(19-11-2014, 04:51 PM)Piggy Wrote: Is there not a gasket on the inlet which fails and allows water into the cylinder on these?

(19-11-2014, 05:03 PM)procta Wrote: Now that's a proper rover! none of this posh rover shite! these used to get the Tseries engines dropped in, you could even drop the vvc engine in from the coupe.
Just a shame these were binned before their time.
give you a tip. put on the later kseries mpi manifold and down pipe, as that opens these up, don't bother converting it to mpi as its not worth the f*ck on!

(19-11-2014, 06:42 PM)billythekid Wrote: 1.6 hdi.

(19-11-2014, 06:58 PM)madwelshman Wrote: Those Rovers came with the 1769cc n/a and turbo PSA engine, so in theory, the 1.9 and possibly even the Hdi would fit (with a bit of electrical know how).
What about PSA petrol engines, are they the same bellhousing pattern as the diesel (I don't personally know, hence asking the question)?
If so, more options again.

Will

(19-11-2014, 06:27 PM)tenwierdufos Wrote:

(19-11-2014, 04:51 PM)Piggy Wrote: Is there not a gasket on the inlet which fails and allows water into the cylinder on these?

Taken the manifold off and resealed it, running on 4 again but still steaming a lot, taken the plug out and looks dry though.

Probably false hope hahaha.

I did manage to break the fill point round the back of the engine while doing it though, so covered that in goo and will have to wait a day or two to brim it and test properly. Will let you know the result!

(19-11-2014, 05:03 PM)procta Wrote: Now that's a proper rover! none of this posh rover shite! these used to get the Tseries engines dropped in, you could even drop the vvc engine in from the coupe.
Just a shame these were binned before their time.
give you a tip. put on the later kseries mpi manifold and down pipe, as that opens these up, don't bother converting it to mpi as its not worth the f*ck on!

Interesting... how to you run the SPI and the MPI manifold together? I wouldn't have thought that would work.

(19-11-2014, 10:05 PM)lolsteve Wrote: Helllloooooo

It's the plastic inlet manifolds that have a habit of leaking into the end cylinders. Did you put the head saver shim on as well when doing the head gasket? Mine didn't have that on and was leaking oil and water
Drop a vvc lump in and have yourself a whale of a time.
Think this chassis is where my front half is from so (i think) any front suspension components for ZRs will fit this too (strut brace, poly bush, anti roll bar etc)

(20-11-2014, 02:00 PM)Poodle Wrote: Good to see you back with another ill-advised project, look forward to seeing some progress.

In terms of swaps, a good rule of thumb is if it didn't come as standard then you'll need to do some/lots of fabrication to make it fit. My personal opinion is that you should avoid the k-series like the plague it is, so any fab work has got to be worth it lol.

(20-11-2014, 09:53 PM)DavidA Wrote: The only issue I had with my 1.4 K series was when one of the bolts from the Pipercross air filter came loose and dropped into the throttle body...never had head gasket issues in over 70k miles.

(21-11-2014, 09:40 PM)Iceman299 Wrote: Brings back memories! First car was a nightfire red 214sei, followed by a 420 turbo, 220gsi then 216 coupe.

I think i kind of loved Rovers back then

(20-11-2014, 08:35 PM)tenwierdufos Wrote: Poodle, what is the point of a project if it isn't ill-advised?!

(22-11-2014, 07:12 AM)Poodle Wrote:

(20-11-2014, 08:35 PM)tenwierdufos Wrote: Poodle, what is the point of a project if it isn't ill-advised?!

Precisely.

I'm sure the k-series is great, my view is just skewed by the fact that every single last one that i've known has blown it's hg. Totally minor detail tbf, i probably over-value reliability.