RE: The Rover V8 will burble again
Discussion
badgerracing said:
MGB V8's - love em - more power than the chassis or tyres can handle, 180-200bhp open top sports car for £6-7k - a bargain IMHO (until Elises get cheaper)?
Mines also pretty reliable - 1 water pump failure in 25,000 miles - even when it is treated very badly.
Anybody know any other open-top V8 bargains out there? (Chimeras and Stags are an obvious one I guess?)
V8S's 
£7.5-9K on average, most have 210-230hp some more, even standard ones can make 250+
Jay GTI said:
Even the Tomb Raider LE was a TD5 (only a V8 in the movie, it was a custom-built vehicle).
Shame. My Bro in law designed the Lara croft car and it was a monster. Had enough orders from Japan etc to go ahead with a limited build of a model closer to the film spec (50 i think, LR special vehicles division). Some reason or other it got shelved, like so much other stuff they do.
big-max said:
.....and, thinking about it, the 3 litre Metro 6R4 engine was a development of the Rover V8......the Jag XJ220 turbo engine was a development of the Metro 6R4 engine. And so it goes on. Maybe we'll find that Nasa have developed the XJ220 engine to power the Space Shuttle.
The original test mule metro with a chopped RV8 never saw the light of day.
The V64V engine was not related to the RV8 in any way,shape or form.
old64er said:
.....and, thinking about it, the 3 litre Metro 6R4 engine was a development of the Rover V8......the Jag XJ220 turbo engine was a development of the Metro 6R4 engine. And so it goes on. Maybe we'll find that Nasa have developed the XJ220 engine to power the Space Shuttle.
The original test mule metro with a chopped RV8 never saw the light of day.
The V64V engine was not related to the RV8 in any way,shape or form.
Considering this is a (TVR) enthusiasts forum, there is an awful lack of knowledge and propogation of urban myths etc. by a lot of posters, luckily there are some who appear to know a bit to redeem the situation.tom7 said:
.....and, thinking about it, the 3 litre Metro 6R4 engine was a development of the Rover V8......the Jag XJ220 turbo engine was a development of the Metro 6R4 engine. And so it goes on. Maybe we'll find that Nasa have developed the XJ220 engine to power the Space Shuttle.
The original test mule metro with a chopped RV8 never saw the light of day.
The V64V engine was not related to the RV8 in any way,shape or form.
......I hadn't realised this was a specific TVR thread, but thank you for being there to show us the error of our ways.........
big-max said:
......I hadn't realised this was a specific TVR thread, but thank you for being there to show us the error of our ways.........
There's a pic of a TVR branded V8 in the article so obviously its TVR focused, especialy the bit about parts and repair, tho modern TVR's have moved over to a more enviromentaly sound cardboard and marshmallow 6 cylinder noisemaker.
robdickinson said:
There's a pic of a TVR branded V8 in the article so obviously its TVR focused, especialy the bit about parts and repair, tho modern TVR's have moved over to a more enviromentaly sound cardboard and marshmallow 6 cylinder noisemaker.
Is that to match the paper-mache body panels applied by a catapult?
I'd also read that the Metro 6R4's engine was Rover V8 based. Obviously, I did not think that they had any parts in common, but...
...not even cylinder block height or bore center spacing? Those are the only things I figured that the two engines might have in common. Just wondering...
Miguel
old64er said:
The original test mule metro with a chopped RV8 never saw the light of day.
The V64V engine was not related to the RV8 in any way, shape or form.
...not even cylinder block height or bore center spacing? Those are the only things I figured that the two engines might have in common. Just wondering...
Miguel
.austin-rover.co.uk said:
In terms of an engine, there was little consideration given to using an existing ARG engine (supercharged or turbocharged), but due to what they were likely to be up against, the brave decision was taken to produce a bespoke engine for the new car. Two engines were apparently tried in development prototypes during late 1983: the Honda V6, due to appear in the Rover 800 in 1986 – and the Rover V8. Needless to say, Patrick Head preferred something lighter and more compact – and pushed for an all-new V6 loosely based on the Rover V8. From the initial design of a V6 version of the Rover V8, it was development engineer Cliff Humphreys at Cowley that managed to move the concept towards reality; making it work beatifully - thanks to a lot of hard work. From there, Stan Johnson and Rob Oldaker at Longbridge completed the transformation.
>> Edited by robdickinson on Wednesday 22 February 23:30
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