RE: Shed Of The Week
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HeavyRightFoot said:
FWDRacer said:
HeavyRightFoot said:
Oh dear!
The 620ti was one of the few 600's to use a rover engine... not good!
Whilst it was quick, the rover 2.0 litre was prone to problems (eating head gaskets etc.) and this was only made worse by the extra strain the turbo put on the unit!
Imho the Rover 623gsi, with it's 2.3 Honda unit was the better (although slightly slower) car.
Unfortunately they were rare as hens teeth then, so finding a good one now could be an issue!!!!!
It uses a T-Series - not a K-Series, no H/gasket issues on T-series. Serviced properly they'll do 150K without a sniff. The T-series was so strong they let Perkins make a TD out of it.The 620ti was one of the few 600's to use a rover engine... not good!
Whilst it was quick, the rover 2.0 litre was prone to problems (eating head gaskets etc.) and this was only made worse by the extra strain the turbo put on the unit!
Imho the Rover 623gsi, with it's 2.3 Honda unit was the better (although slightly slower) car.
Unfortunately they were rare as hens teeth then, so finding a good one now could be an issue!!!!!
Edited by FWDRacer on Friday 4th January 12:25
The 820 were very prone to weeping head gaskets!
Al 450 said:
HeavyRightFoot said:
FWDRacer said:
HeavyRightFoot said:
Oh dear!
The 620ti was one of the few 600's to use a rover engine... not good!
Whilst it was quick, the rover 2.0 litre was prone to problems (eating head gaskets etc.) and this was only made worse by the extra strain the turbo put on the unit!
Imho the Rover 623gsi, with it's 2.3 Honda unit was the better (although slightly slower) car.
Unfortunately they were rare as hens teeth then, so finding a good one now could be an issue!!!!!
It uses a T-Series - not a K-Series, no H/gasket issues on T-series. Serviced properly they'll do 150K without a sniff. The T-series was so strong they let Perkins make a TD out of it.The 620ti was one of the few 600's to use a rover engine... not good!
Whilst it was quick, the rover 2.0 litre was prone to problems (eating head gaskets etc.) and this was only made worse by the extra strain the turbo put on the unit!
Imho the Rover 623gsi, with it's 2.3 Honda unit was the better (although slightly slower) car.
Unfortunately they were rare as hens teeth then, so finding a good one now could be an issue!!!!!
Edited by FWDRacer on Friday 4th January 12:25
The 820 were very prone to weeping head gaskets!
As the early ones are based on the o-series from the montego.
, never would have thought that was packing nearly 200bhp, you could have some real fun with the Corsa brigade. 
Didn't realise how popular these were - I bought one on a T about a year and a half ago but couldn't insure it so had to put it on Ebay - my phone rang off the hook. Shame PH have still got the 205 cos this would be an ideal candidate for the next shed - I doubled my money in 3 days.
The journey back from the auction house - a dash down a dual track - was particularly memorable. I was sad to see it go.
The journey back from the auction house - a dash down a dual track - was particularly memorable. I was sad to see it go.
Edited by AdamMX-5 on Friday 4th January 14:07
AdamMX-5 said:
Shame PH have still got the 205 cos this would be an ideal candidate for the next shed - I doubled my money in 3 days.
Scrub that - just noticed it's a 94 M - probably about right as it is then. The £750 I paid for that T plate with 68k up it was obviously bargain of the century!Edited by AdamMX-5 on Friday 4th January 14:32
I bought one of these from the rovertech.net site, got one with uprated boost, nicer alloys, a sports exhaust and a whole list of over bits. Paid £700 and a year later sold for £830, it was quite fun having a car that size that could still blow the doors off many things. Only problem was it used more petrol than the Tuscan (may have been down to the mods), ate front tyres and when I crashed my Griff the insurance on it tripled to nearly £750.
Also the gear change can be sloppy but I fitted solid bushes to the linkage which sorted that out.
Also the gear change can be sloppy but I fitted solid bushes to the linkage which sorted that out.
TOWIE! I've found your thread!
smele said:
£1000 Starting bid for the 205 GTi. Seems like a lot to me.
Yeah - far better to have a low start and £1000 reserve in my book. They have changed the minimum reserve recently though haven't they? Is that why Oli's listed it that way?
Edited by AdamMX-5 on Friday 4th January 15:01
nobrakes said:
Definately a good shed. Probably still worth best part of whatever it's bought for in a year - eg wave £850 in £20s'infront of the seller and you never know - so that's a big plus.
My only critisism is that it's condition looks too mint. Needs a couple of panels kicked to give it more of a true shed appearance.
rip one in half?My only critisism is that it's condition looks too mint. Needs a couple of panels kicked to give it more of a true shed appearance.
Hoover. said:
We ran a couple of the 600's at work in the fleet and they did shift, but all them suffered with electric window problems ie getting stuck open.
Yep, the windows problem with dropping out of the runners is far more of a problem on these than the weeping headgaskets. I'm sure it happens on Accords too as it's basically the same door but you only seem to see it on the 600sGassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff