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RE: Old skool Rover Sport - Francois - 03-06-2016

She is alive!!!! Cranked her a couple of times for oil pressure - really was quick and no bother. Connected the coil and within two or three swings she was running;

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65 psi cold start, 55 psi warm idle;

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Starts first time;


649 camshaft burble ........


RE: Old skool Rover Sport - Vinay-RS - 03-07-2016

Francois, I would love to get the details of all the companies that you have used throughout this build (and for your other builds). It looks like they do quality work and I think it would be good to add their details to the mini spares and repairs map.

RE: Old skool Rover Sport - Enzio - 03-07-2016

Very NICE!!!!
I love the attention to detail and the colour combo - looks fantastic.

(Is your cooling fan still the wrong way round?)

RE: Old skool Rover Sport - Francois - 03-08-2016

(03-06-2016, 12:23 PM)Miniac Wrote: Man that all looks so good, how much did all the additional plating cost you in the end of all the rebuilding?

I kept a detailed list of expenditure on this build but can not tell you off the cuff what the plating came to. I can recall that the chrome plating from Lusinco was stupidly expensive.
(03-07-2016, 08:39 AM)Vinay-RS Wrote: Francois, I would love to get the details of all the companies that you have used throughout this build (and for your other builds). It looks like they do quality work and I think it would be good to add their details to the mini spares and repairs map.

No problem