Pics of 27 litre Rolls Royce Meteor engine installation
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I may have confused the issue by bringing in the issue of the Rolls into the Rover thread. Was it the Rolls you were referring to? If so, Kev is the man here scratching his head, so I'm sure direct contact would be appreciated ( kev@ppcmag.co.uk ).
We do have a couple of turbos for the Rover, but the issue at present is the size of them, they're BIG. AET Turbo's have supplied 2 turbo's (see a page or two back for pics) and Charley is busy scratching his nuts and wondering how to fit them in. Lots of scratching going on then, it must be something in the Stamford water.
Cheers,
Al.
We do have a couple of turbos for the Rover, but the issue at present is the size of them, they're BIG. AET Turbo's have supplied 2 turbo's (see a page or two back for pics) and Charley is busy scratching his nuts and wondering how to fit them in. Lots of scratching going on then, it must be something in the Stamford water.
Cheers,
Al.
Here's one earlier this summer of the Rover being mapped by Charley and Digger. Its one of the first idle runs, and the car is connected to lpg. Quality isn't great, sorry, and its far better to hear in real life.
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Yup, sometime late August I do believe, in South Witham. Theres one oop north too, tomorrow night if thats of help.
http://ppcmag.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?T
PS: Thanks for the offer, we'll be busy with a show, but feel free to put it on the mag forum.
Yup, sometime late August I do believe, in South Witham. Theres one oop north too, tomorrow night if thats of help.
http://ppcmag.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?T
PS: Thanks for the offer, we'll be busy with a show, but feel free to put it on the mag forum.
Edited by Al Rush on Thursday 6th July 09:10
I had a good look round it too and had a great Chat with Charlie and one of the other guys there. Really nice and down to earth people.
It was a lot quieter than i was expecting though (in relative terms...lol its still a loud beast), although aparantly it runs more quietly on LPG than it does on proper petrol...
It was a lot quieter than i was expecting though (in relative terms...lol its still a loud beast), although aparantly it runs more quietly on LPG than it does on proper petrol...
What a great bunch of guys
spent quite a long time chating to al about the cars. Thanks for letting my mate sit in the car and do the interview for our dvd i will post it up sometime soon.
The rover sounded amazing. I cant wait to see it on the road
Cheers for the beer and T-shirt.
Al i will be in touch soon about the anodizing
spent quite a long time chating to al about the cars. Thanks for letting my mate sit in the car and do the interview for our dvd i will post it up sometime soon. The rover sounded amazing. I cant wait to see it on the road
Cheers for the beer and T-shirt.
Al i will be in touch soon about the anodizing
I love the fact that somewhere along the line the 18 litre version was dismissed as inadequate.
Now that your planning forced induction and nitro, I hope the veyron's output is well and truly smashed. Don't forget vw have an unprated version in the pipeline, so the goal posts will shift quite soon. Try and source a drag gearbox to cope and go for a nice round 2000 brake. No need to be shy, you only live once!
As for the colour, there is no choice. Pick the correct airplane colour. This 'car' is 99% plane in character, 1% rover. Let the colour scheme reflect that and make us proud to be British!
Choc's away Charlie.
Now that your planning forced induction and nitro, I hope the veyron's output is well and truly smashed. Don't forget vw have an unprated version in the pipeline, so the goal posts will shift quite soon. Try and source a drag gearbox to cope and go for a nice round 2000 brake. No need to be shy, you only live once!
As for the colour, there is no choice. Pick the correct airplane colour. This 'car' is 99% plane in character, 1% rover. Let the colour scheme reflect that and make us proud to be British!
Choc's away Charlie.
Al Rush said:
Great to meet you (all) too. Always good to see normal and well adjusted car nuts enjoying the craic and having a good time, although I dreamt about Silver Shadows and Meteor engines last night.
Something tells me this isn't a throwaway comment either... My Grandfather used to service RR Gas Turbines in his sleep, talking about blades, vanes and grumbling about water vapour
Doesn't do it anymore, at least didn't hear him last time I kipped there
'pache,
I must be getting senile, for the life of me, how did you know I was a Rockape? Was it from another thread here? Anyway, cheeky bugger.. '..good work for a Rockape' indeed.
The Rover will be at our pub meet (dv). Not sure if they do Adnams 'pach, at the Blue Cow but they do do Wobbler, which is what we were dishing out on the stand. They brew it there, it must be the smallest of micro breweries. Its a Friday too, and they have rooms at a cheap rate for us.
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=271038&p=1
4WD,
We're thinking satin black, like the Rolls, but with white invasion stripes (ahem) for the trip to the 'Ring.
I must be getting senile, for the life of me, how did you know I was a Rockape? Was it from another thread here? Anyway, cheeky bugger.. '..good work for a Rockape' indeed.
The Rover will be at our pub meet (dv). Not sure if they do Adnams 'pach, at the Blue Cow but they do do Wobbler, which is what we were dishing out on the stand. They brew it there, it must be the smallest of micro breweries. Its a Friday too, and they have rooms at a cheap rate for us.
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=271038&p=1
4WD,
We're thinking satin black, like the Rolls, but with white invasion stripes (ahem) for the trip to the 'Ring.
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