[ROVERNET - UK] 4.3 bhp output
Bill Robertson
rover2000nut at hotmail.com
Mon Sep 13 19:13:29 BST 2004
Hi Tom ........
The information listed in the article is that the original
factory car put out 364bhp with Carillo rods and good pistons, but it had a
hydraulic cam and lifters and non-adjustable rockers.........This was
replaced in 1971 when it went to Australia with a Wade mechanical cam, solid
Chevrolet lifters, pushrods from a Falcon 170ci 6 cylinder engine and Holden
rockers on Oldsmobile rocker shafts.........Quite a mishmash.......The
original spark plug holes were welded and relocated to make room for bigger
inlet valves........This pushed the power up to 410bhp..........Late in 1971
was when the rear end was changed..........An interesting note is when the
factory car was built they tried the Rover 3500 autobox in testing before
switching to the Muncie 4 speed
The car suffered from being too heavy, too complex and had many braking
issues......it was a viscious understeerer and in 1972 the Traco motor came
out and a 480bhp 5litre Holden V8 went in and was moved a whopping 25 inches
rearward with now half the inlet trumpets behind the windshield..........The
standard Rover radiator had also been used till this point...........To
accomodate the engine the firewall was massively cut and anywhere they could
save weight metal was removed..............The car was lowered and now the
exhaust had to run inside the car above the floor and out the
sides............
The media hated the car and what was done to it and called it a cunning
cardboard replica of a car..........10 percent Rover and 90 percent
imagination in that toy
No mention was made of what was done to the rear end except that even in the
factory car the brake pads and rotors in the rear were replaced with those
from a formula 5000 race car..........
Its too bad that car had not retained its original form and raced in the
touring class rather than trying to make an all out race cartoon out of
it..........
Bill Robertson
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