jr
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[quote="martin-reyland"]Thought i would put this in the resto section in case anyones interested....







the above car was bought from the MG X Power closing down auction.
the plan is....
repaint in original Trophy yellow (going into the bodyshop this week),
fit latest type Mg bumpers (bought on e bay today)
fit Audi TT engine (mounts now done),
map engine on Pectel T2,
fit Brembo 4 pots with 330mm discs (ready in one week),
fit Discs on rear (bought and waiting),
fit electric p.a.s.,
fit stack dash,
compomotive 8x18's with 225 40 track tyres...
then give it loads on the track D:
[quote="martin-reyland"]
old mounting

gone!!

new mount (welding shite due to poor earth!!)spacers between mount are temporary.

original spastik wheel

original biscuit sized brake discs
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Robin
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how very random
should stop messing with shitty old rovers and get the escos done
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jr
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some people have said that, is understandable as cant see the escoss doing all the track days that martin does etc
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Joe
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Thats pretty cool, he seems to be one clever chap this guy.
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SyKaTurbo
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Will save judgement till its out of the bodyshop, looks a bit gash at the moment lol
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Robin
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but the escort is a weapon, it should be at EVERY track day EVER
whyever would he want something different for other track days?
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LAMM13
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whats a stack dash please?
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jr
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what tim_rd has
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SyKaTurbo
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one of these
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jr
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yes pics would have been good 
i thought it may look strange, but imagine it low with 18" mos on and i think it will look
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Marc
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A Rover 2.0 turbo would have kept in with the MG/Rover theme.
Is this the same 1.8T from the Metro?
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jr
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yep it was the 1.8t planned for the metro
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