Pics of 27 litre Rolls Royce Meteor engine installation
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I first came across this car in late 1997/98. in Chesant London. I can remember the guy had only just finished fitting the engine in. Complete madness. 1 x rolls royce merline engine 27 litres, in a rover sd1..........you must be on drugs....but he did it. The guy at the time spend £17 just to start it. Although I cant see the pics here, I wonder what the person considering the registarion application must of thought?
Any Pics??
Any Pics??
There are some. After the Stoneleigh Show tomorrow, I'll open a new Photobucket account and whack some more up.
Charlie bought the engine back in 89, for a thousand quid. In that time, its been in all types of storage. He had an SD1 a few years ago which wasn't right, and since then he's put it in a new SDF1 twice, for snagging. This time, its in for good.
Charlie bought the engine back in 89, for a thousand quid. In that time, its been in all types of storage. He had an SD1 a few years ago which wasn't right, and since then he's put it in a new SDF1 twice, for snagging. This time, its in for good.
leozwalf said:
we're pretty much all Rover enthusiasts.
What sort of Rovers are you lot into? I'm a member over on Rovertech.net which is more towards modern 200/400/600/800 models.
I'm a member on Rovertech too, but I don't go on there often cos there's always so many new posts that I get lost!!
The forums I was talking about were (don't laugh) Metropower.co.uk and rover-coupe.co.uk, MP is full of Rover enthusiasts and A and K series engine lovers
Shall do!
Half an hour before the show began, and long after it finished, Charlie was showing the car…
..and to those people who wondered where the ‘practical’ comes from, 2 words; Cup, Holder. Oh. And 3 little letters too.. L.P.G.
Charlie’s Rover made lots of new fans.
I guess most people were amazed that it is a road legal proposition too. It has been MoT'd, taxed, and insured before (£180 from Adrian Flux for the record). It churns out almost 1500 lb/ft @ 2600 rpm and gets to 120 at a little over tickover. The best part was the fact that it appealed to everyone, I didn't see one person take it in, and walk on by without either touching it, shaking their heads or just standing there, open mouthed.
The seats went in last Thursday, a doddle and this weekend, the engine will be coming out, for mating to the Jag box a battery capable of drawing 850 amps for 5 seconds installed. The lpg is going to be finished off too (it does upto 20 mpg on petrol anyway) and the Lifeline fire system installed. A racing fuel tank has to be fabricated and placed next to the lpg tanks and the thorny matter of front calipers needs to be addressed finally. Any more input from PH'ers with experience of this would be appreciated, er.. anyone know of an unwanted set for, an Enzo maybe?
The paintjob is looming too. Charlie is inclined to go for red, white and blue, but hell, what DO colour do you paint it?
Half an hour before the show began, and long after it finished, Charlie was showing the car…
..and to those people who wondered where the ‘practical’ comes from, 2 words; Cup, Holder. Oh. And 3 little letters too.. L.P.G.
Charlie’s Rover made lots of new fans.
I guess most people were amazed that it is a road legal proposition too. It has been MoT'd, taxed, and insured before (£180 from Adrian Flux for the record). It churns out almost 1500 lb/ft @ 2600 rpm and gets to 120 at a little over tickover. The best part was the fact that it appealed to everyone, I didn't see one person take it in, and walk on by without either touching it, shaking their heads or just standing there, open mouthed.
The seats went in last Thursday, a doddle and this weekend, the engine will be coming out, for mating to the Jag box a battery capable of drawing 850 amps for 5 seconds installed. The lpg is going to be finished off too (it does upto 20 mpg on petrol anyway) and the Lifeline fire system installed. A racing fuel tank has to be fabricated and placed next to the lpg tanks and the thorny matter of front calipers needs to be addressed finally. Any more input from PH'ers with experience of this would be appreciated, er.. anyone know of an unwanted set for, an Enzo maybe?
The paintjob is looming too. Charlie is inclined to go for red, white and blue, but hell, what DO colour do you paint it?
Full marks for being barking mad 
gorvid said:
If anyone’s interested... 
What kind of BHP / performance do you expect...?
As it stands, it'll only put out about 800 bhp@1600 rpm. Max revs are achieved at about 2300 rpm. That bhp easily be raised to 1400+ bhp with not too much bother and only a few minor obvious tweaks and additions. But huge bhp isn't the name of the game, anyone can bolt on superchargers etc.. that was considered and discounted. This is as much an exercise in handling the torque and getting a 'usable' road car (which it is) capable of doing 200, as it is in wringing max power (sorry) out of it. The injection system has been custom designed and built by Charlie (2 injectors per cylinder), as was the engine management. We will get 200 mph (dv) out of it this year.
Brown, hmmm. Yes. Like it. 
It may well get painted after the run. I think we'd rather have a stab at doing the 200 in decent weather rather than wait for paint to dry as Autumn kicks in. Looking pretty isn't hugely important anyway. This was done in a back garden over a 20 year period.. wives and houses came and went, but the car remained.
It may well get painted after the run. I think we'd rather have a stab at doing the 200 in decent weather rather than wait for paint to dry as Autumn kicks in. Looking pretty isn't hugely important anyway. This was done in a back garden over a 20 year period.. wives and houses came and went, but the car remained.
I was at the Historic Motorsport show and saw this car, and all I can say is that it is an excellent vehicle
Charley was very enthusiastic chap (even when acosted by silly young idiots like me!)
As for the colour scheme, I would suggest that you get your hands on an SD1 brochure and select a colour from there, Snapdragon yellow anyone?
Charley was very enthusiastic chap (even when acosted by silly young idiots like me!)
As for the colour scheme, I would suggest that you get your hands on an SD1 brochure and select a colour from there, Snapdragon yellow anyone?
Youth and silliness always welcomed. One of the best chats that Charley enjoyed was with a couple of yoof on the final day, the same people who'll hopefully be doing the same stuff in 2036 and telling their kids about the time they once saw Charley's Rover 30 years before at Stoneleigh (in pretty much the same way that Charley talks about the Beast now). Glad you enjoyed it mate.
Wonder what car they'll be using though..
Wonder what car they'll be using though..
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