Rover V8
 

Got my roadster finally registerred a couple of weeks ago and been happily driving it around but I used an Engine from the Donor a 1.8CVH the performance is a liitle disapointing. I have a 3.9 Rover V8 in the garage which appears as if it would fit into the roadster has anyone done this ?

Being a BEC devotee I would never put an engine that big and heavy-duty into a "light weight" sports car. Wouldn't it be much easier to drop a zetec in ? Chuck some bike carbs on it and you have 170 bhp or thereabouts which is plenty of poke. Obviously further down the road 200 bhp is achievable which is much more than most rover v8's are making.

Already have the V8 though and its made of ally so not to heavy

Rover V8's are actually quite heavy. I know they have quite a lot of aluminium in there, they weigh 230kgs* fully dressed, versus the 117kgs* for your CVH.

*data provided by Westfield owners club

My bike engine is 65 kg with gearbox, obviously I'm not going to get into the debate of engine longevity, torque etc its just staggering the weight that you save. As we all know lighter weight equals better handling.

Congratulations on passing the IVA Rob, a huge well done, I remember struggling to get your chassis kit delivered last christmas due to the bad weather, so thats a really quick build indeed :cool:

cheers
andy

Your car go for it.

If the v8 is what you fancy fill your boots mate its' your car have what you fancy

Arfon

I got a BMW V8 fitted and the ferocity of it is just staggering.

At the end of the day it's your own car which you built, do whatever you want with it!

Thanks Guys, I already built a car with a R1 Engine and its not realy good to drive on the road so though I would try the other extream this time