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88v8
Ivor Duarte
Gloucestershire UK
(1049 posts)

Registered:
02/11/2010 04:29AM

Main British Car:
1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8

Rover P6 + 4.8 Rover bi-turbo
Posted by: 88v8
Date: August 28, 2020 12:54PM

At a mere £25,500 - yes it's in the UK - here's a very presentable P6 with its original leather interior, and a 4.8 Rover bi-turbo.

P6 2.jpg

Looks almost stock.

P6 turbo 1.jpg

A one-off, as the seller says, no one is likely to build such a thing again.

P6 1.jpg

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P6 turbo even smaller.jpg


88v8
Ivor Duarte
Gloucestershire UK
(1049 posts)

Registered:
02/11/2010 04:29AM

Main British Car:
1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8

Re: Rover P6 + 4.8 Rover bi-turbo
Posted by: 88v8
Date: August 29, 2020 04:32AM

Just to record the basic engine spec before it vanishes:

Cross bolted 4.6 block with an off ground crank 5L BMW pistons and rods
Typhoon camshaft, true roller chain and sprocket set.
Chevy high rev lifters, up rated adjustable pushrods
Cometic multi layer steel decompression head gaskets, 38cc combustion chambers, re-seated large valves, halo spark plugs
New valve springs, steel rocker gear, ported intake and exhaust and port matched intake manifold.
Demon blow through carburettor
Aeroquip stainless steel braided ptfe fuel lines, large Holley fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator.
Digital MS6 ignition with rev limiter, Mallory solid state vacuumless distributor.
Blowing at 8psi.

Ivor


88v8
Ivor Duarte
Gloucestershire UK
(1049 posts)

Registered:
02/11/2010 04:29AM

Main British Car:
1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8

Re: Rover P6 + 4.8 Rover bi-turbo
Posted by: 88v8
Date: September 26, 2020 06:07AM

Now bidding from £10,000 or BiN £18,000. No reserve.

Not a great time to be selling things.

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Ivor
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88v8
Ivor Duarte
Gloucestershire UK
(1049 posts)

Registered:
02/11/2010 04:29AM

Main British Car:
1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8

Re: Rover P6 + 4.8 Rover bi-turbo
Posted by: 88v8
Date: October 06, 2020 03:51AM

No bids at £10,000.
Starting now at £4,950 + reserve
[www.ebay.co.uk]

Ivor


roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: Rover P6 + 4.8 Rover bi-turbo
Posted by: roverman
Date: January 13, 2021 07:34PM

Sounds like, did not sell ? I wonder about trans and a limited slip ? Art.


MGBV8
Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
(4554 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Rover P6 + 4.8 Rover bi-turbo
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: February 01, 2021 10:41AM

Bi-turbo, Ivor?


88v8
Ivor Duarte
Gloucestershire UK
(1049 posts)

Registered:
02/11/2010 04:29AM

Main British Car:
1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8

Re: Rover P6 + 4.8 Rover bi-turbo
Posted by: 88v8
Date: February 02, 2021 04:07AM

Mmm, did it say so or was I assuming... it's all vanished.
Hard to imagine a V8 with one turbo.
Now you're going to show us examples....

Ivor



roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: Rover P6 + 4.8 Rover bi-turbo or one ?
Posted by: roverman
Date: February 02, 2021 04:45PM

Well, yes there was an example from GM. Predated the Corvair Spyder by 6 mo. +/-. That would be the Olds JetFire !
First , production car application, for Air Research. Small turbine, single turbo with water cooled housing. Waste gated with water/alcohol injection. 10.25/1 compression. Optional BW 4 spd. stick was 2 SECONDS faster in quarter than std. automactic.
Cheers, Art.


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