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5teve L
15-08-2009, 11:20
Picked up another car that i've always wanted the other day as i've had enough of non-turbo power :D
Rover 220 Gsi, needs a little TLC but overall not a bad motor. Will prob end up on a bigger turbo soon & management next year but 1st port of call as always with my cars is suspension :)

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Dan O'Neill
15-08-2009, 20:06
Looks ok hope you get what you want done soon.
Sparkie
15-08-2009, 23:07
funnily enough i had one of these too....

it was lowered, but was quite bouncy. it also had a straight through 3 inch exhaust, which was too noisy.
worst of all, the 3 inch down pipe kept catching things and it ended up pulling the top two manifold studs out of the head.:laugh:
raj
15-08-2009, 23:58
do these have the same engines as the 220 coupes[tomcats].?
how do these cars perform? ive never driven one before.
Trevhib
16-08-2009, 10:40
do these have the same engines as the 220 coupes[tomcats].?
how do these cars perform? ive never driven one before.

Think it's the same engine Raj. Supposedly pretty quick.
raj
16-08-2009, 10:58
Think it's the same engine Raj. Supposedly pretty quick.
really? just that ive never really heard any banter about these engines tbh:scratch:
5teve L
16-08-2009, 11:25
Yes same T16 turbo engine as the coupe or tomcat as they get called.
197bhp as standard, can take about 12-14psi before they start to let go around the ringlands, but this can differ from car to car (sound familiar :laugh: ), my brother was running 18psi when he bent a rod on his a few years back, bolt on a better intercooler or move the badly placed standard one (sits above the rad & close to the ex manifold) fit a pulsar or s14 turbo & they can hit about 230-240 pretty easily.

I had a coupe a few years back running on DTA, cams, GT28R, exhaust etc. & it made 260bhp & 262lbft @ 13psi @ track & road, with the quaiffe diff it was an animal :wasntme::burnrubber:
5teve L
16-08-2009, 11:26
funnily enough i had one of these too....

it was lowered, but was quite bouncy. it also had a straight through 3 inch exhaust, which was too noisy.
worst of all, the 3 inch down pipe kept catching things and it ended up pulling the top two manifold studs out of the head.:laugh:


Yeah I think it depends on what suspension you go for, koni's are pretty good on them, the g-max are a bit :scared:
Sparkie
16-08-2009, 11:34
head gaskets weep in the passenger side front corner.
5teve L
16-08-2009, 11:43
Yeah, common fault on them.
5teve L
22-08-2009, 11:56
Koni yellows with Jamex springs enroute as well as a new fuel tank as mine was pourus & leaking with more than 1/4 of a tank in :rolleyes:

The list over the next few months is :
ZS180 brakes (282mm)
Bigger intercooler
Bigger turbo
Get the couple of scratches sorted
Also may have sourced some 17" superleggeras :smokin:
5teve L
07-09-2009, 19:20
This is how it looks today after trying to get the rear koni's on & finding the bolts had rusted to the inside of the bushes :crap: & since I've sold the wheels.. still got some 17" superleggera's to put on & after selling the other wheels they cost me £100 :D
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Just waiting for the new rims, trailing arm bushes & poly rear bushes, then it's cut the old suspension off & burn/knock/cut the remains out..lol... fit rear koni's, bushes & rims & off I go..
5teve L
18-09-2009, 17:33
Small update as this is how she looks now.... Really enjoying driving it, turned the boost up to 12 psi now & she does feel pokey, the torson diff takes some getting used to in the corners though :burnrubber:


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Just need to get the rear ARB welded up & the front poly kit on & it should handle like a dream as well.
Adam L
18-09-2009, 17:57
I actually wish i'd put one of those engines in my old Rover 416 Touring, like so many people suggested. That would have been rather ho-larious.