D155 JME MG Montego Turbo Is Back In My Hands

[maestego]

this was last year when i sold here when i had the 16" hairpins on here befor i changed them to back to crossspoke 15" out side my brothers flat with his old mk2 1600e now sold



picked up her today like this with rust starting to go on the n/s rear arch and n/s front bottom door and paint flacking in quite a few places(dam)


after a good polish and sweat it looks like this(dam)its got shine....

Edited by maestego on Tuesday 21st September 18:59

[robsco]

Looks so much nicer with the cross spokes.

[jamieleehodgson]

retro!!

not seen one of those on the road for at least 10 years... how many are left on the road?

[Hitler Hadrump]

CLASS.

[maestego]

my sweet rides

[soad]

robsco said:

Looks so much nicer with the cross spokes.

Ditto

What sort of power is the engine putting out?
I'm guessign it's a 2-litre engine with ~150bhp?
Purely guessing as know nothing about these cars.

[maestego]

soad said:

robsco said:

Looks so much nicer with the cross spokes.

Ditto

What sort of power is the engine putting out?
I'm guessign it's a 2-litre engine with ~150bhp?
Purely guessing as know nothing about these cars.

standard 150bhp and yes 2-litre turbo 8v
white led ring/spot lights fitted with montego mounting bracket

[BDR529]

Looking good.

How rare are these? I don't think I've ever seen one in real life.

[5potTurbo]

"DISS (J) ME" ?

[dannytherev]

from me

[jamieleehodgson]

No meastro??

werent the meastro turbos circa 7s 0-60? quite something back then!

[Beyond Rational]

Did they all come with a Paris-Dakar height suspension setup?

[maestego]

Beyond Rational said:

Did they all come with a Paris-Dakar height suspension setup?

the suspension is staying like it for the moment as its a soft ride over the speed hump+a nice drive as i had mg maestro efi turbo converted was 2" slammed and it was a very hard ride....

im getting a replacement bonnet soon as this one is abit rusty+got to get the grill sprayed and put a new badge on.

[falkster]

Brilliant!!! My dad had two, champagne efi on a B plate and a silver D plate turbo.
Never seen a car rust within 18 months of being new though.
I was only 11 and 13 when he had them so didn't know anything about car but I know he had the turbo breathed on by some company that specialised in rovers, maestros, metros and montegos. Motobuild? or something similar!
It went like the clappers!!!

[Piersman2]

I had a black 2.0 MG Efi back in the day.

Bought with 90K on the clock, went well, only real problem was that the fan didn't blow, so winters in Aberdeen were a chilly affair! LOL

[maestego]

few pic of engine bay after I sorted out a few problems with piping and the backfiring it had due to rotorarm broken and dizzy cap naffed+leads so changed all of that and now much much better

[Jumturbo]

Beyond Rational said:

Did they all come with a Paris-Dakar height suspension setup?

Nah.....some came like this!




Nice to see you got D155 back. Looked pretty tidy last time I saw it in you're posession. Maybe D155 and Jum will meet at the next big show!Twin turbos!;)

Edited by Jumturbo on Sunday 26th September 16:46

Edited by Jumturbo on Sunday 26th September 16:48

[maestego]

yes they will meet up at some point,i'll be taking her up to mal's barn at weatherby if you fancy a trip to the barn soon....
i'm going up there to fit a bonnet and bring back my other leather seat+odds and sodds aswell,we could meet up then???? and take a few nice pic's!!!

[Swoxy]

Your neighbours must love you! Is that a Rover 214 in your drive?

[Jumturbo]

maestego said:

yes they will meet up at some point,i'll be taking her up to mal's barn at weatherby if you fancy a trip to the barn soon....
i'm going up there to fit a bonnet and bring back my other leather seat+odds and sodds aswell,we could meet up then???? and take a few nice pic's!!!

Yeah, let me know when you're going up. If it's a nice day I'll take Jum for a blast!