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Old Nov 26, 2003 | 07:03 PM
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Nice MG Metro 6R4!!

Pristine condition,
-The car is factory build
-fiber panels are kevlar except back cover what is class fiber
-it has new 3.5 l DAM-engineering build engine
-ecu is MBE-programmable
-the driveline has big original differentials
-dog-box gears
-electrohydralic powersteering
-proflex adjustable suspension
-new big AP-racing brakes
-there are also some spares + wheels and tyres: slicks, rain, hevy rain, gravel and of course if needed ice.
in five years it has won over 30 tarmac sprint races and only "lost" three times (one time second and two times third)
-it has Finnish iceracing championship gold from years -97 , -01 and silver -98 , -02
The history of car goes somethin like this:
Pauli Silvennoinen used to participate with it to European championship rally race at first.
Then Saku Vierimaa / kari Kamarainen bought it from him and raced it.
Matti Santti who is current long time owner bought the car from Vierimaa.
The car is for sale because of a new project.
The total price is only 75 000 euros including all European taxes and fees.







http://www.carclassic.com/html/DM27.htm

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Old Nov 26, 2003 | 07:40 PM
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I know its a Metro but its the best type ever built IMO!!

Think the engine is the same as one of the 3ltr Jag engines!!

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Old Nov 26, 2003 | 08:45 PM
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dont supose you use it on the road, or is just track use? As someone on the GTiR forum got whipped by one of these on the motorway..
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Old Nov 26, 2003 | 08:57 PM
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SWEET!!!
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Old Nov 26, 2003 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan
I know its a Metro but its the best type ever built IMO!!

Think the engine is the same as one of the 3ltr Jag engines!!

Dan.
Its bearly a metro, i think just the doors and roof are the same, oh and the name!
Engine is V6, in the back.
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Old Nov 26, 2003 | 10:42 PM
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53000 pounds!!!!
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Old Nov 26, 2003 | 11:10 PM
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That one obv aint road legal/registered, but most 6R4 rallycars are, as they have to be.

And the engine is the basicly the one used in the Jag XJ220, just without the turbos.

Apart from some, like Will Gallops old Hill Climb one, which is over 900bhp with a modded XJ220 lump

BTW i know where theres a XJ220 engine for sale if anyone fancies it
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Old Nov 27, 2003 | 05:48 AM
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Let's see....

No parts, drivetrain, shell or parts from the Metro - but looks like a Metro on crack? Uhm, how is this a Metro???

A METRO!! Get real man!
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Old Nov 27, 2003 | 06:45 AM
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Metro 6R4.... fook these things are quick!
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Old Nov 27, 2003 | 06:17 PM
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The only thats is stock is the name metro!!!

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Old Nov 27, 2003 | 07:19 PM
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Bet this thing goes like stink doesn't it
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Old Nov 27, 2003 | 07:41 PM
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The Austin Metro was a horrible car, improving little in its looks through 20-odd years until its production, by then as the Rover 100, ceased in 1997. There was however a time when, bored with the daily grind, the devil himself visited the Austin works and went all Blue Peter on the little hatchback. He decided to eliminate the weight by making it all out of cereal packets and sticky backed plastic. Then he took out the weedy engine and dropped in a 410bhp V6 where the back seats should be. A bit of widening here and some aerodynamic accoutrements there and the 6R4 was born. A flared, snarling demon that the man downstairs is proud to call his own.
0-160 km/h(100 MPH) in 9 seconds!!!
0-100 km/h in 3.5 sec on all terrain!!!

You shoud fit some big turbo's and some rally slicks and you can kill all supercars!!







http://www.carenthusiast.com/marksim...john_price.mpg


http://www.carenthusiast.com/marksim...hard_moore.mpg

http://www.carenthusiast.com/marksim...ard_moore2.mpg

http://www.carenthusiast.com/marksim...art_larbey.mpg
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Old Nov 30, 2003 | 06:09 PM
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Old Nov 30, 2003 | 08:45 PM
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Old Nov 30, 2003 | 11:23 PM
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Fookin' mint

I'd love one of those
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 12:06 AM
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Steve

Will Gollops was a rally cross car not a hill climd remember seeing him battle with Martic Scanche at Lydden Hill.

Fooking fooking quick car
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 12:13 AM
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Jus for RS500....

This 6R4 was probably the most powerful 6R4 ever made and certainly the most successful. Its twin turbos produce approximately 750bhp at 2bar boost from its 2.4ltr engine. After winning the European Rallycross Championship two years on the trot, rule changes by the rallycross governing body forced Will Gollop to sell the car. It is now used in the Midlands Hill Climb Championship.

It was brought to POWERSTATION for a new Engine Management System as the original system was a derivative of the original 6R4 Lucas system. POWERSTATION fitted a modern MOTEC system which greatly improved the driveability of the engine. Full data logging facilities were also incorporated so detailed analysis of the run up the hill could be carried out.

Heres a pic of it in its original Rallycross colours, but its RED now its a hillclimber...


Some quality vids of the above car...

http://www.powerstation.org.uk/resources/6R4_1.mpg
http://www.powerstation.org.uk/resources/6R4_2.mpg
http://www.powerstation.org.uk/resources/6R4_3.mpg
http://www.powerstation.org.uk/resources/6R4_4.mpg

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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 12:16 AM
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Will Gollops was a rally cross car not a hill climd remember seeing him battle with Martic Scanche at Lydden Hill.

Fooking fooking quick car
See what i jus posted matey

WAS a rallycross, WAS WAS WAS
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 12:16 AM
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Sorry Steve didnt know it was now being used in hill climbs.

You got any custard to eat my humble pie with
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Top cars - but no room to put the shopping - or golf clubs

The windscreens are also original factory items

There were 3 of them out on the track day I went to (at Cadwell Park) on Saturday.

And Ł53k is cheap

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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 02:10 AM
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ive seen a red one (which i thought was twin turbo) do a hill climb. i cant remember which event it was but i do know it was the fastest thing off the line! i wish i had known more about cars at the time cause i just saw it as a feckin wicked 6r4 and thought they were all like that!

SHITE!!!!!!!!! ive just watched the 2nd video steve posted up and thats the track i saw it at!!!!!!!!! was a 750 motorclub event i think.... yep just checked, gurston down. thats an amazingly fast err climb too.
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Are u still on about this kak of a car?? It's a Metro on crack. What next? A Yugo?
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How many hp has the hilclimb 6R4?
Can someone post some pics of the hillclimb 6r4??
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These are just 2 of the ones that were at Cadwell last weekend

They are both owned by John (3rd from the left). He lent the yellow one out as a "prize drive" to Simon in the blue overalls

The white one came second & the yellow one came third on the event. Only beaten by an ex works Toyota Celica which was bloody quick when it passed us

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Originally Posted by RS500
How many hp has the hilclimb 6R4?
Can someone post some pics of the hillclimb 6r4??
Err are you blind?

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Jus for RS500....

This 6R4 was probably the most powerful 6R4 ever made and certainly the most successful. Its twin turbos produce approximately 750bhp at 2bar boost from its 2.4ltr engine. After winning the European Rallycross Championship two years on the trot, rule changes by the rallycross governing body forced Will Gollop to sell the car. It is now used in the Midlands Hill Climb Championship.

It was brought to POWERSTATION for a new Engine Management System as the original system was a derivative of the original 6R4 Lucas system. POWERSTATION fitted a modern MOTEC system which greatly improved the driveability of the engine. Full data logging facilities were also incorporated so detailed analysis of the run up the hill could be carried out.

Heres a pic of it in its original Rallycross colours, but its RED now its a hillclimber...


Some quality vids of the above car...

http://www.powerstation.org.uk/resources/6R4_1.mpg
http://www.powerstation.org.uk/resources/6R4_2.mpg
http://www.powerstation.org.uk/resources/6R4_3.mpg
http://www.powerstation.org.uk/resources/6R4_4.mpg
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Wasn't/Isn't the 6R4 the quickest production (homologation production) 0-60 accelerating car ever? Recorded a 2.45 0-60 in road trim?

It has the same 3.5litre V6 as the Jag XJ220 without the turbo's.... I thought the 6R4's were turbocharged? If not how could they make such ridiculous power and amazing performance stats?
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Originally Posted by Thrush
Wasn't/Isn't the 6R4 the quickest production (homologation production) 0-60 accelerating car ever? Recorded a 2.45 0-60 in road trim?
Thas news to me mate

Originally Posted by Thrush
It has the same 3.5litre V6 as the Jag XJ220 without the turbo's.... I thought the 6R4's were turbocharged? If not how could they make such ridiculous power and amazing performance stats?
Not turbod in the GrpB cars, homologation rules meant the engine was FAR to big to get passed the rules. MG/Rover decided a 3.5litre n/a car would be better than a 2.1 Turbo. They were wrong

The engine was then delevloped and turbod and became the XJ220 engine, which in turn found itself in 6R4s where the rules allowed.

And what ridiculous performance and power? 410bhp from 3.5litres is fuck all from a tuned n/a car...
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It also helps that they weigh fooooook allllll
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Old Dec 3, 2003 | 09:38 PM
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The metro v6 was basically a rover v8 with 2 cylinders lopped off.
The jag (xj220) uses the metro engine, (the metro doesn't use the jag engine )
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it *might* be this one, if not it looks quite similar!
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Thats the once mate, almost certain, nice1
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