My Coupe Turbo ?

[Cableguy]

Right , its not really for sale unless i got a good offer ( my idea of a good offer may vary from yours but basically at least as much as ive spent on it )

Im sure most of you have seen it but ill include the spec and pics of it below for you to gauge it, not sure on power but i would say certainly more than 250 and hopefully around the 275 bhp mark at 18 psi.

Condition of the car, well ive never seen one as good in the flesh really , if your really anal theres the remnants of a scratch that was touched up on the bottom of the drivers door and theres a very shallow dent UNDERNEATH the arial on the roof. Car was recently detailed and paint corrected by a local firm called midlands detailing.

Engine & Exhaust

2.0 T16/M16 Hybrid Turbo Engine
M Series Pistons
M Series Rods
Oversized Niffler Rings
Skimmed and Rebuilt Head
Pipercross Induction Kit
2.5" Magnex Exhaust System With 6 x 3 Exit
2.5" Longlife Decat
Yellow Polyurethane Exhaust Hangers
GBE one piece freeflowing elbow and downpipe combo
Magnecor 8.5mm Ignition leads
Gizzmo IBC Electronic Boost Controller Set @ 18 psi
Battery To Boot Conversion
One Off Custom Battery Cage
Breather Filter + Catch Tank
Loom Recovered in Silver
SFS Silicone Boost Hoses
Hard Pipes for Induction
Coil Relocated
Stebtech TB Bracket
T28 Turbo from S14 200 SX
Roversport Radiator with fresh refurb
8" Spal Fan Mounted with Plastazote Washers
Baileys DV26 Dump Valve (anodized red)
Pulsar Calsonic Core Intercooler with Rotated End Tanks
GBE Fuel Cut Defender
NGK Iridium spark plugs - BKR7EIX
XS power External Wastegate with screamer pipe venting to atmosphere

Gearbox/Clutch

620 Ti Short Ratio Gearbox
Type B Diff
Black Diamond Clutch
Very Short Shifter
Poly Bushed Linkages
Modded UJ

Chassis and Suspension

Lowered 40mm on Gmax Springs
Complete Front End Polybush Kit
Complete Rear End Polybush Kit - Trailing Arm
Solid Front Engine Stabiliser Bar
Front Upper Strut Brace

Exterior

Green side repeaters
17" 6 Spokes
Mynheer Side Skirts
Mynheer Rear Splitters
Colourcoded Bump Strips
Colour coded rear bib
Jap arch extensions
Meshed grilles and bumper
Relocated reg plate
Meshed section added where reg plate used to be
Renault Espace Front Splitter
Roversports Racer Front Grille

Interior

Full Sandstone Leather Interior
Double gauge A Pillar Pod
Fan overide switch
Turbo Boost Gauge
Sandstone Leather Topped Centre Armrest
Fire Extinguisher
Innovate LC1 Wideband Lamba
Innovate G2 Blue AFR Gauge for LC1
MK3 Dash from ZR

Brakes

Front:-
Prelude Calipers
ZS Discs
Ti Mintex Pads

Rear:-
Grooved Discs
Greenstuff Pads

Pics:-

[alexcornwall]

handsome.. 18 psi is the max "safe" boost with this bottom end ? no ballpark as to where the offers have to be?

[Cableguy]

Nah i would be happy running it higher than 18 psi , but not got around to refitting the replacement wideband gauge to trim the fueling in above that yet. i personally wouldnt run more than 20 psi but i think paul ran 22 on m series pistons.

Plenty of potential for over 300 horses with just a different turbo imo

Not gonna put a ball park up as it might hinder peoples real opinion

[alexcornwall]

oki dokey well i have no idea as to what it would have cost you to do so i'll wait and see - got a feeling this is going to be a popular one, loving the look of this one - different!.

[Gibbo]

Il start the ball rolling,
I think if i had £3k-ish to spend id happily be willing to pay that for this car. Havent yet seen one in better condition with that kind of spec list!

[Cableguy]

Cheers, appreciate it

If your interested in buying it then take it to pm for a ballpark

[alexcornwall]

yeah am, ha ok will do, gonna have to look up some of the stuff as i don't even know what a few bits are/work involved!

[empsburna]

Car was recently detailed and paint corrected by a local firm called midlands detailing.

+ £500 to asking price straight away...

[Cableguy]

yeah am, ha ok will do, gonna have to look up some of the stuff as i don't even know what a few bits are/work involved!

Have a read here

http://www.rt2468abcd.r8technology.co.uk/viewtopi ... 10&t=76891

[Rizzy]

theres like a million man hours in it and i hope you get some reasonable offers which show the appreciation of all the hours gone into this car.

[shen]

Looks amazing n I hope you get good money for it.

I wouldn't touch it but that's cos of how badly Dickie got stung by NoobCannons built up coupe, great spec and yet everything on it must have broken twice over.
Not saying the quality of work won't be good but it's impossible to know till it's been driven a fair bit.
In short if you don't get the price it should offered, it could be that for the reason cos it looks superb.

As a trouble free coupe it deserves as much as nearly any other coupe sold on these forums.
Best of luck.

[RobBBoi]

For some reason I think it would be worth more without the kit on it. But a 3k'er easily I reckon.

[Berger]

Given that I couldnt sell my car for peanuts.

Its worth £2500-3000.

Cant see you getting it though as theres no high value market for Rovers.

Take the best bits off, put a standard engine and turbo in there, sell the car for £1500 and the best parts for 1500-2000.

[shen]

Given that I couldnt sell my car for peanuts.

Its worth £2500-3000.

Cant see you getting it though as theres no high value market for Rovers.

Take the best bits off, put a standard engine and turbo in there, sell the car for £1500 and the best parts for 1500-2000.

ill go with that, considering its got m series pistons you could prolly keep boost at 13/14 but to get the r
again, i love the body and look of it, looks improved but bot tacky. real nice

[Stevo135+]

It looks so shiney and stunning on the outside! Id be made up with any car than was that cosmetically sorted! I think just IMHO that the interior could be improved, but the cream colour leather is the worst for looking tired when old. That was enough to give me doub'ts on another coupe over a year ago, as restoring a light colour leather interior is plenty of £££ at least.

The spec and power is high and some very nice mods have been made. It won't suit everyone and some people don't want a particualary modified or high power example either. Find the right buyer who is looking for a coupe with a difference and you should get top money for it! That again IMO would today be around the 2.5k+ mark. All i know is that no coupe is worth close to £4k and it would have been very silly to pay near that for one!

[Cableguy]

I do have a black leather interior which is mint for it too Steve, but the VVC interior thats in it is 99% perfect, bear in mind its actually sandstone from the later cars which is almost grey , so if your comparing it to cream interior it will look tired. I always use seat covers in the front other than shows where i take them off

Cheers for the input guys.

P.S that pics old as its got the mk3 dash in it now , ill update that later

[MarkCoupe]

Given that I couldnt sell my car for peanuts.

Its worth £2500-3000.

Cant see you getting it though as theres no high value market for Rovers.

Take the best bits off, put a standard engine and turbo in there, sell the car for £1500 and the best parts for 1500-2000.

ill go with that, considering its got m series pistons you could prolly keep boost at 13/14 but to get the r
again, i love the body and look of it, looks improved but bot tacky. real nice

13/14? And the rest Danny boy, theyll take 2 Bar.

[Cableguy]

Given that I couldnt sell my car for peanuts.

Its worth £2500-3000.

Cant see you getting it though as theres no high value market for Rovers.

Take the best bits off, put a standard engine and turbo in there, sell the car for £1500 and the best parts for 1500-2000.

ill go with that, considering its got m series pistons you could prolly keep boost at 13/14 but to get the r
again, i love the body and look of it, looks improved but bot tacky. real nice

13/14? And the rest Danny boy, theyll take 2 Bar.

I didnt quite get what shen meant as im sure he missed a word out so i nodded politely , im guessing he means reliability ?

Either way , Shen these pistons are known to take more than 20 psi when fueled correctly so 18 psi i think is quite conservative

[C2K]

Personally i'd get a private plate from the DVLA for a few quid that starts with N and ends in FDH, thenit's worth 4K.

Without the FDH you'd struggle to sell for anything around 2500. Karl didn't even get a sniff at his hatch, even at 1800. Well surpassed that in price. Plus remember Bjorn's car only went for 2200.

[shen]

Given that I couldnt sell my car for peanuts.

Its worth £2500-3000.

Cant see you getting it though as theres no high value market for Rovers.

Take the best bits off, put a standard engine and turbo in there, sell the car for £1500 and the best parts for 1500-2000.

ill go with that, considering its got m series pistons you could prolly keep boost at 13/14 but to get the r
again, i love the body and look of it, looks improved but bot tacky. real nice

13/14? And the rest Danny boy, theyll take 2 Bar.

I didnt quite get what shen meant as im sure he missed a word out so i nodded politely , im guessing he means reliability ?

Either way , Shen these pistons are known to take more than 20 psi when fueled correctly so 18 psi i think is quite conservative

It's not about the pistons I know they'll take hefty boost but the work that's gone into it....I haven't driven the car nor seen your work so I can't vouch for it...I was meaning that I'm wary of home grown power houses as the work isn't guaranteed nor can the standard be verified.
From personal experience and having seen Dickie's coupe spend 2/3 more time off the road than on i'd be afraid to pay what in fantastic condition the car should get.
Also take trotgi's coupe for example.

You could be the best mechanic in the country and the work done better than any, alternately it could be a right bodged up affair with all sorts of horrors ready to spring up from things not done/fitted correctly, it's impossible for many to know.

I was saying that this may put people off.

Hopefully it'll get top price and go to someone who'll have years of trouble free boostage from it.

ps: Mark said 2 bar??!!! 28psi would be very naughty indeed
wouldn't wanna pay the fuel bills mind

[Cableguy]

Personally i'd get a private plate from the DVLA for a few quid that starts with N and ends in FDH, thenit's worth 4K.

Without the FDH you'd struggle to sell for anything around 2500. Karl didn't even get a sniff at his hatch, even at 1800. Well surpassed that in price. Plus remember Bjorn's car only went for 2200.

No offence to anyone , but Bjorns car was a heap in comparison , bodywork wise. Or so im told

Understand what your saying Shen , and to a degree i agree with you but theres a build thread on here showing everything ive done , down to gapping the rings and replacing bearings theres not really a lot wrong i could have done as i have many more photographs proving the ring gaps/valve seating, i even have videos of the cylinder head holding thinners etc..

Ive been driving it... hard for over 12 months and since then more safety measures have been put in like the wideband to check fueling , and more accurate means of boost control to stop spikes aswell as a lot of recent new parts ancilary wise too.

Quite happy with the prices so far and i think if i were to sell it i would aim for slightly over 3k and take offers to that figure. TBH if its not worth that then personally its not worth selling so well see how i feel.

[shen]

Bjorn's.....Was that the car that was once John's or a different one?

cos that was an amazing car when he sold it.
Again he did all the work at home on it and it ran fantastic and problem free as far as I'm aware.

[Cableguy]

It was , but by the time it came up for sale it was very rusty in areas and the paintwork most definately not swirl free and looking showroom like my above pics show. It also broke down on the journey home

I dont really want to be comparing my car to other peoples as its not fair on either parties but just trying to justify my expectations thats all lol.

Also the two high performance cars you refered to , one was trogti which was running more than 20 psi with nitrous and no permenant wideband install on stock head bolts and dickies coupe was a standard engine with no prior rebuild

[shen]

Agreed cable but on dickies although he had numerous overheating, headgasket and other engine/electrical probs there were many other probs such as cv joint/driveshafts breaking, track rods buggered, wheels scraping arches etc.
I'll leave it at that, after him launching enough money at it it should be ok now....fingers crossed.

If you've been driving it round for a year without a problem it sounds solid to me...have you considered banging it on pistonheads for more than you want, noting how bloody mint it is and knowing that whoever sees it will love it from how stunning that bodywork is.

[Cableguy]

Yeah understand where your coming from , luckily or unluckily when i bought the car all of what you mentioned wasnt included in the sale so ive sourced either good second hand parts or brand new items like track rod ends and lower arms and things.

Yeah im not 100% sure on selling yet , but piston heads and ebay would prob be the best bet.

I do have the standard items in good condition to put the bodywork back to standard, and the engine bay but im reluctant to do so

[shen]

Whatever you decide hope you're happy with the result.
It's distinctive looking and in a good way...whoever owns it I'm sure will be a happy bunny.

[syzsounds]

I think the forums broken ..
Not one person has offered any confectionery of any sort. As its a mint example i will be the first,

2 x Mars bars , AND

A kit kat chunky ...



I hope you get what your after Dan.

[lou123]

good luck with the sale cableguy. Car looks amazing and you have a real good rep for the work you do. Youll get the price your after, if not - sit on it for a few more years - and it will be worth double Top Job!

[tourer turbo]

dans work is top notch,just findhis thread on the yellow zr, been through at least 1 set of hands on r/t, came to dan and he found a snag list a page long,and is putting it right

i would say just about the most respected car builder on here

it all comes down to how much the right person will pay
if a minter goes for 2k and a minter is what somebody wants
but if somebody is after a minter for a modding base this cars got the lot,
i would say 2/2.5k

[Imran]

Dan - I think you would get more money for it if the bodykit was removed - it is not to everyones taste and I feel people prefer their coupe to look more original...

I reckon that would make the biggest difference