My SD1 stage rally car............
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:26 pm
Hi all, be around on here for a while, sourcing engine parts etc, but not posted all that much, so I thought I would share my project..........
1985 Rover SD1 Vitesse, bought as a standard road car, roof replaced with a non-sunroof skin, full multi-point welded in cage, 6 linked rear end to my own design witha 4HA axle using a plate LSD and 4.57 CWP, Bilstien suspension front and rear and last but by no means least, the RV8 up front. I did start a thread about building an engine, and mine will have to stay at 3528cc, and cannot be forced induction, but hoping for somewhere in the region of 300bhp
The jury is out on which 'box I intend to use, but I want something straight cut with dog engagement, preferably with 6 cogs, but budget will be the limiting factor on that, anyway, time for some pics,........
As she was when I bought her...
The heart before it was torn out...
That's gotta go....
Sometimes I can be quite "Roofless!"...i'll get me coat.....
Totally stripped........
"Works" type fillers replicated.....
Initial cage installed..........
Tied to "A" pillars........
Added a few bits to the cage myself..........
Proper roof skin on......
I then painted the inside, underside and engine bay...........
Only to decide I wanted to chop the shell about again, to replicate the works cars......
Made an X-brace to strengthen the rear.........
I intend to use twin dampers........
Four linking the rear...........
Offered the axle up..........
Not bad for a lot of guess work!...........
Not enough room for the axle, so yet more chopping required.....
Trial fitting a makeshift watts linkage.........
Filled in.........
And that is where we are at at the min, watch this space, next on the agenda are dipping and painting.
1985 Rover SD1 Vitesse, bought as a standard road car, roof replaced with a non-sunroof skin, full multi-point welded in cage, 6 linked rear end to my own design witha 4HA axle using a plate LSD and 4.57 CWP, Bilstien suspension front and rear and last but by no means least, the RV8 up front. I did start a thread about building an engine, and mine will have to stay at 3528cc, and cannot be forced induction, but hoping for somewhere in the region of 300bhp
The jury is out on which 'box I intend to use, but I want something straight cut with dog engagement, preferably with 6 cogs, but budget will be the limiting factor on that, anyway, time for some pics,........
As she was when I bought her...
The heart before it was torn out...
That's gotta go....
Sometimes I can be quite "Roofless!"...i'll get me coat.....
Totally stripped........
"Works" type fillers replicated.....
Initial cage installed..........
Tied to "A" pillars........
Added a few bits to the cage myself..........
Proper roof skin on......
I then painted the inside, underside and engine bay...........
Only to decide I wanted to chop the shell about again, to replicate the works cars......
Made an X-brace to strengthen the rear.........
I intend to use twin dampers........
Four linking the rear...........
Offered the axle up..........
Not bad for a lot of guess work!...........
Not enough room for the axle, so yet more chopping required.....
Trial fitting a makeshift watts linkage.........
Filled in.........
And that is where we are at at the min, watch this space, next on the agenda are dipping and painting.