Mad Max
North West
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Feb 23, 2012 19:25:48 GMT
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I may be biased but this is wonderful! Ive always hankered for a fastback 800. Just exudes such class in a package so often overlooked but more than capable of beating anything else in its class.
Rant over! I love the T series and love seeing it used well!
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ChasR
RR Helper
motivation
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1994 Rover 820ChasR
@chasr
Club Retro Rides Member 170
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Feb 23, 2012 22:26:25 GMT
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It is always great to see a sleeper of a Rover now and again. What a way to go about doing it!
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820
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Feb 25, 2012 14:29:29 GMT
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Couple of pictures of the interior. Had a full weld in cage fitted for safety and as it is a 5 door the shell was quite flexible.
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Last Edit: Sept 8, 2021 14:19:25 GMT by 820
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Feb 25, 2012 15:15:45 GMT
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This is chock full of awesomeness! It's great to see these get some recognition.
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820
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Feb 27, 2012 19:53:01 GMT
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Below is a link to the website for the car, loads of pics and some other car stuff. www.rovervitesse.comthanks again for the comments |
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820
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Some video of the car at Santa Pod, the smoke in a couple of the clips was a broken piston ring, long since fixed.
thanks
Jim
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Last Edit: Jul 12, 2014 13:03:04 GMT by 820
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Sinky
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Run Baby Run......Please!
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Holy S@*t. Nice one!^^^^^^^
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2001 Volvo XC70 wagon
2003 Piaggio X9 Evo
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820
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Bit of an update. Engine was getting tappetty so checked the valve clearances and found all inlets ok but exhaust clearances had increased quite a bit, so removed the exhaust cam etc which is a pain as it was originally fitted with hydraulic lifters so not designed to come apart for service, found the shims had worn quite badly, some more than others. As it is only on the exhaust side I am guessing it is to do with the high temperature the exhaust valves reach with the turbo and this could be causing the oil to thin and become less effective. Adjusting the gaps is not a nice job either, I have to get top hat shims from Piper, only available in limited sizes then grind each of them to size for each valve, fortunately it only needs doing every 5000 miles or so. The top surface should be flat, a couple of gaps were only a few thou oversize but you can see there is as much as 20 thou increase in gap on the most worn.   Cams back in and carriers reassembled with new seals, had to helicoil one of the back cam belt cover threads in the head, also fitted a new cam belt while it was off.  I need to remove the fuel tank now to clean out old fuel and muck that has formed inside and on pump due to lack of use but that will have to wait as the front of the car is up on stands for some other repairs. |
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Last Edit: Sept 8, 2021 14:19:53 GMT by 820
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ianmk2
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Nice, funnily enough I saw one of these in town yesterday and thought...you don't see many of those around anymore.
I remember back when I was 17-18 a friends dad had one of these as a company car, which he was allowed to drive. An 827 fastback sports auto with the Honda 24v V6 in it, to us, back then, it was the fastest car in the world!
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820
South East
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Nov 16, 2013 17:37:58 GMT
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Following on from another thread requesting fuel tank cleaning tips I was worried the fuel had dried up and gone off in the pipes, so before taking the tank out for cleaning decided to add 20 litres of fuel and fuel system cleaner, run fuel through the pipes rails etc so it could at least soak into anything nasty that had formed inside the pipes. This is the mess inside the tank, it has that very old petrol smell too.  Anyway added the fuel and additive, ran the pump and it actually fired up and ran after a bit of coughing and spluttering, so at least it is useable when I get the rest back together. |
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Last Edit: Jun 3, 2022 10:29:19 GMT by 820
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820
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Nov 16, 2013 18:16:08 GMT
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The original brakes are actually quite good, with 285mm vented front discs they are fine on the road but even with EBC Redstuff pads for track days they overheat after a couple of laps causing bad fade. So next job is beef up the front brakes, like everything on this car there is nothing available off the shelf and no one has done it before so decided to use Rallydesign and go for Willwoods. I took a hub and wheel to them for dimensions, their brake man was brilliant, went through lots of options and tried different bells and discs to get the right clearance inside the standard wheels, worked out caliper piston sizes suitable for the standard master cylinder, even showed my son and I around their warehouse, which I imagine is a bit like heaven, largest stock of tuning parts in the country and possibly Europe I believe, amazing place, I highly recommend them. There is still a lot of work to do getting the brakes to fit, the brakes disc bells are blank and the caliper carriers have to be made. Original brakes with drilled and grooved discs and redstuff pads.  These are the new calipers, these should stop the old barge.  The new disc bells, as you can see no bolt holes and a standard 50mm centre hole.  Centre and wheel stud holes done.  Luckily a perfect fit  Close behind though, pictures make it look closer than it is but still not much space to work with.   Caliper mounts will be a bit more tricky, the plan is to make them first from wood as its nicer to work with.  Thats where its up to today, cheers. |
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Last Edit: Jun 3, 2022 10:30:22 GMT by 820
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820
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The wooden mock up caliper brackets are taking longer than expected, this is mk5 due to changes and breakages still with a bit more to do, the problem is how close the 4 threaded bolt holes pass, requiring plenty of metal around the holes, there will be another 10mm added taking total thickness 30mm, I hope that will be good enough or it gets complicated.  Nearside of the front bumper has been a poor fit for years so finally got round to removing the bumper to fix it  and found this sorry looking mount,  While the bumper was off I removed the fog lamps that never get used and fitted blanks from an 820 Si, but the nearside with a few holes drilled is now a discreet cold air intake for the air filter just behind the headlamp. Bumper bracket replaced and bumper refitted.  |
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Last Edit: Jun 3, 2022 10:31:11 GMT by 820
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Always wanted one of these, everytime one pops up I don't have the money!
Great car, love the way your modding it, great to follow your progress.
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I've seen one around the docks here ... i look at it remembering this thread and getting ideas ........
I still want one of these.
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820
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cheers oldskullpete.
Do it optimusprime, still a few nice Coupes come up for sale, under £1000 will get you a lot of car. If I had space I would get another Vitesse Coupe.
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I don't think there is much to rival the bang for buck of the 800 coupe.
I one happened to pop up at the right price around me I could see that taking the place of the shabby 944 I am toying with lol.
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Some days you just need to take a grinder to an inanimate object, just to make your day a tiny bit better!!
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village
Part of things
Always carries a toolbox. Because Volkswagen.......
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My folks had two of these, and F reg saloon and an N reg fastback. Both were 820Si's and I got to drive both of em and thoroughly enjoyed the experience (as an 18-21 year old).
The fastback rolled like a trawler and the steering was way to light, but they were quick enough.......
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"The White Van is strong with this one...."
Chris "Chesney" Allen 1976-2005 RIP
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820
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Last Edit: Jun 3, 2022 10:31:55 GMT by 820
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820
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A bit on the history of the engine and parts. This was the first new engine, 250hp with forged pistons, ported head, bigger turbo, lightened flywheel, gearbox ratios changed and a 35hp shot of nitrous.  In the early 90's Rover began developing a race 2 litre M16 engine to enter the BTCC with a 200 saloon, BMW apparently pulled the plug on the project which left 5 race engines, as far as I know only 2 survived, one went in to a rallycross car and the other a rally car, one had a major failure and the other ones fate is unknown. This as far as I know is the only one left, a heavily modified block with all steel crank and mains with bore and stroke altered, but with serious damage to the crank, rod, bore and cylinder head.     Damage to the bore can be seen here  The cylinder head has been hit by the piston, huge inlet valves and ports but the damage is quite bad as well as some cracking around the Wills rings (think thats what they are called) sealing the combustion chambers, no gasket is used, note the inserts to regulate coolant flow installed where the gasket would have been.  Conrod.  This is a dyno graph from Tony Pond Racing who were involved in the development, This normally aspirated M16 making 266hp at 8500rpm, this was the BTCC rpm limit at that time.  Beautifully hand made slide throttle inlet     Comparison of standard cam against full race cam from this engine.  |
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Last Edit: Jun 3, 2022 10:34:29 GMT by 820
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820
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