RE: Rover 220 Coupe Turbo | Spotted
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Such memories...... Rover 220 Turbo Coupe / Tomcat.
I had a Poly Green one back in 1995. Was a year old, 4K miles, brought from SMc Rover @ Havant. Loved the car.
Very easy to look back on old beauties like this and slag them off, during the time these were fast cars. interiors were lovely, TBar roof.
I loved mine had it for 3 years. Obviously being 23 / 24 I had to tune it. took it to Motorbuild in Hounslow area, had it chipped and poly bushed, exhaust. Was running at about 240bhp until I below the engine one night driving up to London from Brighton. Seems that these engines have an additional couple of PSI during peak boost to help overtaking, when chipping if this isnt removed then take the psi over the safe limit and I did an engine.
Brought a new small block from Rover and had it rebuilt only to then trade it in for a BMW M3 Evo.
Brought several 220 turbos later on in life, rebuilt a few too. Oil leak from left front was common, gearbox bearing was another. I always wanted a FDH version, the wing extensions, rear number plate holder difference, and other bits made it look lovely.
Im 48 now, part of me wishes I had kept a number of my old cars. Seat Ibiza SXI - Passion Red. Rover 220 Turbo coupe - Poly Green being 2.
Im now going to sit here at work and just day dream back to my youth and the fun I had with this car ........:-)
SBK
I had a Poly Green one back in 1995. Was a year old, 4K miles, brought from SMc Rover @ Havant. Loved the car.
Very easy to look back on old beauties like this and slag them off, during the time these were fast cars. interiors were lovely, TBar roof.
I loved mine had it for 3 years. Obviously being 23 / 24 I had to tune it. took it to Motorbuild in Hounslow area, had it chipped and poly bushed, exhaust. Was running at about 240bhp until I below the engine one night driving up to London from Brighton. Seems that these engines have an additional couple of PSI during peak boost to help overtaking, when chipping if this isnt removed then take the psi over the safe limit and I did an engine.
Brought a new small block from Rover and had it rebuilt only to then trade it in for a BMW M3 Evo.
Brought several 220 turbos later on in life, rebuilt a few too. Oil leak from left front was common, gearbox bearing was another. I always wanted a FDH version, the wing extensions, rear number plate holder difference, and other bits made it look lovely.
Im 48 now, part of me wishes I had kept a number of my old cars. Seat Ibiza SXI - Passion Red. Rover 220 Turbo coupe - Poly Green being 2.
Im now going to sit here at work and just day dream back to my youth and the fun I had with this car ........:-)
SBK
That oil leak from the cylinder head/block join at the front around cylinder number 4 was present in the T-Series, the M-Series it was developed from, and the O series that the M was developed from.
Decades in production, multiple redesigns, and the same quality issue. Did they have a single really decent in house engine design after the A-Series?
Decades in production, multiple redesigns, and the same quality issue. Did they have a single really decent in house engine design after the A-Series?
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 27th February 09:35
My best friend has one of these, and has had it since 2001 ish When we all had Cosworth etc. He had this. Modded to circa 370bhp at the time had a huge wing on back and crazy front bumper to cut out for front mounted intercooler. The car hardly gets used now and the spoiler has long gone. But while we sold our cars, this was kept (helped by the relative lack of value compared to other cars). And anyone who says they are unreliable gear boxes etc. His is still on original gear box!!! Though he's does not treat it like an animal.
Its not been used for last two years, but just encouraged him to get it out of garage and take it to the ring in July. this year. Though he put a clause he would take his 430d if not ready in time lol. Great car with great memories... If only kept the Cosworth would be worth fortune now!
Its not been used for last two years, but just encouraged him to get it out of garage and take it to the ring in July. this year. Though he put a clause he would take his 430d if not ready in time lol. Great car with great memories... If only kept the Cosworth would be worth fortune now!
GTEYE said:
Mine back in the day, hated it! The build quality was terrible, note the terrible panel fit on the passenger door.
Talk about buyers remorse, absolutely hated the car but in my excitement of buying the first car I saw I also signed up to the worse finance ever. I wish I could go back in time, slap myself and say "buy an E36 coupe instead".
£10k on a secondhand Rover back in 1997, what was I thinking......
I had a '93 one of these in that Tahiti Blue. I loved it at the time.
The odd thing is that in any images I see of them now they always seem to have that chrome grill on the front. I swear mine used to just have body coloured slats there instead.
I suppose it could be brain fade on my part.
The odd thing is that in any images I see of them now they always seem to have that chrome grill on the front. I swear mine used to just have body coloured slats there instead.
I suppose it could be brain fade on my part.
I had L193 UKV - Nightfire red one. Loved it in the 90's and managed to get it off the clock on the A12 (from the A14 roundabout) on the long straight there.
Toyed with the idea of taking it to BBR and getting it chipped but realised that it didn't really need any more power as it couldn't handle what it already had !
The T-Bar roof was awesome, fond memories of mine.
Think it's dead now
Toyed with the idea of taking it to BBR and getting it chipped but realised that it didn't really need any more power as it couldn't handle what it already had !
The T-Bar roof was awesome, fond memories of mine.
Think it's dead now
Joey Deacon said:
I had an L reg 2.0 non turbo that looked exactly the same as this but with different wheels. Somehow I went to a Renault dealer to look at a Renault 19 16 valve and ended up spending £10k on the Rover they had on the forecourt instead.
Talk about buyers remorse, absolutely hated the car but in my excitement of buying the first car I saw I also signed up to the worse finance ever. I wish I could go back in time, slap myself and say "buy an E36 coupe instead".
£10k on a secondhand Rover back in 1997, what was I thinking......
Could have been a lot worse - you could have bought the 19.Talk about buyers remorse, absolutely hated the car but in my excitement of buying the first car I saw I also signed up to the worse finance ever. I wish I could go back in time, slap myself and say "buy an E36 coupe instead".
£10k on a secondhand Rover back in 1997, what was I thinking......
Had one of these a few years back. Beautiful car and would even go so far as to call it timeless. Will get attention wherever it goes as it's such a good looking classic car, and rare. Very rare. Can't argue over the power figures either although the 0-62 time is generous as felt a hell of a lot quicker off the line. However, whilst it looks gorgeous and is amazingly fast... the handling is quite possibly the worst of any car I have ever driven. The amount of times it wanted to kill me on a bend was ridiculous and I was never going much over the speed limit. I'd learnt pretty quickly that pushing it like a Golf GTI on a b-road would result in a very dire situation. Too many cons to these cars to justify the outlay. Although I still maintain it's one of the best looking and quickest classic cars out there.
danblan1976 said:
Had one of these a few years back. Beautiful car and would even go so far as to call it timeless. Will get attention wherever it goes as it's such a good looking classic car, and rare. Very rare. Can't argue over the power figures either although the 0-62 time is generous as felt a hell of a lot quicker off the line. However, whilst it looks gorgeous and is amazingly fast... the handling is quite possibly the worst of any car I have ever driven. The amount of times it wanted to kill me on a bend was ridiculous and I was never going much over the speed limit. I'd learnt pretty quickly that pushing it like a Golf GTI on a b-road would result in a very dire situation. Too many cons to these cars to justify the outlay. Although I still maintain it's one of the best looking and quickest classic cars out there.
Original T1 diff was 90% of the problem - was really intended for a Hummer off-roader T2 diff transformed them
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