Hi guys,

I know this has been covered before, but i'm looking at seriously fitting this engine. I have owned two 800 Vitesse turbo's and dearly loved them both. Obviously had dump valves and big exhausts fitted I love the power and the delivery and the sound of a dump valve! I am keen to have a dump valve and turbo power in my kit car and cannot see a cheaper way of doing it.

Also does anyone have any dimensions for this engine?

Thanks

Dan

try posting om www.rhocar.org

as the superspec came with the t series as standard..

im with you on this one, had a couple of vitesses and sports, fantastic cars!

I've got one, intended for my kit, only problem is its 4" taller than than the zetec thats in there!

i think you'll struggle to fit that under height wise

I agree, it's a great engine.
There are at least two of us who have fitted this engine to a locost - myself and t16turbotone. Mines still not quite finished, but Tony had his SVA the other day - didn't hear how it went though.
As coozer says, it's tall (and big, and rather heavy), but it does fit, and in a standard sized locost chassis - although I'm having to use taller body work. Not an issue, though, if you are making the bodywork yourself.
Have a look at my blog (link at the bottom of this post) as I've gone through most of the pain already.

Biggest issue is fitting a RWD gearbox. t16turbotone went down the route of fitting a rover box (sd1 2000 engine backplate and lt77 gearbox), which is probably the best way to go. I, for some reason, decided to try and mate a ford type-9 to mine, using the belhousing off the original FWD gearbox and a custom adapter plate. It's working, but it's been painfull. Either way, you will struggle to find a spigot bearing bush as they don't make them anymore - but a friendly person with a lathe could help you out here.
Robin Hood did something different again by using a ford MT75 gearbox, with an adapter plate and a hole cut in it for the starter.

Cheers,
Bill

[Edited on 30/4/09 by bilbo]

[Edited on 30/4/09 by bilbo]

T & M series were the sweetest engines in the history of Rover/BL/BMC -- much smoother than the Honda units.
Two differenty of thermostat housing and water pump casting were used on this engine in the fwd installation the earlier type might be mor suited to rwd use.
Not sure what the arangement was when it was fitted to the Discovery MpI --- Discovery donor engine might be an easier instal.

In the worse case scenario the MGB box will fit

I've got a brand new non turbo Discovery MPI version sat in my garage which i bought for my kit, but as coozer said its a fair bit bigger that the zetec and the gearbox issues turned me off of the idea and I ended up going for the easier zetec route.

I hear what you're saying about the size of engine and simplicity of fitting etc, but i fancied the idea of a dump valve (mind of an 8 year old lol). Any other relatively cheap / easier to fit turbo engine options???

Dan

What about k-series turbo ... as fitted to rover 75??? Don't quote me on that.... i'm sort of guessing.....