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Rover/honda engine.
Danozeman - 8/2/05 at 04:28 PM

My mate has a rover 416 gsi with the honda 16valve engine in.. What gearbox could be mated to it with extreme ease?? How easy do u reckon itl be to run the standard ecu ecu??

Hes probably gonna scrap it cos the drive shafts have gone. Seems a shame to waste a bloody good engine!!

liam.mccaffrey - 8/2/05 at 04:32 PM

rover honda rotate the wrong way i think?
not sure though

Danozeman - 8/2/05 at 04:44 PM

Thats what i was just thinking. The gearbox etc is arse about face...

GeoffT - 8/2/05 at 05:18 PM

Reckon if that engine rotated the right way it would be powering a lot more kitcars by now. Bloody shame really, it's a sweet engine by all accounts.

Danozeman - 8/2/05 at 06:27 PM

Dam it ill have to forget this one.. Back to the zetec then..

Arthur Dent - 8/2/05 at 06:50 PM

only rwd gearbox I can think that goes the wrong way is the Chevrolet Corvair but its setup for a rear engineed car so still of no use. Shame about those Honda motors.

dblissett - 8/2/05 at 09:40 PM

how do caterham get round this problem when they fit the rover k sieries in
as this engine was developed with honda
cos it seems a real shame not to use such a good engine
dave

flak monkey - 8/2/05 at 09:42 PM

IIRC from previous comments the 1600GSi engine is actually a honda engine hence spins the wrong way. The Rover K-series engines actually spin the 'right' way.

Of course i may have remembered that wrong...

David

david cromie - 8/2/05 at 11:20 PM

The K series does turn the right way, I fitted one to an MG midget mated to a 5 speed sierra box. This may be of some help.David

dmottaway - 9/2/05 at 02:25 AM

paradiseracing.com offers a transmission that will solve the problem. the transmission reverses the rotation. ONLY $8000.

dave

britishtrident - 9/2/05 at 08:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by dblissett
how do caterham get round this problem when they fit the rover k sieries in
as this engine was developed with honda
cos it seems a real shame not to use such a good engine
dave


K series is a Rover engine, 216Gsi is Honda small block SOHC powered.
Honda had no input in the K engine its roots go back to 3 cylnder test engines that were built during the stokes era at BL.

Engines fittment was roughly as follows

80's 213 and Acclaim Honda 1.3 3 valve
80's 216 BL S series -- a redesigned Maxi engine.
early 90s 216GSI 416GgSi -- Honda SOHC
early 90s 216Gti 416Gti --- Honda tohc
all 214 & 414 Rover K8 and K16
all 220 & 420 Rover T16
late 90s 200 & 400 1.4, 1.6 or 1.8 Rover K16

[Edited on 9/2/05 by britishtrident]

NS Dev - 9/2/05 at 05:56 PM

off topic but the latest Honda engines form the S2000 and the Civic type R go the right way, and are available (in some cases) for the right side of a grand!

Expect to more usually pay £2000 but still a good engine at this price, 240hp as std is not bad for such a light engine!

NS Dev - 9/2/05 at 05:57 PM

PS I know Colbriman has an S2000 engine for a lot more than this but that is totally complete with everything including gearbox and dash etc etc etc so is worth a lto more, plus its an '03 engine I think!