering a few hundred miles, it still smokes like a chimney when hot and at tickover, much to the annoyance of the people behind at the lights! Think I'll have to remove the exhaust to clean it properly, ready for this summer! Let's hope we get a good un'These engines are prone to smoking if the breather system is not up to scratch or been messed with. The 3 way red/black valve located under the OE air filter box is crucial, as it prevents blow by from being sucked into the inlet manifold. When the valve fails it allows fumes/oil directly into the manifold, doesnt need much oil and it will smoke quite a bit, more so on the over-run and idle when vacuum is strongest. The idea is that the pipe from the manifold draws fumes out of the crankcase but goes into the air intake, this is why the intercoolers were prone to pooling of oil and you would always see oil inside the inlet with the filter removed. Its worthwhile checking the breather system as it will place extra stress on the turbo seals via the oil return, if crankcase pressure is high, oil will not be able to return to the sump properly.
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