Rover V8 SD1 live run

Rover SD1 V8 test rig run

[@AlexDeLarge77]

My dad used to trail Land Rovers with his pal. Both are serious mechanics. The lump they used was a Rover V8. It’s basically the engine that powered the vehicle I learnt to drive in. I was thirteen years old. You could rev the absolute bollocks out of em, and the sound was just incredible. I fell in love right there and then. Great fun.

[@stevo5222]

Best smell in the world is fried onions, best sound in the world is a rover v8

[@patrickcannell2258]

You can hear its Buick roots.

[@RetroMuseumTV]

Amazing sound from this feat of engineering

[@marcinwentylatur782]

Drinks by drip but in excellent condition;)

[@overlanding4less419]

Beautiful

[@alexandermathar7780]

I wonder what would have happened if Honda/ Rover had combined the 3.5 l V8 with the VTEC.

[@davidives7997]

Healthy.

[@bertiewooster3326]

Good neighbours then ?

[@tommccay9796]

Yes, all petrol heads!!

[@thenewviceroy]

What's with the different exhaust manifolds? Good to see cast iron, but why the two?

[@arnoudb3757]

Pre-heated air for colder conditions is taken from the right hand exhaust manifold via an attached sheet metal piece and a flexible hose ,brought into the air intake. Not shown here, but hence the odd shape of the right exhaust manifold.

[@jeremyrichards8327]

Buick motor originally.

[@delukxy]

Would have been good to see what was happening on a proper rev counter. Draper not up to it!

[@tommccay9796]

Unfortunately it was all I had. To be honest it's not far out.

[@delukxy]

@@tommccay9796 The comment was about it showing O.L. or something like that when you revved it. There must be a limiter, maybe 4000? Tick over looked about right.

[@tommccay9796]

@@delukxy The Draper multimeter has a RPM range of 600 - 3200 or 6000 - 12000 depending on the setting selected. I was on the lower range here.

[@christopherhampson265]

3.5 on carbs sounds sweet 😎😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@trevorquinnell8515]

What manual gearbox set up trying to convert mine from auto

[@tommccay9796]

Just a standard LT77 5 speed Rover gearbox.

[@lilshag3472]

What motor is this based off of?

[@dominicrichardson5546]

Rover v8s were licensed copies of the Buick 215 engine

[@christopherhampson265]

Originally designed for racing boats ! But not enough cubes for the Yanks 😁👍👍👍

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

@@christopherhampson265 buick and oldsmobile kept running into issues with their casting methods, so olds stopped making them, and buick just made them iron.

[@Brunitoargentina]

hola, que año es?

[@andrewbarker821]

2022

[@samanthawoodward7551]

I can't change gear!!! My fuc*ing hands get burnt!

[@MegaProstreet1]

but you cant beat a chevy v8 , great vid m8

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Vape That's an ignorant comment. Those Rover V8 3.5 were top notch. Very lightweight, reliable, reasonable stock output, and quite easy to get very high power from. You yanks may think your fabled "LS swap" is the bee's knees. In reality, for two decades, a SD1 swap was the holy grail. Take this Rover V8 apart, and do the same to a GM lump from the same period of time. Compare the quality of their parts. You will be surprised how much better quality the Brit had than GM had. And you'd be gobsmacked to find that....TA-DAAA.....The Rover 3500 WAS actually a GM design. Anything else we can do for you, Captain America ??

[@stevebroughton4787]

@@thefreedomguyuk Rover V8 was a licenced built Buick.

[@stevesrover]

Rover bought the rights from Buick and further developed it.

[@GB-vn1tf]

@@stevebroughton4787 Buick being a GM owned brand. And it was bought outright not just licenced.

[@christopherhampson265]

Yes you can ! !

[@iansyme3535]

Running rough and misfiring ......

[@arewethereyet6413]

Sounds alright to me. Not perfect but close enough.

[@madhut3042]

Cams

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

it was cold, and also sounds like its got a bit more duration and a tighter lsa than stock.