My Dad had 2 of these back in the day, both 3500 V8, one was gold the other light blue with gold BBS style spoked wheels. We lived in Milton Keynes was a lot of fun going sideways through the roundabouts 🤣🤣 I live in Lincolnshire now and there a light blue one sat on someones driveway just round the corner. I'm now tempted to knock and ask if they want to sell it!
The SD1 is one of my favourite British cars. When I think of the SD1, I inavaribly picture in my mind a late 1970s 3500 in Pendelican White or a Vitesse in Moonraker Blue :)
I’ll be honest, when I bought my first one I was a little undecided on her, I grew up with them and didn’t really appreciate them much, after the first drive I was hooked, now I couldn’t imagine a day without one lol
Glad I found your channel I do absolutely love an SD1 I hope some day I get the chance to own one currently have a 75. In my experience with Rover V8 they are quite rubust we had 4.6 p38 in family for 20 years and its got over 200k miles it did need headgaskets once but that due to a dead fan viscus coupling. Also I do agree that EFi V8s are vastly superior albeit I may not have sampled the best carbed ones one being in a disco 1 and the other a defender but in terms of smoothness and responsiveness I found the EFi ones to be lesgues ahead .
Super cool video, I'm just getting back into these sd1's after loving growing up with my dad's 3500se in moonraker blue, I always wanted it but he sold it after the torque converter lost oil to a guy who had just restored his sd1 for it only to be written off on its way home from a mot! Not sure if he rebuilt his car or my dad's. Anyways I live in London and seeing as owning something 40 years old is good I want to get a sd1 next year as my next daily, something safe and drivable but needs tidying up so I can love it and show it off at shows. Its name will be big joff after my dads nick name, i lost him 6 years ago, he was only 59 and cars were our bonding so big joff will be to remember him, I do eventually want to build a ls powered sd1 restomod car with modern ecu and brakes etc as a real nice fast cruiser. Il be waiting for more content, thank you
I will always regret the day I drove my manual P6 35 S to the scrap yard, it was stuck in 3rd gear, an easy fix i later learned :((( great channel, you are a hero and to be congratulated sir, keep it up :)
Not had the pleasure of a P6 technically, I bought 2 out of a field many moons ago, both V8’s but both were absolutely totalled, wouldn’t mind getting a P6 sometime this year though, as it’d add to the line up, I have SD1, 800 and 75 in my collection would be cool to have a P6 and a P5 I guess, thanks for your comment really appreciate it mate
@@kylereese4822 for a few years I considered EV equipping classics but it’s just not me, there’s plenty of money in that field but I’m not gunna be contributing towards it, Diesels arguably still the cleanest of the 3 methods (not to say I’m really a diesel kinda guy) that said EV’s are substantially more powerful that IC engines, so it would make for something exceptionally fun to drive
20:51 Had 5 rovers over the years, only hav 1 at mo, brought new in 1998, lov to see u do a quick look at your rover's, that's a lovely green metro/rover 100, we had a 1998 800 fastback, bought 2 years old, sold years ago,really regret it, lov them.look forward to the 800 video all best from dublin
I’ll do a walk around all of my cars someday, I just don’t wanna strangle the channel with multiple metro’s 800’s SD1’s 200’s ZR’s ZS’s etc etc especially as some of them are fresh collections in need of severe work, the BRG Metro is a GTA I’ll 100% be doing a video on her, she may look tidy from the exterior but she’s rotten as a pair underneath, thanks from Shropshire!
So glad I’ve found your channel looking forward to seeing more of your Rover projects especially the SD1’s, I grew up with my Dad driving P6’s, SD1’s and classic Range Rovers so the SD1’s are close to my heart all my Dad’s cars were V8’s I’ve been wanting a SD1 for years and finally got one last year a 1984 vandenplas 2600 auto I really wanted a V8, I got the car back on the road and the 2600 engine has been a joy the only thing that drives me to put a V8 in it is that a lot of parts for the 2600 engine are getting hard to get, It’s always good to hear someone like yourself giving good feedback about the 2600 engine as they get quite a negative review from a lot of people, Looking forward to your next video cheers Chris 👍
The 2600 is a hidden gem, yes the parts availability is pretty bad for the 2.3/2.6 engines, however I imagine your a member of the club and there’s people that do have NOS parts kicking about for them and people with knowledge on parts interchangeability from other engines (off memory the tensioner can be adapted from a pinto) obviously she’s your car and I wouldn’t wanna step in your way of dropping a V8 into her, but they truly are a good engine, I’d just recommend getting the cylinder head oil port upgrade (loads of info in the club about it) aside that they never really go, done 200,000 in 2600’s before effortlessly
@@thatroverguy1937 to be fair I love the 2609 engine and it’s smoothness I ran the car on the road for what was left of the summer last year after getting in the road and really enjoyed it, It really is just the lack of decent parts now the scares me abit and would lead me down the V8 route but would rather keep the car with its originality yeah I’m a club member to and have seen a few posts on the oil port upgrade and some people removing the valve and others fitting an alternative oil feed to the head. Have see a few posts on the quality of cylinder gaskets as new parts and such items are getting rare as well.
I never understood why they did not market the SD1 as Jaguar XJ-U type instead of the strange XJS, the Rover V8 was much more reliable and easier to maintain compared to the V12 that tended to drop valve seats....
To my understanding they designed the XJS in a way (narrow inner wings or something to that nature) to prevent the RV8 from being fitted, I’ve had XJS V12’s and aside the incredibly poor economy of them they’ve never really let me down, the last one I had was a 5.9 EFi 1990 ish, the starter went on it, and I kid you not what a job, everything about them is a nightmare to work on, I bought my first XJS as a half finished engine swap, the lad had put a HE engine into an injected car and became overwhelmed by the electrics, I wouldn’t say they’re an underrated car (XJS) in fact I’d say they’re vastly overhyped, poor economy, not overly fast and above all they rot terribly, far far far worse than any Rover
@@thatroverguy1937Well in USA they easily swap a Chevy Small Block in the XJS so any Buick V8 should also fit! In Germany during the 1980s some even fitted Mercedes 5.6, 6,0, and even 6,9 litre V8 engines from crashed 450SEL 6,3/6.9 In Germany the v12 did not last very long on the Autobahn they mostly dropped valve seats after long fast trips.
@@Schlipperschlopper very interesting, I know the V12 is highly detuned, aren’t they something like 280hp at the highest (aside the lister) I’ve never swapped anything in an XJ and to be frank I probably never will, or well now I’m giving it thought maybe would, they do have a timeless look, but my experience’s with them has always been somewhat tragic, the only “good” one I had was a 5.9 I daily drove for 4-5 months, but 7-8mpg got tiresome, that along with the seating position isn’t comfortable and somehow the auto box feels really arcane
I’ve got a 1978 2.6 and great to hear positivity with this big old lump. I’ve been thinking about the injection side and wondering how much better it would be? Only issue with the 2.6 is getting spares for the engine now and what is out there is getting a tad expensive
Massive love for the 2.6 engines here, a lot of people rave on about the V8 but an injection 2600 would be very interesting, as I said me and my friend have pencilled it a few times, I think once the turbo kits become available I’ll probably take a look into an EFi turbo 2600
Same engine I've got to put in mine (1985 VDP EFi) but going with the ZF 8HP45 auto box (with aftermarket gearbox controller) - just need to get a bench cleared to work on adaptor...
House or toque or Ashcroft controller? I was considering an 8HP for a while but I think I’ll use that in a P38 M57 conversion in the future, tbf the easiest way around the TT box issue is a 4HP22, readily available loads of spare and easy to source, not that 8HP’s aren’t plentiful, just slightly more expensive
Haha...! I agree with you about the 2600. It is silky smooth, works great with the auto box, matches the car well but it sounds too 'polite' compared to that grunty snuffling V8 lump. And yes, again, for reminding younger viewers that the replacement 827 was a Jag and Granada eater of equal merit
Could there be a day coming of people taking V8’s out of converted 2600/2300’s and going back to the big 6! Ironically the engines are getting nigh impossible to find now, but I’ve pretty much always been a big believer in them, very underrated engines, I think they were in one heck of a shadow being pitted against the V8’s, and by god the Honda 2.7 is in my opinion one of the better V6’s you can get, not rare to find high mileage 2.7’s, they rattle a bit after 100,000 but doesn’t affect the performance, I was proper blown away after driving my first 827, 100% Granada/XJ8 killers, criminally underrated cars, I’ll defo do a deeper dive into 800’s
Lovely bit of history there, a "de specc'd" VDP, was it ever a Police car, unmarked maybe?. I know that the Int Corps (DET) used these in Northern Ireland as well for "getting about". Nice for the shout out to Tom, I follow him as well and he's a great fella. i'm learning loads watching his channel along with yours, and I really hope your channels take off. A single japspeed Turbo would be awesome, although maybe forged pistons might be needed,drop the compression a bit and maybe strengthen some of the internals. Do the V8's run better on Carbs then - How do they get on with maybe a Holley conversion?. I don't know a thing about the Rover V8 other than the general info off wiki and the net. Thanks for the upload, so pleased I found your channel. It's interesting and you're not boring mate. People like me, fellow petrolheads who remember these old girls, although I'm not a Rover guy I like to learn about stuff from people with a genuine passion. I had no idea Rover were so far ahead with these cars back in the day. Who knows what might have happened if things turned out different with BL and the Unions etc. I also think the 800 series were very underrated, old bill used them back in the day and they were always Traffic and pretty rapid.
This particular car actually has some pretty amazing history attached to her, some people in the club do know its history and I think throughout the videos of completing this engine swap I’ll reveal a bit more about her history but she wasn’t an ex police car, though it would make more sense it being such low spec, So it is a little more complicated than the fact of running with carbs on vs EFi, the EFi engines run a different CR so they have different pistons in them, and earlier V8’s also had smaller valves, so there’s actually a fair bit of difference between the carb and EFi engines, the Lucas intake was fairly pioneering for its time, there was numerous gremlins with it, 1 being fuel vaporisation, and in fact Rover did do a dealership quick fix with a stainless plate to cover the fuel lines, I think to be fair it depends on how the engine has been treated over its life, if it’s overheated and disturbed the liner at any point (even if it hasn’t cracked) it’s likely to move over and over again until it cracks or disturbs the seal Yes you need to run a different set of piston for a turbo build, along with a different sump headers and obviously the turbo/turbos, a common fault with the Japspeed turbos are the manifolds crack, finding original ones that haven’t cracked is very hard nowadays as they weren’t an over common thing to see back in the day I was SD crazy and my friend had bought a J reg 827 Vitesse and said I should take her for a spin, I gave it a go and we’ll go be honest I was blown away at how much more modern they feel, they truly are unsung heroes
I’ve had many many cars over my time, and really I can’t give them a good enough word, they’re just the right amount of character, performance and style, and in terms of driving they throw a lot of feedback, a real drivers car
@@thatroverguy1937 Well you will need to shout me if you get something thats good runner driver, dont mind some shabbiness all my other stuff is rough n ready
I’ll be absolutely honest mate I won’t be selling any SD1’s for a while, the best place to find one is in the “SD1 cars and parts for sale” group, they are pretty rare cars but there’s no shortage of them for sale in all sorts of conditions, some people do dream a little with prices, £1000 should land you a project SD1 that would likely see the road again
@@ChopsGarage you’ll easy pick one up for £5,000 possibly even a V8 auto, manuals do command a higher price generally, either way best of luck mate and you won’t be disappointed, when the weather gets better I’ll perhaps do a few road pulls in one of me V8’s
Yes you can do, they literally just interchange, but obviously you lose a degree of power when you run a set of twin carbs, a more comparable intake would be quad hollies or eidlebrocks or even IBT’s, there’s arguments for both fuel systems, in all fairness it’s very arcane the standard intake on the EFi SD1’s, and the over heating issue is to a degree sorted by the introduction of the 3.9 engines, for personal reasons in terms of intakes I am not a fan of distributors and get rid of them where and when I can lol
The standard SD1 V8 was a 3.5 V8, this ones getting a 4.0 V8 but people throughout the years have put larger V8’s in them, for me it’s all old hat, I love the V8 naturally, but it’s all been done before, that’s why I’m gunna put a 2JZ in the one SD1, try and offer something a little different
@@Luton-Mick I’ll be honest LS swaps are expensive, a markedly better powerplant than the RV8, but your looking at 5 times the cost to run one, and for me if I’m going to be spending that sorta money there’s better engines, I’m putting a 2JZ GTE in an SD1 at some point in the future, and pound for pound I’d personally say it’s a better set up, more reliable, and more power, that’s not in any way giving an LS any insult they are good engines generally speaking
We had both 2600 and 3500 vdp carb engine and I'd have to say that the 3.5 was definitely quicker and more reliable 2600.. That car was problematic as hell and the timing chain eventually snapped
My Dad had 2 of these back in the day, both 3500 V8, one was gold the other light blue with gold BBS style spoked wheels.
We lived in Milton Keynes was a lot of fun going sideways through the roundabouts 🤣🤣
I live in Lincolnshire now and there a light blue one sat on someones driveway just round the corner.
I'm now tempted to knock and ask if they want to sell it!
Give it a knock mate the worst they can say is no, once you get one.. there’s nothing like em
The SD1 is one of my favourite British cars. When I think of the SD1, I inavaribly picture in my mind a late 1970s 3500 in Pendelican White or a Vitesse in Moonraker Blue :)
I’ll be honest, when I bought my first one I was a little undecided on her, I grew up with them and didn’t really appreciate them much, after the first drive I was hooked, now I couldn’t imagine a day without one lol
Glad I found your channel I do absolutely love an SD1 I hope some day I get the chance to own one currently have a 75. In my experience with Rover V8 they are quite rubust we had 4.6 p38 in family for 20 years and its got over 200k miles it did need headgaskets once but that due to a dead fan viscus coupling. Also I do agree that EFi V8s are vastly superior albeit I may not have sampled the best carbed ones one being in a disco 1 and the other a defender but in terms of smoothness and responsiveness I found the EFi ones to be lesgues ahead .
So glad o round this channel after your 2.4d purchase ❤
Super cool video, I'm just getting back into these sd1's after loving growing up with my dad's 3500se in moonraker blue, I always wanted it but he sold it after the torque converter lost oil to a guy who had just restored his sd1 for it only to be written off on its way home from a mot! Not sure if he rebuilt his car or my dad's.
Anyways I live in London and seeing as owning something 40 years old is good I want to get a sd1 next year as my next daily, something safe and drivable but needs tidying up so I can love it and show it off at shows. Its name will be big joff after my dads nick name, i lost him 6 years ago, he was only 59 and cars were our bonding so big joff will be to remember him, I do eventually want to build a ls powered sd1 restomod car with modern ecu and brakes etc as a real nice fast cruiser.
Il be waiting for more content, thank you
I will always regret the day I drove my manual P6 35 S to the scrap yard, it was stuck in 3rd gear, an easy fix i later learned :((( great channel, you are a hero and to be congratulated sir, keep it up :)
Not had the pleasure of a P6 technically, I bought 2 out of a field many moons ago, both V8’s but both were absolutely totalled, wouldn’t mind getting a P6 sometime this year though, as it’d add to the line up, I have SD1, 800 and 75 in my collection would be cool to have a P6 and a P5 I guess, thanks for your comment really appreciate it mate
@@thatroverguy1937 Would interesting to see one with a VW 32v VR6 + turbo or supercharger and 6 speed manual in one... ?
@@thatroverguy1937 And to upset the fans... an EV conversion using the Lexus hybrid transmission range...
@@kylereese4822 for a few years I considered EV equipping classics but it’s just not me, there’s plenty of money in that field but I’m not gunna be contributing towards it, Diesels arguably still the cleanest of the 3 methods (not to say I’m really a diesel kinda guy) that said EV’s are substantially more powerful that IC engines, so it would make for something exceptionally fun to drive
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20:51 Had 5 rovers over the years, only hav 1 at mo, brought new in 1998, lov to see u do a quick look at your rover's, that's a lovely green metro/rover 100, we had a 1998 800 fastback, bought 2 years old, sold years ago,really regret it, lov them.look forward to the 800 video all best from dublin
I’ll do a walk around all of my cars someday, I just don’t wanna strangle the channel with multiple metro’s 800’s SD1’s 200’s ZR’s ZS’s etc etc especially as some of them are fresh collections in need of severe work, the BRG Metro is a GTA I’ll 100% be doing a video on her, she may look tidy from the exterior but she’s rotten as a pair underneath, thanks from Shropshire!
Cheers mate
Nice…had a few these
So glad I’ve found your channel looking forward to seeing more of your Rover projects especially the SD1’s, I grew up with my Dad driving P6’s, SD1’s and classic Range Rovers so the SD1’s are close to my heart all my Dad’s cars were V8’s I’ve been wanting a SD1 for years and finally got one last year a 1984 vandenplas 2600 auto I really wanted a V8, I got the car back on the road and the 2600 engine has been a joy the only thing that drives me to put a V8 in it is that a lot of parts for the 2600 engine are getting hard to get, It’s always good to hear someone like yourself giving good feedback about the 2600 engine as they get quite a negative review from a lot of people, Looking forward to your next video cheers Chris 👍
The 2600 is a hidden gem, yes the parts availability is pretty bad for the 2.3/2.6 engines, however I imagine your a member of the club and there’s people that do have NOS parts kicking about for them and people with knowledge on parts interchangeability from other engines (off memory the tensioner can be adapted from a pinto) obviously she’s your car and I wouldn’t wanna step in your way of dropping a V8 into her, but they truly are a good engine, I’d just recommend getting the cylinder head oil port upgrade (loads of info in the club about it) aside that they never really go, done 200,000 in 2600’s before effortlessly
@@thatroverguy1937 to be fair I love the 2609 engine and it’s smoothness I ran the car on the road for what was left of the summer last year after getting in the road and really enjoyed it, It really is just the lack of decent parts now the scares me abit and would lead me down the V8 route but would rather keep the car with its originality yeah I’m a club member to and have seen a few posts on the oil port upgrade and some people removing the valve and others fitting an alternative oil feed to the head. Have see a few posts on the quality of cylinder gaskets as new parts and such items are getting rare as well.
I never understood why they did not market the SD1 as Jaguar XJ-U type instead of the strange XJS, the Rover V8 was much more reliable and easier to maintain compared to the V12 that tended to drop valve seats....
To my understanding they designed the XJS in a way (narrow inner wings or something to that nature) to prevent the RV8 from being fitted, I’ve had XJS V12’s and aside the incredibly poor economy of them they’ve never really let me down, the last one I had was a 5.9 EFi 1990 ish, the starter went on it, and I kid you not what a job, everything about them is a nightmare to work on, I bought my first XJS as a half finished engine swap, the lad had put a HE engine into an injected car and became overwhelmed by the electrics, I wouldn’t say they’re an underrated car (XJS) in fact I’d say they’re vastly overhyped, poor economy, not overly fast and above all they rot terribly, far far far worse than any Rover
@@thatroverguy1937Well in USA they easily swap a Chevy Small Block in the XJS so any Buick V8 should also fit! In Germany during the 1980s some even fitted Mercedes 5.6, 6,0, and even 6,9 litre V8 engines from crashed 450SEL 6,3/6.9 In Germany the v12 did not last very long on the Autobahn they mostly dropped valve seats after long fast trips.
@@Schlipperschlopper very interesting, I know the V12 is highly detuned, aren’t they something like 280hp at the highest (aside the lister) I’ve never swapped anything in an XJ and to be frank I probably never will, or well now I’m giving it thought maybe would, they do have a timeless look, but my experience’s with them has always been somewhat tragic, the only “good” one I had was a 5.9 I daily drove for 4-5 months, but 7-8mpg got tiresome, that along with the seating position isn’t comfortable and somehow the auto box feels really arcane
Superb channel. 👍🏻 keep the content coming.
Thanks really appreciated mate
I've got a E plate twin plenum
Keep up the good work. 👍
Not E887/E877? A really really rotten TP?
I’ve got a 1978 2.6 and great to hear positivity with this big old lump. I’ve been thinking about the injection side and wondering how much better it would be? Only issue with the 2.6 is getting spares for the engine now and what is out there is getting a tad expensive
Massive love for the 2.6 engines here, a lot of people rave on about the V8 but an injection 2600 would be very interesting, as I said me and my friend have pencilled it a few times, I think once the turbo kits become available I’ll probably take a look into an EFi turbo 2600
Same engine I've got to put in mine (1985 VDP EFi) but going with the ZF 8HP45 auto box (with aftermarket gearbox controller) - just need to get a bench cleared to work on adaptor...
House or toque or Ashcroft controller? I was considering an 8HP for a while but I think I’ll use that in a P38 M57 conversion in the future, tbf the easiest way around the TT box issue is a 4HP22, readily available loads of spare and easy to source, not that 8HP’s aren’t plentiful, just slightly more expensive
@@thatroverguy1937 Probably Turbolamik - that alone will prob cost more than rest of resto 😁
@@sarahlivingstone8367 about £1500-£1600 off memory, I think house of torque is slightly better around £7-800 but I haven’t used one… yet
@@thatroverguy1937 I am so far from needing one, maybe a few others will appear...
Haha...! I agree with you about the 2600. It is silky smooth, works great with the auto box, matches the car well but it sounds too 'polite' compared to that grunty snuffling V8 lump. And yes, again, for reminding younger viewers that the replacement 827 was a Jag and Granada eater of equal merit
Could there be a day coming of people taking V8’s out of converted 2600/2300’s and going back to the big 6! Ironically the engines are getting nigh impossible to find now, but I’ve pretty much always been a big believer in them, very underrated engines, I think they were in one heck of a shadow being pitted against the V8’s, and by god the Honda 2.7 is in my opinion one of the better V6’s you can get, not rare to find high mileage 2.7’s, they rattle a bit after 100,000 but doesn’t affect the performance, I was proper blown away after driving my first 827, 100% Granada/XJ8 killers, criminally underrated cars, I’ll defo do a deeper dive into 800’s
Lovely bit of history there, a "de specc'd" VDP, was it ever a Police car, unmarked maybe?. I know that the Int Corps (DET) used these in Northern Ireland as well for "getting about". Nice for the shout out to Tom, I follow him as well and he's a great fella. i'm learning loads watching his channel along with yours, and I really hope your channels take off.
A single japspeed Turbo would be awesome, although maybe forged pistons might be needed,drop the compression a bit and maybe strengthen some of the internals.
Do the V8's run better on Carbs then - How do they get on with maybe a Holley conversion?. I don't know a thing about the Rover V8 other than the general info off wiki and the net.
Thanks for the upload, so pleased I found your channel. It's interesting and you're not boring mate. People like me, fellow petrolheads who remember these old girls, although I'm not a Rover guy I like to learn about stuff from people with a genuine passion. I had no idea Rover were so far ahead with these cars back in the day. Who knows what might have happened if things turned out different with BL and the Unions etc.
I also think the 800 series were very underrated, old bill used them back in the day and they were always Traffic and pretty rapid.
This particular car actually has some pretty amazing history attached to her, some people in the club do know its history and I think throughout the videos of completing this engine swap I’ll reveal a bit more about her history but she wasn’t an ex police car, though it would make more sense it being such low spec,
So it is a little more complicated than the fact of running with carbs on vs EFi, the EFi engines run a different CR so they have different pistons in them, and earlier V8’s also had smaller valves, so there’s actually a fair bit of difference between the carb and EFi engines, the Lucas intake was fairly pioneering for its time, there was numerous gremlins with it, 1 being fuel vaporisation, and in fact Rover did do a dealership quick fix with a stainless plate to cover the fuel lines, I think to be fair it depends on how the engine has been treated over its life, if it’s overheated and disturbed the liner at any point (even if it hasn’t cracked) it’s likely to move over and over again until it cracks or disturbs the seal
Yes you need to run a different set of piston for a turbo build, along with a different sump headers and obviously the turbo/turbos, a common fault with the Japspeed turbos are the manifolds crack, finding original ones that haven’t cracked is very hard nowadays as they weren’t an over common thing to see back in the day
I was SD crazy and my friend had bought a J reg 827 Vitesse and said I should take her for a spin, I gave it a go and we’ll go be honest I was blown away at how much more modern they feel, they truly are unsung heroes
SD1 V8 is so on my list of cars to own! Shape more than engine I guess so would be happy with another lump
I’ve had many many cars over my time, and really I can’t give them a good enough word, they’re just the right amount of character, performance and style, and in terms of driving they throw a lot of feedback, a real drivers car
@@thatroverguy1937 Well you will need to shout me if you get something thats good runner driver, dont mind some shabbiness all my other stuff is rough n ready
I’ll be absolutely honest mate I won’t be selling any SD1’s for a while, the best place to find one is in the “SD1 cars and parts for sale” group, they are pretty rare cars but there’s no shortage of them for sale in all sorts of conditions, some people do dream a little with prices, £1000 should land you a project SD1 that would likely see the road again
@@thatroverguy1937 yeah Ill prob drop 5 in something better as no time for any more restos lol
@@ChopsGarage you’ll easy pick one up for £5,000 possibly even a V8 auto, manuals do command a higher price generally, either way best of luck mate and you won’t be disappointed, when the weather gets better I’ll perhaps do a few road pulls in one of me V8’s
I have had a few Rover V8's and Stags and all had carbs. Would it be possible [and more reliable] to put some SU's or a Twin Weber on it?
Yes you can do, they literally just interchange, but obviously you lose a degree of power when you run a set of twin carbs, a more comparable intake would be quad hollies or eidlebrocks or even IBT’s, there’s arguments for both fuel systems, in all fairness it’s very arcane the standard intake on the EFi SD1’s, and the over heating issue is to a degree sorted by the introduction of the 3.9 engines, for personal reasons in terms of intakes I am not a fan of distributors and get rid of them where and when I can lol
Wow! That really answered my question. Thanks and great knowledge you have.@@thatroverguy1937
Lovley car we have a series 1 V8 manual
Thanks! ☺️
I am on my 4th. I passed my test in my first.
Awesome!
What’s going on with all the other stuff in that unit?
Some are donors some are upcoming restorations
I worked on and drove the 2 ltr SDI and it wasn't that slow
It’s now the only one I haven’t had, someday I’ll get one, I have been told they’re actually pretty good, better on fuel and faster than a 2300
Looks like lots of room for an ls swap
its only 3500ccm with V8?
The standard SD1 V8 was a 3.5 V8, this ones getting a 4.0 V8 but people throughout the years have put larger V8’s in them, for me it’s all old hat, I love the V8 naturally, but it’s all been done before, that’s why I’m gunna put a 2JZ in the one SD1, try and offer something a little different
@@thatroverguy1937 How about a Chevy LS? They can take a good beating and it would still be in keeping with it's V8 heritage.
@@Luton-Mick I’ll be honest LS swaps are expensive, a markedly better powerplant than the RV8, but your looking at 5 times the cost to run one, and for me if I’m going to be spending that sorta money there’s better engines, I’m putting a 2JZ GTE in an SD1 at some point in the future, and pound for pound I’d personally say it’s a better set up, more reliable, and more power, that’s not in any way giving an LS any insult they are good engines generally speaking
We had both 2600 and 3500 vdp carb engine and I'd have to say that the 3.5 was definitely quicker and more reliable 2600.. That car was problematic as hell and the timing chain eventually snapped