Does anyone know this Rover?
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Here's how it went down yo, was waitin; for the vtec to kick in but all i got was black smoke.
Good one Lee! 
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Theres a little bit about this car in this months retro cars mag. The owner talks about it when they done an article on his maestro with 500bhp.
Just something I'd like to mention is that I believe the gearbox mated to the 220 as standard has rather short ratios, so I'm not sure if one from a Vitesse would be that much shorter to make a significant enough performance difference for you to keep up with an Accord Type-R kept in VTEC.
So, I can only assume that the Type-R wasn't kept in VTEC, which is a fair enough assumption. My mum/dad when "moving on" will rarely see past 5500rpm, which obviously wouldn't spur the Type-R on at quite maximum pace
On topic, I quite like it when people do crazy things that don't necessarily make sense, so 700hp in a Rover 25 is just plain cool
So, I can only assume that the Type-R wasn't kept in VTEC, which is a fair enough assumption. My mum/dad when "moving on" will rarely see past 5500rpm, which obviously wouldn't spur the Type-R on at quite maximum pace
On topic, I quite like it when people do crazy things that don't necessarily make sense, so 700hp in a Rover 25 is just plain cool
Probably because after being unable to modernise the processes within Rover they couldn't see a future. So they extracted the Mini brand, which is generating them a very tidy amount of revenue today.jamoor said:
An interesting article if you're genuinely interested: http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?whydbbrf.htm
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The engine is running around 3bar boost 
"Proven 7s odd 0-100mph
0-150mph was 16s, and top was 177mph as above, all on datron at brunters with redline. 177mph in about a mile was on his wrong tyres for top speed also and low pressure in them for drag traction!
the maestro and the 200 have both run 11.7s 130mph 1/4s on road tyres in road legal trim. he also ran 11.4s 132mph on drag slicks in the red rover 200.
his best 1/8th mile in the rover was 7.7s @ 108mph at pod, with a 2s 60ft"
The popping and banging is probably the Anti-lag / Traction control system
"Proven 7s odd 0-100mph
0-150mph was 16s, and top was 177mph as above, all on datron at brunters with redline. 177mph in about a mile was on his wrong tyres for top speed also and low pressure in them for drag traction!
the maestro and the 200 have both run 11.7s 130mph 1/4s on road tyres in road legal trim. he also ran 11.4s 132mph on drag slicks in the red rover 200.
his best 1/8th mile in the rover was 7.7s @ 108mph at pod, with a 2s 60ft"
The popping and banging is probably the Anti-lag / Traction control system
Firestar_3x said:
As I understand it, the T Series is used in the Robin Hood superspec, which is the least aptly named kit car ever produced..
Far more popular in kits are Ford Zetec's and now Motorcycle engines...
What company structure? the chinese one?
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Perhaps i'm getting confused with the K then 
The English Rover way of doing things, best thing the chinese can do is start with fresh staff that haven't been indoctrinated with the english rover way of erm not doing much.
The English Rover way of doing things, best thing the chinese can do is start with fresh staff that haven't been indoctrinated with the english rover way of erm not doing much.
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Yea thats a nice increase