my new project 88 390se nck engine d well was...

[beario]

until someone took the engine out to put in a hillclimb morgan...a few pics from today,the wiring has been chopped up in the foot well and behing the relay box,god knows why...counted about 17 wires chopped so far,the wood venneer has been chipped/flaked of,and some rather sh..te looking silver vinyl stuck over the top...all the dash and cockpit panels have been suede covered in blue,drivers and pass windows resting in place,i think the body must have been of at some stage in its life as its painted red...(i dont think they came like this)has pas,in all not to bad...

[beario]

also are these headers standard tvr as they seem much bigger than on the 350 i had,they are s/s i think you can see all the weld marks where they have been made...thanks

[pwd95]

So you found one then?
Chassis looks great. Good luck.

[Mike Brewer]

Hi i think the car belonged to Nick Warren a couple of years ago.He used to sell a lot of lotus esprits and a few tvrs.Hope this helps

[Wedg1e]

beario said:

also are these headers standard tvr as they seem much bigger than on the 350 i had,they are s/s i think you can see all the weld marks where they have been made...thanks

Look about right to me.

[beario]

well had the dash and clocks heater out today,checked and res oldered what needed doing,now the task of putting back the interior...

[voltage_maxx]

Such a shame a rare car like that was butchered just for its engine.
Can't really see it was a cost effective exercise either

[beario]

i think the nck engines were the any rouse tuned ones and had different internals,thats why they took the engine not for a normal rover v8...

[c pryor]

beario said:

i think the nck engines were the any rouse tuned ones and had different internals,thats why they took the engine not for a normal rover v8...

I think only the very early 390SE cars had the Andy Rouse engines fitted. NCK (North Coventry Kawasaki) did the engines for the 390 from 1986 onwards.

[beario]

cant believe it,i have lost my job again.wtf is happening in this country...im pretty sure the wedge will be on ebay in the next week...better pics next week and a wash...boo f...in hoo...

[hillclimbmanic]

I've taken on the restoration of this 'mugged' 390SE!!! I've already got a 3.9 V8, so I'll strip it down, and rebuild it to the nearest spec I can get, to the NCK...Or a bit more, if funding permits!!

I've purchased a vitesse timing cover, and now need the water pump, ancill. brackets, etc

Paul