[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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