Skyline sold to make way for....

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:36 pm

A 505 of course

Yup finally i have an O series original tickford maestro with 55k recorded miles from new, ive wanted one for the longest time(since my mum had a new one), and now shes here

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/Co ... C-020S.jpg

Running about 8psi on the md42 with 60trim, the torque is brutal already by tonight and 15psi, i cant imagine what itll be like, faster than anything ive driven by a long way.

Ahhhh the happyness.

Immediate plans are:

Flush Oil and coolant and refill and change oil filter. New plugs, flush breather system in particular, set up carb properly(in a bit of an odd state of tune at the mo), find out why the central locking fires when the window goes down(maybe rod is bent and under the window, stop the DV firing on practically any throttle but full.

Long term:

Boot floors coming away, sort that, big brakes(im sure theyre made of wood!), goodyear eagle f1 tyres all round, poly bushes, and make the engne bay like new, oh and ge a much quiter dump valve.

Thanks to Rick, a very nice chap, who didnt mind me and GK arriving at 10.30 pm on a sunday night.

Thanks to Gareth, i didnt even know there were that many points to inspect on a car, and for driving us up there in the trusty monty, and for showing me the light(multi valve bad, 8 valve good).

Mark
Old School Cool

rnash2002 · Post by **rnash2002** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:39 pm

Nice one mate,looks well nice in black

smile · Post by **smile** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:41 pm

Hell Yes!

That looks awesome. nice buy!

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:43 pm

Excellent mate

Bit disappointed you did not buy Paul's 220 Coupe mind you, but still a sweet motor

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:48 pm

Martin wrote:Excellent mate

Bit disappointed you did not buy Paul's 220 Coupe mind you, but still a sweet motor

Thanks Martin

Yeah Pauls looks a good buy, and quick as donkey boy, but this was a good price for what it was , and i can put my spare money into a fast interest savings acct towards a deposit for a flat/very small house.

Mark

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:49 pm

Excellent buy Mark, of course i am biased

Lots of fiddly bits to get sorted but its a sound car, you will have a lot of fun with it

mkandy · Post by **mkandy** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:57 pm

Excellent choice mate, and it look in great condition!

Good luck with it

paul888 · Post by **paul888** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:03 pm

And very nice too... like the wheels..

Beaker · Post by **Beaker** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:10 pm

Cool the black ones do look nice.

Just remember to keep on top of the rust prevention.

gav2pac · Post by **gav2pac** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:05 pm

that looks sweet mate, that colour suits the car well

Tritium · Post by **Tritium** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:09 pm

Wow, nice car. Sadly I havenÂ´t see one in real life

C2K · Post by **C2K** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:31 pm

Do like them wheels. Looks nice Mark.

Why did you ditch the Skyline ?

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:41 pm

MarkCoupe wrote:
Martin wrote:Excellent mate

Bit disappointed you did not buy Paul's 220 Coupe mind you, but still a sweet motor

Thanks Martin

Yeah Pauls looks a good buy, and quick as donkey boy, but this was a good price for what it was , and i can put my spare money into a fast interest savings acct towards a deposit for a flat/very small house.
Mark

Good choice. Satisfy the housing need as well as the need for speed

MGTurbo wrote:Excellent buy Mark, of course i am biased

Lots of fiddly bits to get sorted but its a sound car, you will have a lot of fun with it

I suspect Mark will be seeking your tinkering experience at some point

I'll be honest, it must have been a nightmare for the seller to have you turn up to give the car a going over

You literally know every panel inside and out! Hope you were gentle

Martin

114gta · Post by **114gta** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:45 pm

Thats cool.

John W · Post by **John W** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:57 pm

I am soooooo jelous!!

I've owned a couple of monty's myself as has my old man so gotta a real soft spot for the Monty / Meastro turbo's. Seen this one for sale and was tempted but too involved in my project.

Really glad its gone to a good home though, looking forward to seeing it in the flesh!

WELZ · Post by **WELZ** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:07 pm

Thats looks mint mate! Proper old school!

Grant620 · Post by **Grant620** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:10 pm

Nice.
But, re: 16v/8v....
All valves are equal, but 16v are more equal than others..

-Alex- · Post by **-Alex-** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:30 pm

I knew you'd snap her up Mark, good on you!

I've wanted THIS particular car for sometime (since it went up) but I already have one to deal with and my garage is choca.

Keep it clean and do not be tempted by any evil-doer, to T16 it

rover220 · Post by **rover220** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:53 pm

that looks

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:21 pm

Rover620Ti_MGTurbo wrote:I knew you'd snap her up Mark, good on you!

I've wanted THIS particular car for sometime (since it went up) but I already have one to deal with and my garage is choca.

Keep it clean and do not be tempted by any evil-doer, to T16 it

Thanks mate. I would never t16 it. T16s are lovely engines, and sound sweet as hell, but its time for a change and the all or nothing of an O series with an MD42 is seriously good fun

Grant620 wrote:Nice.
But, re: 16v/8v....
All valves are equal, but 16v are more equal than others..

Rofl, Orwell eat your heart out

danbmx_69 · Post by **danbmx_69** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:03 am

nice

Post by **Punx0r** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:15 am

Saw the pics in the for sale section - very nice looking motor!

216 gti · Post by **216 gti** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:03 am

lovely

T_16 · Post by **T_16** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:16 pm

Has it ever suffered from Rust?

It looks pretty much flawless in the pic.

Post by **SubCat001** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:11 pm

I am jelous lol Thats the car i've always wanted. If your ever at an RT meet mark you will have to take us for a spin.

s0ck · Post by **s0ck** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:29 pm

Retro

Very nice, how much power it pushing... weight?

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:44 pm

Well like i said its been scrappily set up, but the engine after the service and clean out today is soooooosmooth and quiet, until on boost :twisted:

At the mo, a wild guess would be 160ish brake and its on 8psi, fuellings all over the shop, GK thinks once finely tuned it should make 230-235bhp@ a nice safe 15psi.Still pondering over a cam and GK head, we'll see. Weight on Letstorque bhp site is 966kg, but Gareth said its closer to 1050, still fairly light for all the torque it makes.

It had a full restore in 02/03 , its bleeding from one rear quarter-roof seem, and theres a little patch of surface rust in one of the door shuts, and the front door on one corner, but other than that its a hell of alot better than ive seen apart for GKs of course, you have to expect it with these cars, all cars have their problems and with the maestros its rust, but if you keep on top of it, you should be ok, dont forget its a 91 so its 14yrs old.

James, of course matey anytime.

Mark

iainp · Post by **iainp** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:49 pm

Nice, retro cool

Iain

ChrisD · Post by **ChrisD** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:54 pm

Something about older simpler squarer cars that just looks so cool/smart/sporty. Don't think there is any new car I would take over a Mk2 200. (I know its a Maestro)

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:56 am

MarkCoupe wrote:Well like i said its been scrappily set up, but the engine after the service and clean out today is soooooosmooth and quiet, until on boost

At the mo, a wild guess would be 160ish brake and its on 8psi, fuellings all over the shop, GK thinks once finely tuned it should make 230-235bhp@ a nice safe 15psi.Still pondering over a cam and GK head, we'll see. Weight on Letstorque bhp site is 966kg, but Gareth said its closer to 1050, still fairly light for all the torque it makes.

Yep, its much smoother to drive now, breather system was really clogged up and this will take a while for the residual gunk to be burnt off (as you could see in the bottom of the air filter housing)

It's definatly running less than standard boost yet it is running enough fuel for 13-14psi with its current set up, we shall sort this out with the carb rebuild today and get the boost up to that level, should go a treat then.

With an MD42 it will definatly knock out more power than on a standard 45 trim T3 although i dont know the exact spec of it, would be nice to find out?

Car is nice and solid underneath sills and floor both rot free (thats more than you can say for most Metro's or even Ford Escort's of its age) just the few bits here and there that need taking back to bare metal and blowing in but between us we can have this done easily.

Gareth

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:33 am

Just got the spec from turbo dynamics.

Cost Â£775 in may last yr

Standard recon turbine side, Reprofiled T4 compressor housing with 45trim, left hand threaded shaft and wheel, 360 degree bolted bearings, modified back plate.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:10 pm

Looks really nice!

i think im the only one who doesnt like the wheels though, the originals really suit the maestro...

i bet people think your mad saying "yeah, sold the skyline, to get a maestro, you know how it is" lol.

take good care of it

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:16 pm

Scott wrote:Looks really nice!

i think im the only one who doesnt like the wheels though, the originals really suit the maestro...

i bet people think your mad saying "yeah, sold the skyline, to get a maestro, you know how it is" lol.

take good care of it

Cross spokes are gay. Suit someone looking for concours but the wheels look great, mine are same style but 1 inch smaller because i wanted to keep the cheap tyres.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:23 pm

Cross spokes are gay

woohoo, that makes my metro not-gay!

Si · Post by Si » Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:51 pm

Nice, looking very good