D16 mini project

[Austinmini25]

Hi, this is my first post and i thought id show you my mini project ive had for a few years. Initially me and my dad were just going to tidy it up a bit and make it road legal but as we dug deeper in to the car we found more and more rust so it was stripped down to the shell and i now have plans to turn it into a track car.

Here is the car when i first bought it





As i was planning to use the original 998 engine to begin with i took it out, stripped all of the ancillaries off and tidied it all up.







The car then sat around for a while gradually being stripped...









Because there was alot of welding to do we made a spit to put the car in the garage so we could spin it around









Here are some parts i have bought along the way..
Gaz 36 point adjustable shocks


heavy duty adjustable tie-bars


Adjustable lower arms


Hi-Lo ride height kit


Polybushes


Reconditioned metro 4-pot callipers


Vented discs


Minifin alloy brake drums


Goodridge braided hoses


Fibreglass one piece flip front


and a few bits i have got powdercoated
Subframe


Rocker cover


The engine i am using is a 1.6 Single cam from a rover 216 gti but obviously it is a honda engine.





Most of the welding has now been done and we will start on the engine conversion soon, i will post more pics when i progress with the build

Edited by Austinmini25 on Wednesday 2nd March 17:44

[soad]

Well, i like what you've done to that old engine - sooo sparkling.
A bit of polish, elbow grease and paint, and looks like new!

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[CosworthV8]

Please don't tell me your wasting that Rover 216 GTi?

[GingerWizard]

CosworthV8 said:

Please don't tell me your wasting that Rover 216 GTi?

no he is saving a Honda heart/engine from a cancerous body...

[CosworthV8]

GingerWizard said:

CosworthV8 said:

Please don't tell me your wasting that Rover 216 GTi?

no he is saving a Honda heart/engine from a cancerous body...

Looks like a pretty solid 216 GTi to me.

[TVR Sagaris]

Interesting project. I like the look of those drums.

[Austinmini25]

Haha I'm sorry to say I am 'wasting' the 216, it is a fairly tidy car with about 70k on it but isn't worth much to be fair. I wouldn't of chosen to strip a gti for it's parts but I bought it off my dad cheap and the engine is in good condition so I couldn't refuse really

[notallthere]

Nice project....and dont feel bad about wasting that old rover as theres still far to many of them clogging up our roads...


well come on they are rank.

[davepoth]

notallthere said:

Nice project....and dont feel bad about wasting that old rover as theres still far to many of them clogging up our roads...


well come on they are rank.

It's much better than most of its contemporaries.

[jamiebae]

Looks like a good project but I have 2 questions...

1. Are you sure that engine can be made to fit in the car?

2. If you're going to all the trouble of doing an engine conversion why put a fairly average SOHC 1600 in there? Surely there are better, lighter and more powerful options - K series, Duratec, later Honda engine etc.

[Austinmini25]

Hi thanks for the comments

Yes I am sure that the engine can be made to fit as I have seen a few completed conversions myself. The inner wings have to be removed and then either a bulkhead box or a modified inlet manifold fitted but it will go in there with a bit of work.

The reason I am using this engine is because I got the donor car very cheap and it is a good reliable engine. The reason I have not chosen other engines such as vauxhall Redtop, Honda b16/b18 etc are the cost of the engines and donor cars and that they are known to be harder to fit under an unlengthened front end. The d16 I am using is the non vtec version with about 110 ish bhp which I think should be enough to begin with in a car that weighs around 600kgs. If I decide I want more power when it is finished then I have the option of swapping it for a vtec lump or maybe even a turbo haha

[CosworthV8]

notallthere said:

Nice project....and dont feel bad about wasting that old rover as theres still far to many of them clogging up our roads...

Just 'cause Rovers aren't to your taste

[RobCrezz]

Austinmini25 said:

Hi thanks for the comments

Yes I am sure that the engine can be made to fit as I have seen a few completed conversions myself. The inner wings have to be removed and then either a bulkhead box or a modified inlet manifold fitted but it will go in there with a bit of work.

The reason I am using this engine is because I got the donor car very cheap and it is a good reliable engine. The reason I have not chosen other engines such as vauxhall Redtop, Honda b16/b18 etc are the cost of the engines and donor cars and that they are known to be harder to fit under an unlengthened front end. The d16 I am using is the non vtec version with about 110 ish bhp which I think should be enough to begin with in a car that weighs around 600kgs. If I decide I want more power when it is finished then I have the option of swapping it for a vtec lump or maybe even a turbo haha

D16's take to turbocharging very well im told

Cool project!

[Henry Fiddleton]

The D16 DOHC has another 20bhp? Engines are cheap from some of the Rover range, or Honda range.

(In case you were interested).

[Austinmini25]

Yeh I've seen a few dohc d16s in the 216 and 416 but the reason I have chosen a sohc is because of space under the bonnet and because I already had a known good engine and car that I bought off my dad. If I had to go hunting for a donor car I would of considered a dohc but I couldn't turn down the 216 gti really

[CarlosV8]

Nice little project you've got going there.

And I've just bought a Rover just like that for my daily runabout(they're not that bad!!!), except mine is the GTi! If you want to get rid of of the bits off it let me know!