ludicrously cheap?

[Roger A]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C21989

[Kylie]

BUY IT!! Imagine how quick that would be. It would seriously give you brown pants!!!

[Kiwi XTR2]

Roger

You need a pair




. . . of Se7ens

It's a good price compared to a Westfield SEight. Can't be many V8 Se7ens in NZ

[GravelBen]

Would it even be that quick with a Rover V8 in it, don't most of them struggle to make 200 bhp?

[Kiwi XTR2]

Even at 200 they still have a very impressive power:weight ratio.

Most seem to quote 240 bhp but maybe thats a flywheel v wheels figure.

Plenty of tweaks available for 'em as well.

[Esprit]

Don't EVER be fooled by Rover power figures... they don't matter... the engine produces HUGE torque at about 5RPM, which makes them feel so muscular despite being a bit weak on power.

They're light too... lighter than a 4AGE

[GravelBen]

Esprit said:

Don't EVER be fooled by Rover power figures... they don't matter... the engine produces HUGE torque at about 5RPM, which makes them feel so muscular despite being a bit weak on power.

They're light too... lighter than a 4AGE

Yeah had heard they were torquey, and knew they were light for a V8 but still, lighter than a 4AGE is hard to believe and impressive if true.


I think I'd prefer the driving characteristics of a smaller, revvier engine in a Se7en type car but each to their own I guess.

[Zaphod]

Kiwi XTR2 said:

Even at 200 they still have a very impressive power:weight ratio.

Most seem to quote 240 bhp but maybe thats a flywheel v wheels figure.

Plenty of tweaks available for 'em as well.

Yep - my 4.0 Rover V8 was putting out 223 bhp on the rolling road. Then I upgraded to the Mark Adams custom chip and it went up to a staggering....227 bhp! Mind you it was much smoother in power delivery and a couple of weakspots at specific rev points were ironed out.

[Roger A]

I've decided to cut out the middle man and bought myself some "brown pants"