RE: MST blows our minds with incoming Metro 6R4
Discussion
I think £300k is good value, especially in contrast with the £720,000 subaru resto - https://www.appreciating-classics.com/car/prodrive...
wpa1975 said:
Exactly, thread already running, can the Mods lock this one please…..
British Beef said:
I used to have one of these....... well nearly...... mine was the Metro 1.1S :-) Never did figure out what S stood for.
Back in the good old days when I could fill the tank and still have change from £20 for a Mars bar and coke!!!
Excuse me, don't mean to burst your bubble but I think you'll find that your Metro 1.1S was not like one of these, whereas my MG Metro 1.3 was almost an exact replica (bar the bodywork, engine, transmission, interior, and probably being >400bhp down). If you look at the link above to the one on Race Cars Direct, it clearly states that it is a 'MG Metro 6R4' Back in the good old days when I could fill the tank and still have change from £20 for a Mars bar and coke!!!
Reckon your good old days were better than mine though, what with you being able to fill the tank - I used to try and scrabble together £5 with a mate of mine which gave us enough petrol for the week - the joys of being 17!
thegreenhell said:
If you're trying to build a new one from scratch, there's no off-the-shelf transmission available to replicate the unique 4WD layout on these, and even a 2WD would be difficult to do in the space available. The original 6R4 isn't mid-engined; the engine sits on top of the rear axle, literally. There isn't room to have the engine in the middle with gearbox behind, so the gearbox was in front of the engine with a short offset propshaft from the transfer case to the rear diff, which was bolted to the side of the engine sump, with one driveshaft passing through the sump. You'd need an original 6R4 gearbox and transfer case, then a modified pass-through sump on whatever engine you chose to use.
The easiest route to a mid-engine Metro would be to use a transverse setup and just be RWD. I've seen one with a transverse Rover V8 on a Rover 200 Turbo gearbox in a modified MGF subframe, but the choices of transverse engine/gearbox are almost limitless.
Would the 4wd system in longitudinal Audis work, with the final drive inverted? A mate had an A6 with a V6 and the engine was soooo far forward in the engine bay, that once reversed I'd expect the engine - axle placement in a 6R4 could be close enough to fettle the final few cm with CV joints.The easiest route to a mid-engine Metro would be to use a transverse setup and just be RWD. I've seen one with a transverse Rover V8 on a Rover 200 Turbo gearbox in a modified MGF subframe, but the choices of transverse engine/gearbox are almost limitless.
If not that, perhaps a Subaru 4wd system? I seem to recall they have the engine in front of the gearbox.
WCZ said:
I think £300k is good value, especially in contrast with the £720,000 subaru resto - https://www.appreciating-classics.com/car/prodrive...
Agree when you put it like that and I recall thr stratos based on a ferrari 360 was similar 500k plus
normalbloke said:
wpa1975 said:
Exactly, thread already running, can the Mods lock this one please…..Everyone on the other thread is asking - what engine?
CanAm said:
See the other PH thread. Audi 3-litre V6.
A lot more information besides:https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
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