Metro modprod hillclimb/sprint VVC/6R4-ish thing...
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 6:45 am
Just thought I'd let you know about a slightly unusual Metro project that I am building.
It all started when I decided to get back into motorsports after a few years off. My last creation (a Scimitar with not-a-lot of Scimitar left in it and usung a Cosworth engine) won its class everywhere it went despite many people saying it was a daft idea.
A friend was selling a VVC MGTF that he had been driving in the road car classes, so I bought it and enjoyed myself for a season. It was, however, not a slick-shod modified production car so I had to make some changes. No use running it as a modified sports car because of Westfields, etc., so what to do?
The answer, of course, was a Metro Modified Production Saloon, using the VVC engine and transmission in a full ground-effect, 6R4 body-kitted, largely space-framed, very lightweight, highly modified chassis, sort of a thing!
I bought a little blue Metro from a bloke in the Midlands and pedalled it back to Scotland. It sat in the drive for a while until I got my thinking straight.
It needed to be stripped down to a bare shell and sand blasted.... and that revealed a collection of horror stories involving the tin worm.
It all started when I decided to get back into motorsports after a few years off. My last creation (a Scimitar with not-a-lot of Scimitar left in it and usung a Cosworth engine) won its class everywhere it went despite many people saying it was a daft idea.
A friend was selling a VVC MGTF that he had been driving in the road car classes, so I bought it and enjoyed myself for a season. It was, however, not a slick-shod modified production car so I had to make some changes. No use running it as a modified sports car because of Westfields, etc., so what to do?
The answer, of course, was a Metro Modified Production Saloon, using the VVC engine and transmission in a full ground-effect, 6R4 body-kitted, largely space-framed, very lightweight, highly modified chassis, sort of a thing!
I bought a little blue Metro from a bloke in the Midlands and pedalled it back to Scotland. It sat in the drive for a while until I got my thinking straight.
It needed to be stripped down to a bare shell and sand blasted.... and that revealed a collection of horror stories involving the tin worm.