Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club Forum

There should be a plastic under tray that fits beneath the front crossmember that carries the radiator and the suspension tie rods; when in situ it also blocks off the space beneath the coil! or at least it does on my 414.

I would give it an Italian Tune Up; a regular shot of fuel injection cleaner and only fill up at a BP/SHELL/ESSO pump. Clogged injectors might not be the only issue you have, does the engine hunt on start up? or is it cutting out after 5 minutes say? Try opening the throttle slightly as you turn it ...

The elephant in the room is crash testing surely?

that explains all the extra box sections in the R3, as opposed to just the fluted pressings in the R8?

Some one's squashed it?

Decent article discussing bearings in last month's P.C! should be posssible to identify the bearing by it's serial number and either source a replacement or a sealed race upgrade,the pump will need an oil seal too of course, to state the obvious.

Sad man with umpteen R8's just happens to have a couple of U/S front door speakers kicking around for immediate examination! :laughing2 As Dist has said the orifice dia is 6.5 inches; they have a three point flange fixing, where supposedly aftermarket replacements differ in my experience. The origin...

My understanding is that Honda wasn't aware that BAe were negoiating to sell Rover to BMW and that BMW were equally in the dark regarding Honda's 20% stake in Rover. I read somewhere that Honda trippled the price of D16's once BMW took over and that I would assume is why Rover stopped using them. I ...

Have you cross referenced part numbers to RIMMERS parts list Simon?

That's a fascinating comparison of the floor pans; the Honda design looks more expensive, certainly to press, while possibly being easier to dip/spray coat?

Back on topic; now up to £1120.00 which is still a good price imo if your looking for one!

Edited to add:
Final bid was £1550.

Nope, just a mechanic familiar with the car and old fashioned fault finding using his brain.

Looks like you all had a good AGM, the weather put me off I have to admit. This is the first one I've missed since I joined!

Yes the SOHC is much nicer to cruise on the Mway and as I have half a plan to fit a DOHC and mate it to a wide ratio box in my Red GTi [health/energy permitting] I'm after a butchers at a DOHC torque/power curve: did Rover ever publish one? An alternative plan is to turn her into a hillclimb car, in...

Interesting to note that approx max torque is achieved at 3000RPM!

Do you have a chart for a T.C?

The suspension will be stiffer and it's got bigger anti roll bars.

A lot will depend on how it's been driven and looked after; it looks very clean under the bonnet.

There are 30 taxed on the road at the moment.

[I'm not sellling it by the way]