220 Gsi T

[5teve L]

Picked up another car that i've always wanted the other day as i've had enough of non-turbo power
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

[Dan O'Neill]

Looks ok hope you get what you want done soon.

[Sparkie]

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.

[raj]

do these have the same engines as the 220 coupes[tomcats].?
how do these cars perform? ive never driven one before.

[Trevhib]

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]

Think it's the same engine Raj. Supposedly pretty quick.

really? just that ive never really heard any banter about these engines tbh

[5teve L]

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 ), 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

[5teve L]

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.

Yeah I think it depends on what suspension you go for, koni's are pretty good on them, the g-max are a bit

[Sparkie]

head gaskets weep in the passenger side front corner.

[5teve L]

Yeah, common fault on them.

[5teve L]

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

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

[5teve L]

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 & since I've sold the wheels.. still got some 17" superleggera's to put on & after selling the other wheels they cost me £100




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]

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





Just need to get the rear ARB welded up & the front poly kit on & it should handle like a dream as well.

[Adam L]

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.