Kook
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| posted on 14/11/06 at 01:05 AM |
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Rover 2 litre Turbo
Would a engine out of a Rover 800 Vitesse 2 litre Turbo fit ok. Has anyone put one of these in one before any advise would be great cheers
Paul
 
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Humbug
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| posted on 14/11/06 at 07:22 AM |
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At one point Robin Hood were offering a package including this engine with a special bellhousing and an MT75 gearbox
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bobrailings
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| posted on 14/11/06 at 08:19 AM |
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I think Practical Performance Car did an article about this engine a couple of months back. For rwd use I think they suggested a Sherpa van
bellhousing and a Rover LT77 gearbox. Will double check when I get a chance.
Steve
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/11/06 at 08:30 AM |
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quite heavy but good power for a very cheap engine. I asked a long time ago about this on the rover forums and was told that an lt77 or an older box
called r380 (i think) would fit.
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 14/11/06 at 08:41 AM |
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cheap engine ok power
but unreliable and dont increase much with tuning
ie you only have to do simple stuff to a pulsar engine and you get an extra 50-60-brake
do the same stuff to the rover engine and youll be lucky to get an extra ten brake
they also cant go over 13psi on standard engine internals
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Donners90
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| posted on 14/11/06 at 09:55 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
quite heavy but good power for a very cheap engine. I asked a long time ago about this on the rover forums and was told that an lt77 or an older box
called r380 (i think) would fit.
The R380 is the newer of the two boxes, and stronger, more reliable, but more expensive!
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andyps
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| posted on 14/11/06 at 04:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zxrlocost
cheap engine ok power
but unreliable and dont increase much with tuning
ie you only have to do simple stuff to a pulsar engine and you get an extra 50-60-brake
do the same stuff to the rover engine and youll be lucky to get an extra ten brake
they also cant go over 13psi on standard engine internals
There are two versions of the engine - the earlier ones are actually much better. The 180bhp engines (came with conventional diff) can be tuned to
230bhp just by adjusting the boost levels. Above this the standard fuel injection system cannot get enough fuel in to stop pistons melting caused by
lean mixture. The late engines with 200bhp (with torsen diff) have softer pistons and actually cause more problems when tuned.
40 brake comes for the price of a pint on the early engines. They are pretty reliable, just have a tendency to leak oil from the oilway between the
block and the head when the engine is cold.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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Kook
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| posted on 14/11/06 at 10:34 PM |
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Cheers for replys, Some good infomation had a think and think am gonna stick with pinto for now .. Not got car built yet and would not mind having
her done for the summer and maybe upgrade engine next winter.
Was tempting to put Rover in as was only £200 for whole car and prob could have got my money back from selling bits from it ...
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