6r4 ?

wilky · Post by **wilky** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:15 pm

had a look at a 6r4 [and went for a test drive

]
does anyone know any thing about them
and any forum's .need to find out as much as poss
as i might be buying it if he will take a part ex for the escort
i know the road version had 250bhp .the fellow don't know what
power it is and on the log book say it's a 3 liter

fluke · Post by **fluke** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:27 pm

Not sure if thats any help mate.
http://www.rallysportnews.com.au/cms/A_ ... ticle.html

Squaddiemodo · Post by **Squaddiemodo** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:28 pm

I know its basicly the same engine that went in the XJ220 supercar.

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:34 pm

http://www.6r4.info/

wilky · Post by **wilky** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:55 pm

thank's for them link's fellow's, given me a lot of info

talkingcars · Post by **talkingcars** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:01 pm

There is also info here http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cambs.mgoc/fwd/fwdfaq.html - use the link on the left hand side

and here http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm - click on the austin/MG metro link and scroll down to 6R4

Drew · Post by **Drew** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:36 pm

http://forums.xpowerforums.com/

i think Jerry on X-power still has his. if not he had one for a while so should know a bit about owning / repairing one.

Drew

wilky · Post by **wilky** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:46 pm

thank's mate

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:31 pm

Drew wrote:http://forums.xpowerforums.com/

i think Jerry on X-power still has his. if not he had one for a while so should know a bit about owning / repairing one.

Drew

He does, but Jerry has since sold off XPowerForums so I believe (to Steve Childs / MGRover.Org) and has created his own site for his 6r4.

His screen name is E48 on the 6r4 forum.

HTH

BlueRover · Post by **BlueRover** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:18 pm

I always remember the saying" The 6R4 burns them all off". Little did they mean the engines. Ventilation was always a problem but a nice car all the same.

114gta · Post by **114gta** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:35 pm

Awesome, you lucky lucky bloke! How did it drive?

How much is it up for sale for, if you dont mind me asking?

NZ Rover 220 · Post by **NZ Rover 220** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:52 pm

Never driven one, but was lucky enough to be taken for a spin around the local race circuit in a Clubman spec a few years ago. Awesome fun - especially going sideways around the corners :mrgreen:

Gary

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:16 pm

but they are as ugly as a fiat multipla!

gav2pac · Post by **gav2pac** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:43 pm

i think they are rather sexy myself, would love to own one

NZ Rover 220 · Post by **NZ Rover 220** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:26 am

Sheaf wrote:but they are as ugly as a fiat multipla!

You deserved to be banned for a comment like that

Gary

Tom™ · Post by **Tom™** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:41 am

NZ Rover 220 wrote:
Sheaf wrote:but they are as ugly as a fiat multipla!

You deserved to be banned for a comment like that
Gary

bloody right

burn him

burn him

....

i mean

ban... ban him...

:twisted:

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:14 pm

Tomâ„¢ wrote:
bum him bum him bum him ....

Er, ok ...

Note to self: don't ever turn your back on Tom, especially if he tries the old "You dropped something" trick!

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:46 pm

Sorry, but it looks like somebody has taken a metro, fitted a stupid spoiler and a stupid bodykit.

If it was a corsa or a nova under that lot you'd all make out it's a chav-mobile.

I know they're stupidly fast, and that the bodywork is needed, so it's cool in that sense, but it does kinda look like a chav car. it's horrible.

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:47 pm

Also, what's with the snow plough on the front? :roll:

wilky · Post by **wilky** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:58 pm

114gta wrote::o Awesome, you lucky lucky bloke! How did it drive?

How much is it up for sale for, if you dont mind me asking?

well you get out deaf and stinking of oil and exhaust
my bone's felt like they were in my feet, and the break's are mad

the fellow was only taking to 6000 rpm an it was just starting to
come on song but he was changing gear [he were'nt the best of
driver's but it is worth a few quid]

it's up for Â£30,000 but i'am going to part ex my escort cossy

Hammie · Post by **Hammie** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:42 pm

as if! 30k for a metro!

never thought i'd see it!!

YES i know its a very special metro but a metro none the less!

nice piece of brittish motor heritage there, i sure they'd be a few collectors and museums willing to take it off your hands, Gaydon motor museum for example.

Matt

Beaker · Post by **Beaker** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:12 pm

Hammie wrote:as if! 30k for a metro!

It isn't a metro though, it is a 6r4. Yes it may share some body parts with the metro, but it also shares some with the maestro too,

Such a sexy beast and well worth the 30k.

wilky · Post by **wilky** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:47 pm

that's the beast

Squaddiemodo · Post by **Squaddiemodo** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:06 pm

Its just a glorious testament to the excesses of the group B rally car, and of the 80s

talkingcars · Post by **talkingcars** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:32 pm

It shares more with the maestro than the metro, the strange body kit is fuctional, not fantasy like a cavastic nova.

Post by **Cableguy** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:10 pm

talkingcars wrote:It shares more with the maestro than the metro, the strange body kit is fuctional, not fantasy like a cavastic nova.

Which bit is maestro , as its plain to see its a metro with a body kit. Mechanicals or something hidden ?

114gta · Post by **114gta** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:11 pm

Nice!

Sheaf - not nice.

114gta · Post by **114gta** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:21 pm

Cableguy wrote:
talkingcars wrote:It shares more with the maestro than the metro, the strange body kit is fuctional, not fantasy like a cavastic nova.

Which bit is maestro , as its plain to see its a metro with a body kit. Mechanicals or something hidden ?

The floor was meastro but itself is chopped up so it really resembles neither.

Podman · Post by **Podman** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:17 pm

We had a 2.5 and a 2.8 version we coudln't us eteh 3.0 version as they are not alowed in british rallys, I believe they still run em in ireland though. The 2.5 coudl kill the 2.8. What do you intend on using it for ?

NZ Rover 220 · Post by **NZ Rover 220** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:51 pm

I think my avatar says it all

Gary

Si · Post by Si » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:29 pm

NZ Rover 220 wrote:I think my avatar says it all
Gary

What? You're a fan of injector cleaners ?

talkingcars · Post by **talkingcars** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:12 pm

Cableguy wrote:
talkingcars wrote:It shares more with the maestro than the metro, the strange body kit is fuctional, not fantasy like a cavastic nova.

Which bit is maestro , as its plain to see its a metro with a body kit. Mechanicals or something hidden ?

Yeah, the floor started off being from a maestro but I guess they hade a seperate pressing in the end.

MGJohn · Post by **MGJohn** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:29 pm

Squaddiemodo wrote:Its just a glorious testament to the excesses of the group B rally car, and of the 80s

Yes, fully agree - makes the Subarus and Mitsubishis seen since the Rally rule changes back then appear a tad girlie and namby-pamby in comparison.

Anyone who ever heard one of those normally aspirated 'factory' 6R4s in action back then will never forget the superb sound of that engine's exhaust note. To my ears, one of the finest automotive sounds next to the individually tuned megaphone grand Prix motorcycle exhaust sounds from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s.

Most modern competition cars and bikes including F1 racers no longer make those superb sounds. Nice yes, but, not the same.

Thinks, if those rally rules had not been changed would EVOs and IMPREZAS have the same status as they have today .... doubt it.

Post by **Punx0r** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:33 pm

So is the 2.5 the 250 bhp "street" version?

Any chance of getting the 3.0 400hp 9000rpm version?

From http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cambs.mgoc/fwd/fwdfaq.html:

"You sould expect to pay between 12-15k (uk pounds) for a good 'tidy' example, the more well used Rallycross examples will be well below this"

Anyone else always wonder whatever happened to Computervision?

s0ck · Post by **s0ck** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:35 pm

You're giving up an escort cossie for what is, ultimately, a metro