Dayton, part of the appeal of the rover engine is the available aftermarket
parts. The Summit Racing catalogue has many available options. I don't want
to suggest that 500 hp is easy, or practical, but is obtainable. The 4.3chevy
is certainly easy to come by and has proven itself a rather durable engine.
My only concern with it was the lack of upgrades. Either way you are required
to do much fitting and building of headers that make crazy straws look
straight. I remember seeing a site, I believe it was on your car, that
described the difficulty routing the exhaust system.
What did you choose to run for a drive line in your creation?
jim
>===== Original Message From "dayton carpenter" <djcarpen@hotmail.com> =====
>James:
>
>The rover engine a great engine. Rover as you know bought the rights from
>buick. It is really a US engine. Still I think on US the side at least as
>far as heads go they are expensive to replace. Warping was a problem. I
>owned a TR-8 so I know first hand.
>
>I have used the Chevy 4.3L V-6 which is not that much heavier than the old
>cast iron spitfire 1500cc anchor. The rover is only 3.5 liter so from the
>start I have 23% more Cu IN. Working the engines from that point is matter
>of money. Building either to above 500hp is costly and is not really a
>everyday driver.
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>>From: "James Libecco" <jfl@neoucom.edu>
>>Reply-To: "James Libecco" <jfl@neoucom.edu>
>>To: "spit" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: front suspension/327 spit combined
>>Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:02:52 -0500
>>
>>The front shocks on the spit should be the same on both sides. That is,
>>unless you have different suspensions on either side of the car, which I
>>will assume you do not at this time, because that would be silly. As for
>>the springs, call teamtriumph or check vicky brit, as they have them as
>>well. These are well engineered to fit, but many people I have talked
>>with,
>>as well as findings in Grassroots suggest that they are a little soft for
>>competition, but would be a huge improvement over the stock mush-piles they
>>call springs.
>>
>>As for a big motor spit, teamtriumph is currently putting together a rover
>>v-8 powered spit, "just because the parts are there". The rover is the
>>only
>>way to go for a big engine spit if you want to go really big. The weight
>>penalty is just too great with an all iron block big engine. It seems to
>>be progressing well. I know a guy to runs a tremendously modified sprite
>>(its the only way I forgive him for an MG) powered by a rover 8 that gets
>>close to 500 hp, so the power potential is definitely there, and
>>aftermarket
>>parts are definetly available. The problem is creating a driveline to
>>handle this power in a spit....
>>
>>Personally, I would really like to see an engine and tranny extracted from
>>the Lexus gs400 implanted into a spit. Tons of power, small, and light
>>weight. That would be the project to do. Still the best bet is a 13b
>>Mazda
>>rotary powerplant for availability, power, and weight.
>>
>>Jim
>>
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