Thanks, I wouldn’t fancy running one with the original engine as much as we do our car.. you’d need to regularly rob a bank! 😂

He certainly was….. incredibly talented

Cheers Neil, that cost for the original engines is just huge isn’t it!!

@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 yes, but look at it as a purpose designed motorport engine built in very limited numbers and compare it with larger production Lamborghini and Ferrari engines and it is comparable, even good value

@@enwins good value…. That’s not something you hear said about a 6R4 very often!

@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 it's far rarer than a top end supercar or even a hyper car, yet similar running costs and more a car of the people than they could ever be. I love supercars, but someone gets out of a Group B car and the reaction isn't jealousy or assumptions about character.

@@enwins that’s a good point… people don’t make the same assumptions with the Metro as they would with a Supercar

Cheers Lewis, hopefully see you back at Telford again this year!? We want to keep the car out on events as long as we can, it would be such a shame for them to vanish completely.

@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 I hope I will! :)

You're welcome Mark. Glad you enjoyed it. I can't imagine a Veyron is cheap to run but you might be right!!

Thanks Phil, I feel I got lucky with the Jag engine when you look at the cost of running the original too

Cheers Jim, our car was converted when we got it and we’re quite thankful with the costs of the V64V engine!

@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 cool! Just a side thought what road tyres do you use?? Something exotic or cheap and cheerful 😅

@@jimclements3190 For the road we use Toyo's as we just do a few little trips and of course for the MOT. For track/stage use we use sticky soft moulded slicks, formerly Dunlops but cuerrntly we have Kuhmo's.

@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 Ah, ok thanks Dan.🤔

Yes once Group B was banned they were selling them off really cheap and they were used all over the place for a long time, loads of rallies had multiples of them on the entry list. A large number of them still exist, but most of them hide in garages now sadly. This distinctive sounds was what made them special I think, you know what they are before they arrive and that certainly stuck in my head from being a child until I got really lucky and ended up owning one.

Cheers…. I bought the car with the engine swapped, I wish I had the original but I would be scared to run it!

The original engine was 250 bhp in Clubman form or they can be converted to upto a maximum of 410bhp in International specification, most ran at around 370/380bhp. We are running 360bhp with 450nm of torque so although we are down a bit on power we have quite a bit more torque, so we are as close as we can get really. The car was already converted to the Jag engine when we bought it, so it wasn't a conversion we did, however it certainly means it is more usable so we are making the most of it.

That what we all want to do but it is nice to see some out there being used.

@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 sure is...and thank you for doing that. We live in West Cornwall and do have one attend the TSH Stages down here which is good to see. Cant think of his name

Awesome, I’m glad to I get to see one out still!

I’m a rally car fan so a sports car isn’t for me. We still rally this car!

Yes I have seen the rear wheel drive Honda powered replica, lovely price of engineering, sadly doesn’t have the unique 6R4 sound. We are running 8000 as the Rev limit on our Jaguar engine

@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6 Yours certainly sounds authentic, I wasn't aware it wasn't original until you said having heard it. 8,000 is enough to play with as well :-)

@@WestfieldFreshAir cheers, it’s pretty close sounding, and similar power output so we are trying to be as authentic as we can be

Cheers Paul… see you on May 29th at the Castle hopefully?

@@AutoplasMetro6R4V6Short of the apocalypse or acts of God . looks like good field of cars so far.

@@Bratleypaul great stuff, looking forward to it 👍

My Skyline was much cheaper than those prices. Just had to reshell the engine every 100,000 miles, normal servicing of oil and filter every 5-10k.

Skylines are great cars… but they made way more of them than the 200 6R4’s so it makes sense they are cheaper to run.