Talon 100R
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Furyblade_Lee

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240 months

Friday 31st March 2023
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Always loved these since I drove Talon Sportscars’ demo car around Brands Hatch about 12 years ago, hilarious fun! This was the last car converted by Talon, and has lots of good bits on it. Not a spec of structural rust on the 40,000 mile shell, a 160 VVC engine with PG1 gearbox and torsen diff. Fully polybushed, individualised suspension, uprated anti roll bars, huge 300+mm Reyland AP Racing brakes, special 15” Compomotive wheels to clear the brakes, MGF quick rack, full Safety Devices roll cage, bucked seats and harnesses, composite bonnet. Lots of other bits too including a weld-in coil over suspension kit in the boot if I fancy converting it at a later date. Cannot wait for a proper drive one MOT’d, only driven it on the farm but it’s a ferocious little bugger….. Will put it on the scales to see how much it weights, but I am guessing not much over 800kgs. I will polycarbonate the windows too to shed a few more kgs. Power-to-weight must be close to 200bhp-per-ton.

I am going to sprint / hillclimb it, but my ultimate goal is to “backdate” it externally to the red MG Metro Turbo I had in 1991. It’s basically a bolt-on panel swap from Rover 100 to Metro Turbo, only sticking point is a Mk1 Metro Turbo body kit is like rocking horse poo, I never realised! So if anyone knows where there is one please let me know!!!! Cost me £2,750.

Furyblade_Lee

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Furyblade_Lee

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Furyblade_Lee

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Scoobydrew95

358 posts

35 months

Friday 31st March 2023
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I mean, that's bloody cool.

Furyblade_Lee

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Ultimate goal is to get it visually like this….

Jhonno

6,114 posts

157 months

Friday 31st March 2023
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Awesome! Bet that is fun!

Chunkychucky

6,093 posts

185 months

Friday 31st March 2023
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Lovely stuff, right up my strada! Was tempted by a 1.8vvc swapped car that appeared for sale a few months back, fortunately it was bought by another member of the forum so I get to live vicariously through them hehe

braddo

11,859 posts

204 months

Friday 31st March 2023
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Looks brilliant!

Love the wheels.

The OG Jester

202 posts

30 months

Friday 31st March 2023
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Want!!



Furyblade_Lee

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240 months

Wednesday 5th April 2023
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The wheels are great, but litterally they are the only 15” wheel that clear the huge brakes as far as I
know , one Compomotive don’t make them anymore in 15”. So I better not break them!!!


braddo said:
Looks brilliant!

Love the wheels.

nismo48

5,437 posts

223 months

Wednesday 5th April 2023
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braddo said:
Looks brilliant!

Love the wheels.
+1 Excellent purchase thumbup