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Cle
17-12-10, 09:52 PM
NOT a for sale thread lol

Thought some folk might be interested to no the engine out of the mental V E E 6 4 V is for sale, for those not in the no this is a metro 6r4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coxyf5s6cSk

http://www.jonburn.co.uk/video/index.htm


This is my boss's car :)
coombsey
18-12-10, 01:07 PM
how much is it
MattBrown
18-12-10, 01:12 PM
Why break a 6r4?
mowgli
18-12-10, 02:20 PM
they are probably swapping the engine to suit a different rally class..

like mr burton has done with his crazy 306 special over the years....
Mike
18-12-10, 02:29 PM
Why break a 6r4?

Spare's package maybe?
dj_wudgey
18-12-10, 07:01 PM
they are probably swapping the engine to suit a different rally class..

like mr burton has done with his crazy 306 special over the years....

thats a awesome car that 306!! id much rather have a 6r4 though lol
Cle
18-12-10, 07:36 PM
Going for reliablity jag engine :)
mowgli
18-12-10, 09:12 PM
so, the legendary v64v engine in 2.5l clubman spec is not very reliable??? good selling point there cle.. no wonder you can't sleep at night....

considering the engine was conceived as a sneaky replacement for the honda based 800 series engine in case honda pulled the plug..... & as usual, it suffered from rovers lack of development, it has done pretty well to survive 25 years.......
Sturge
19-12-10, 07:10 PM
Take the legendary Rover V8, remove 2 cylinders in the bandsaw, cap off the end et voila, one legendary V6 with unsurprising issues lol

Jag engine seems to be becoming a popular choice, think the efi is a big part of it!
mowgli
19-12-10, 08:13 PM
sturge. it is well documented that the original prototypes (2 of them) had a v6 based on the rover v8, but the v64v engine was totally unique & designed from scratch for the job, and also to give rover a v6 engine incase the honda deal went wrong.....
Sturge
19-12-10, 08:25 PM
I would take the designed from scratch bit with a pinch of salt! It did become a new engine in it's own right but was still fairly heavily based on the v8.

The money and time just weren't there to have the full new engine ready for the works gpB cars

(or at least so I've been led to believe! Have done a fair bit of work with 6r4's and a couple of blokes that built them. That's not to say they actually know as much as they made out lol )
bazil
19-12-10, 08:38 PM
Meh gimie will gollops silkoline metro anyday.
Sturge
19-12-10, 08:48 PM
I'd have John Stone's white tarmac car personally! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

http://www.ianhardy.net/gallery/main.php/d/73127-2/jack_frost_rally_2008_0013.jpg
dj_wudgey
19-12-10, 08:55 PM
that is pure sex that ^^^ i love 6r4's
Dayle_
20-12-10, 01:07 PM
A friend of mine has one of these and recently built a seccond one from a bare shell upwards with a Jag engine. The v64v engine is a good engine, reliability not the greatest not in standard form anyway, there are still a few companys upgrading and modifieing parts (6r4.com have a hybrid engine they have been developing) and with a 6 month waiting list for a rebuilt one and 26k lighter for goodmans to do it. its not suprising that people opt for the jag engine. But a 6R4 isn't a 6R4 without that screem and no other engine would produce that :-(.

Although i can openly say that it was the best rally car i have even been in and think it always will me!
mowgli
20-12-10, 05:05 PM
funny how the engine was ok with larger bore, and 2 turbos, and stuck in the back of an xj220
bazil
20-12-10, 05:29 PM
Another TWR piece of work to iirc,
mowgli
20-12-10, 05:51 PM
correct.. they bought the v64v engine for pennies then had some fun with it, first in group C racing then in the 220... it was a bit of a pity how that car ended up, cos the prototype had a 48valve v12 in the back driving a 4wd system, but by the time it made its belated debut, the v6 turbo was in there....still awesome, but as mclaren proved, a v12 sounds incredible.