rover coupe

thought id say hi . some of you may know me .

i have a couple of tomcats . one race car and one road car .

the road car is going through a full rebuild and im fitting all my race spares to it to make effectily a road legal roversport cup car

anyway back on it

photos taken from last week .

well before shot blasting i decided to remove all the underseal and seam sealer from the joins of the chassis rails so that i could stich weld down the car to stiffern the chassis up a bit and to make it a bit stronger .

so spent a few hours with a scrapper and a wire brush attachment cleaning up the areas that i was gunna weld up .

quick jet wash out side



some of the damage and rust



damage to front passenger sill



where the tyres used to rub . this will be cleaned up and welded up .



rust and damage to rear drivers sill



rust to the drivers rear quater .



all the oil and crap under the car



where some one had done a repair on the rear anti roll bar before . tempted to cut this out and re do it as it isnt straght and not the best of repairs .





removing all the seam seeler on the chassis rails .



removing all the seem sealer from the rear end



i am fitting a new tank and uprated feul pump so banged a hole in the old one to remove the old fuel






then after all the areas are exposed a light dusting of weld through primer to stop it rusting .



now on wards to remove the rear panels which i have left the body shop man to do

the engine rebuild .

one fully balanced bottom end and reworked head .

bottom end balanced and matched to the pulleys and the flywheel .

flywheel been skimmed as well .

the crank was brand new and was still out weight wise lol





blocking off a oil passage and tapping the oil pump so that it forces all the oil round the oil cooler not just some of it like in the oe set up .





some head work .

basically taking all the machine marks out of the chamber faces to reduce the risk of det . and recutting valves and porting and maching all the manifolds to the head .




before



after







had to get all the shims for the solid tappets remade . std car has hydro tappets . but they lock at higher rpm so roversport replaced them with solid ones

but this means that these will need to be checked and changed as a serviable item .



checking and calculating volumes







cleaning the sump out and welding in a baffle plate for those hard corners !









new je 1 mm over sized forged pistons



fitted with 3 layer steel head gasket and arp head bolts



forged conrods



doing a dry build and checking all the bearings etc .

well i got the bigger zr 160 /zs 180 brakes refurbed with some new seals a lick of red paint and some new discks and pads on the rear arms ready to lift on .

just gotta get the bushes pressed in and thats the rear end finished .



also fitted the roversport copper rad to the powder coated frame work etc .



also got a clarke tent to shot blast the car in etc ie the engine bay and all the arches out . ready for welding and painting .



saves getting crap all ove rthe work shop and every where out side .

so built up the front suspension and brakes .

did a ld rusty panel in the new paint ive had made up . its a custom colour . basically the std rover colour but with alot bigger metallic flakes in it





im now at a point where basically everything i can do off the car can be done .

gearbox has been fully rebult with all new steal caged bearings as well . and the torsen lsd has been checked out as well (checks for cracks)

all the subframes have been welded and powder coated and are ready to go on . so just waiting for the body shop to finish with the car then it will be a massive refit weekend .

:twisted:

nice project.
seems you have the right tools and space at least...

Absolutely no idea what you are talking about when it came to the engine bits-but it looked bloody amazing!! Keep up the good work and well done for saving such a cracking car!

WOW! I want your garage - and your skills too.

Richard

I like threads like this one, looking foward to the updates.

Nice Work is it a FDH?

I used to work for the corporate car rental side of Rover and I loved driving the Coupes... so pretty.

thanks for the commenst guys .

Yes its FDH so to say . Not that it means much lol its n142 fdh . ive had her a while and she been neglected so decided to give it a gd restore .

to be honest the space isnt mine its the body shops .

we are just good friends and he lets me use the space .

joys of being single and chidless lol .

i have spent the last 2 years finding every panel for the car .

so i have every panel new for it

2 x new wings .
2 x new doors
both rear quaters
new bonnet
new boot
new spoiler
new grill

its taken me a while to find the panels but the aim is to have the mintest coupe on the road