I have a mate Daryl Snook in NZ who did the following to his Metro He changed the diff ratio to a higher (freeway) ratio from another Austin possibly a Healey He then accessed the unused low first gear in the Metro gearbox to give him some decent take of from the lights This should require a lot less engineering than adapting an OD unit of some sort I had a drive of this car and apart from it being uncomfortably small it went very well for the era it came from He also had twin carbs and a floor shift as well Eddie he is on email if you want to pass on the guys address maybe they can communicate directly Stu Melbourne Australia _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list