Hi all

This may sound strange but I'm looking for a Rover 200 /25 (bubble shape) - it has to be 1400cc and a 16 valve. I'd prefer a three door and don't mind if it's a bit untidy and needs engine work (head gaskets seem to be a popular failure!)

I'm watching everything on eBay but if you know of anything else I'd be grateful.

I'm planning on doing some of this next year.

Regards

Wyn

my first choice wouldnt be a rover, and why the bubble shape?

John

Hi John

The Rover has proved competitive in endurance rallying - the 1.4 16 valve is a great engine, pretty strong and gives 104 BHP stock.

My reason for suggesting the bubble shape is purely because it will sit within the age and price bracket I'm looking at!

Regards

Wyn

fair enough well if i hear anything ill let u know, if u fancy killing an Ibeza i knwo a guy thats welling one soon

Cheers JackNco

The 200 / 25 is also very similar to the MG so doesn't look too dated.

Wyn

Ya i knwo the ones u mean, all K series engines. im not sure about 104BHP though the 1.6 was 109.....

www.mg-rover.org is ur best bet! all fanatical about there rovers n usualy a few for sale, stick the word about on there. used 2 post on there a bit. friend of mine loved his rovers.

Theres also a site called rovertech some where but i never really used it

John

Cheers JackNco

I'll post on both sites.

Great Avatar btw!

Regards

Wyn

lol Ya you 2

i was thinking of selling mine wyn but it has a 1600

they're very comfy cars to drive and seem to hold the road quite well

Hi Liam

What year is it?

Is the 1.6 the same engine (K series) as the 1.4? If so, a swap should be easy enough.

Wyn

I shouldn't really have mentioned it wyn, as selling the rover is conditional on us buying a new car and we are not sure whether we are doing that yet. are you in a hurry?


yfi
its a p reg 216, first year bubble shape, the 1.4 engine is dimensionally identical to the 1.6.

Hi Liam

Sorry - don't want to pressurise you! I'm not really in a rush but, as usual I'm very keen to get started with this!

Another reason for using the K series is the regs for endurance rallying allow a change of ECU and I just happen to have an Emerald ECU sitting in the single seater which I could swap back and forth. I think the Emerald is a straight replacement for the K Series ECU?

Wyn

if i do change the car though, you can have first refusal.

the emerald is directly plug compatible with the rover mems ecu, it supports all of its features inlcuding iacv and immobiliser

did you decide not to use the emerald on the single seater?

Thanks Liam

The Emerald ECU is on the single seater - it's going back to the rolling road next week so hoepfully it'll be running right after that - I had some difficulties the first time - wrong coils!

It's a 2 minute job to take the ECU out of the single seater so I could swap it into a K series Rover, plug in the laptop and change the map for the Rover - this way I could gain a few BHP and add some of the nice bits like shift light, rev limiter etc..

Wyn

best of luck