British lunatic manages to put 27liter tank engine in his old rover. The following solutionsactions are available to you. As the sd1 was phased out of production, the range rover was just going over to efi, thus all v8s after this date feature virtual vitesse spec efi cylinder heads, including the first 3. It belonged to a chap in holland who was a member of the rover sd1 club i did a spell as chairman and magazine editor back in the late 90s early 2000s and on a trip over there he gave me the keys. The last rover branded vehicle that used the rover v8 was the rover sd1, which was discontinued in 1986 and replaced by the rover 800, a rebadged version of the honda legend, a vehicle that was codeveloped with honda and rover group. Rover sd1 powered by a 27litre v12 merlin tank engine24382454245324512450244924482447244624452444244324422441244024392455. The last rover to have a real rover v8 was the rover sd1 vitesse which was replaced by the rover 827 vitesse with a 2. The big advantage of the rover v8 is that you can increase the capacity of an existing engine or get another larger rover engine with the same dimensions and mountings without much increase in weight.
Mating a rover sd1 body and a rolls royce meteor engine from a centurion tank is not an easy task, especially when you consider the meteor engine produces 650bhp from its 27 litres as standard. At one point in its life it was a rover sd1, that is, until its owner and chief engineer decided to put a 27 liter rollsroyce v12 meteor engine in it. Robotham and his chassis design and development division at clan foundry, belper, as they were not involved in aeroengine work and his engineers were. If ever a car represented a brilliant idea, badly executed, it was the rover sd1. Rover sd1, dash switch overhaul tastes like petrol.
The display binnacle sits on top of the dashboard in front of the driver to aid production in lefthand drive markets. As a much needed and long awaited replacement for the inventive p6 22003500 range and triumphs 20002500 models, it appeared in 3. The 2600 is a motor vehicle from rover, with rear wheel drive, a front positioned engine and a david bachepenned 5 door sedansaloon body style. At one point in its life it was a rover sd1, that is, until its owner and chief engineer decided to put a 27liter rollsroyce v12 meteor engine in it. Highly modified with a 27 litre v12 rolls royce meteor engine from a tank. A 1981 sd1 with a 27 litre v12 merlin engine, lpg converted. I have been looking at those very same alloys as a possible fit for my buick.
Jonny interviews charlie the owner of the amazing 27 litre rover sd1 that we saw hitting over 160 mph in this weeks episode. Charlie takes the massive 27 litre v12 tank engine out of his rover one of practical performance car magazines feature cars. The incredible about the car is not only its uniqueness, but the brutal 27. Im fairly sure i know that car and if its the one i think it is then ive driven it. The rover sd1 is both the code name and eventual production name given to a series of executive cars built by the specialist division later the jaguar rover triumph division of british leyland bl, under the rover marque. Fitting a 27 liter v12 to britishleylands most extroverted sedan certainly has no shortage of challenges. The beast a 27l v12 rolls royce merlin engine street legal car. Jaguars aj6 suffered similar constraints in originally stemming from work on a slant six version of the v12.
This 1980 rover sd1 vin rrvwv8aa1508 has recently had its original 3. This time its a rover sd1 with the engine of a spitfire fighter. Is building a car using ww2era aircraft piston engines feasible. Expediency rarely yields the best results, despite both being good engines aj6 in particular being notable for being particularly robust. A derivative called the meteor was developed for use in tanks. Megasquirt support forum msextra ms in 27 litre rr. In one of the latest episodes of fifth gear, johnny smith takes interview from charlie, who is the owner of truly staggering homemade rover sd1. The rover 2600s engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 2. Michael wilcock of sussex, england, built the swandean spitfire special, using a merlin xxv engine acquired from a scrap yard. The rollsroyce merlin, although designed as an aero engine, was used in other applications both on land and at sea. A rover sd1 with a difference, 10 march 1979 throwback. The sd1 vitesse wheel is the closest readily available wheel here in the uk but not necessarily in aus to the correct offset for the p6 rear wheel arch. As sd1 type, but machining process differs from traditional sd1. There are not only 3,5 litre rover buick engines around but also 3,94,24,64.
Seen at the cambridge and district classic car club meeting at barrington 5. A v12 jaguar owner might not be impressed but the rest will be. British lunatic manages to put 27liter v12 tank engine in. It was produced through its specialist, rover triumph and austin rover divisions from 1976 until 1986, when it was replaced by the rover 800. The rollsroyce meteor is a tank engine, later built by rover. The demise of the mg rover group in 2005 led to a halt in production of the famed name rover v8 after 40 years. We serve as reddit s central hub for vehiclerelated discussion. I then had to fix the reason i actually pulled the switch out. Man engine swaps a rover sd1 with wwii plane engine. Rover sd1 powered by a 27litre v12 merlin tank engine.
Sd1, inheriting the knowhow gained in the competition to give the 3. All post 96 rover v8 engines no longer have the outer 4 head bolts on each bank, this is what the engine has always needed, but it took rover 25 years to realize it. The reme museums conqueror armoured recovery vehicle arv is fitted with a mechanically fuel injected rolls royce rover meteor m120 petrol engine developing around 800 bhp. It was developed from the rollsroyce merlin aeroengine by w. Just browsed a copy of practical performance car magazine as the cover car was a 6 litre v12 mercedes engined cobra, thought that was a. Ps ford have been using peugeot diesels going as far back as the sierra. I thought the forum would be interested in reading about ms1 fitted to a v12, 27 litre meteor petrol engine. The 1994 ford tranist supervan 3 could become my favourite car in the game, especially if they get the engine sound right, while i cant wait to get my hands on the rover sd1 and see what upgrade options are available. Rolls royce meteor 27 litre v12 engine in rover sd1 flickr.
The police loved the sd1 so much, that when they heard it was going out of production in 1986, they stockpiled cars so they could use them after they died off. Hi ron we dont use backspace in the uk and i find it a hugely unhelpful concept to get my head round. Rover sd1 fitted with a 27litre v12 merlin tank engine. The inner section was then gently slid into place, whilst using a small screwdriver to make sure the sprung contact clears everything ok. The rollsroyce meteor and later the rover meteor was a british tank engine developed during the second world war. The engine has been stripped down and rebuilt by charlie broomfield using goodridge fuel lines.