thats not an engine swap... THIS is an engine swap!

[chrishill 0]

Odd that this should belong to one of the staff of 'practical' performace car magazine, it hardly falls into their remit! 27L of tank engine in a rover vitesse

 

http://ppcmag.co.uk/staffcardetail.asp?id=8

[GIXXERUK 0]

sadly its still a rover , no matter what you do to it :-(

[Guest]

rofl, 'Practical' Car Magazine :D

 

shame there isn't more info

[chrishill 0]

the vitesse is the only V8 I've ever been in, years ago when I was a nipper my best mates dad had two, one for the road and one for us to play starsky and hutch in (ok it was for spares, but that didnt stop us climbing about in it with plastic toy guns)

[GIXXERUK 0]

isnt that the one where the dash looks like an after thought i.e just sitting on a shelf :-)

[chrishill 0]

yeah, and its so 80's it actually hurts.

 

[GIXXERUK 0]

chrishill, lol , yep as 80's as leg warmers :-)

[Henny 0]

"It churns out a lazy 650bhp at 2500rpm"

 

Oh my, now that's just SILLY

 

(Needs a supercharger sat on top between the two banks poking up through the bonnet IMHO though... ;) :twisted: :lol: )

 

wonder what kind of gpm figures he'll get out of it?!?

[devil fish 0]

Personally I love the SD1, fantastic cars....

 

The more 80's the better!

[herisites 0]

i think the mpg will go into the minuses :lol:

 

I think he will suffer a little bit of understeer in it too :lol:

[devil fish 0]

Nah, he'll just be spinning the rear wheels constantly!

 

As for mpg prob no worse than the rover v8 :wink:

[dinkus 10]

wonder what kind of gpm figures he'll get out of it?!?

 

:lol:

[veedub 0]

My mates dad has a bright orange SD1 with an enormous wide arch kit, 10x15" wheels and a 5.7 chevy small block v8!

Goes sideways a treat!!