Rover V8

[wylliezx9r]

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.

[Ashtonr]

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

[deezee]

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

[wylliezx9r]

Originally Posted by deezee

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.