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DaveR

Should be good. They've got the money to develop new cars. If only that were true... ford are in serious money problems... lol :cry: How serious are their money problems? They ditched the Jaguar F1 team and Ive heard they have made losses, but its such a large company Im wondering how bad it all is?

DaveR

Should be good. They've got the money to develop new cars.

DaveR

Nice!

Wouldnt mind that at all!

DaveR

I wish they'd make a new "P6 style" retro Rover, that would be cool

DaveR

The engines being sold by a garage. Ive had a nice quote to fit it so they are going to do the work. Providing its not a conversion. Now, providing there isnt too much messing around to get this engine to fit, then Ill buy it. If its a lot of trouble then I wont.

DaveR

mach1rob wrote:No, just will need a few bits and bobs swapping over. Easy when both engines are sat in front of you tho

What about the oil cooler fitting problem that scott mentions?

DaveR

Thats good news, thanks Rob Current engine is fubard. Burns oil and rattles. When it gets hot it burns a lot. Especially noticable when sitting in traffic. It seems like its possibly burning a little coolant too, but not much as the level doesnt seem to be going down. Changed the turbo and its still...

DaveR

Ah thanks guys, thats cleared it up. Heres a pic: http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9500/t16jc3.th.jpg Is the sump correct for fitting to a 420 GSi T? Thats a 600 engine or maybe 800. Not a 200/400 though as the cambelt engine mount is different Thanks for the info Si. So would it be difficult to fi...

DaveR

Thanks guys, as you say the sump will swap over

Cheers!

DaveR

Ah thanks guys, thats cleared it up.
Heres a pic:

Is the sump correct for fitting to a 420 GSi T?

DaveR

Hi folks, Without taking the engine apart, is there any way to tell if its a 200/400 engine or a 600/800 engine with the other pistons? Does the engine number indicate anything? This is alledgedly, a brand new engine from Rover, would it still have the 200/400 pistons or are they all the 600/800 pis...

DaveR

agw_01 wrote:Sorry to hi-jack your thread Dave, but what profile tyres are you running on your hairpins?

I'm on 205/50/R16 and they look huge... the tyres that is.

No worries mate.
Running 215/40/R16 Eagle F1s

I think 205/45/R16 would be perfect as mine is a little low.
Handles like its on rails though.

DaveR

Sheaf wrote:I think most agree that a honda one would be a better buy. Same power/performance, but generally more reliable.

Yeah thats what I was thinking. If I cant fix up the turbo then Im considering one as a run around.

DaveR

Cool, thanks guys.

DaveR

lol, ok. I meant the cars Im looking at are in that range so some will have the Rover some the Honda. Thats fine, thanks for the info mate

What about the gearbox on the Honda engine, is that a Honda box too?

DaveR

Oh right thanks, I think itll be 95 - 97
When was the changeover?

DaveR

Hi guys,

An I right in saying this car has the Honda SOHC engine around 113bhp?

What gearbox does it have - Honda one again?

thanks

Dave

DaveR

Thanks for the info guys, sounds like a couple of possibilities there.

Im going to see the mechanic so we can diagnose whats wrong with this engine and then Ill tell him the options and see what way I should go.

DaveR

Thanks for the suggestions, but Im not planning on running more power, just want the car to run properly and get me from A-B reliably. I guess the dilemma is, do I fix this engine or get a different one. There was a brand new one on ebay for Â£700ish a while ago, that would be nice. My worries about...

DaveR

Hi all, It appears my 420T engine is interally fecked. I thought the oil burning and rattling was the turbo, but upon changing it the car is still bad :( Tomorrow Im going to see my mechanic and we'll check the plugs etc to work out whats wrong. Is there a place where I can buy a brand new engine? I...

DaveR

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DaveR

rich211985 wrote:i just looked a tsome brm wheels i do think they would look nice any1 no to any knockin around i'll get lookin i think

keep checking Ebay they do sometimes come up.

16" MG hairpins are nice - I got those on my 420T
17" straights are good too.

DaveR

TBH some days Id love an auto - I do a lot of sitting in traffic

DaveR

Punx0r wrote:Get it on LPG

I'd like one as an eventual replacement for my 800. I do like the ZT's and big V8 +
RWD is just a good combination.

Exactly, you'd soon make up the cost of fitting LPG and it'd be a good selling point in the future.

DaveR

Wasnt there a guy on here once who had a 620GSi auto with a T16 turbo in?

Pretty sure he'd done it, whether it broke or not I dont know...

DaveR

Very cheap, probably under Â£10 now, just get a new one

DaveR

what sumbags, they'll nick anything

DaveR

Well it sounds a lot better than my car

How high is your clutch pedal after the new clutch? Is it inline with the brake pedal?

DaveR

standard is like 11.x psi... its modulated. generally, over time, the boost drops off due to turbo getting old, wastegate getting loose etc. the ECU doesnt run the boost in a controlled manner. Its not regulating or working like an AVCR, it simply provides a set amount of bleed off. It has no feedb...

DaveR

Sounds like a new part for GBE to make

DaveR

Cableguy wrote:Running less than standard though so your not protecting the engine at all , its designed to run at 11.7 psi anyway.

Theres a massive difference between 9 psi and 12.5 psi imo.

I thought 9 was standard, how is that less than standard?

DaveR

Damage to the rear is expensive to fix. Id say its definately a write off.

Same thing happened to my brother.

DaveR

yeah its a good job I trust my car so little that I glance down at the temp gauge every minute or so

Still might be damage! - but hopefully not, seems ok so far

DaveR

sweet, PM sent!

DaveR

walshy.walsh wrote:that hose is a bugger for bursting, i've done 3! get it replaced with a reinforced hydraulic one! give me your address, and i'll send you a piece!

Hi mate, are you talking about the metal bit of the hose/pipe that goes round the front of the head that bursts?

Looks very corroded/rusted on mine.

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