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1.8 Rover 75 Turbo.... k series or not.
FFTS - 5/10/10 at 10:18 AM

The Rover 75 did a 1.8 Turbo. As far as I can read its essentially a K- series. Has anyone fitted one in a 7/Fury/Pheonix etc.

Like this Ebay Linky

matt_gsxr - 5/10/10 at 10:22 AM

k=series turbo

apparently there was.

News to me.

Matt

sebastiaan - 5/10/10 at 10:38 AM

Yes, a 75 1.8 turbo will be a K-series. SteveC has got one fitted to his Indy


Humbug - 5/10/10 at 10:50 AM

Hmmm... Steve's car appears to be air-cooled

StrikerChris - 5/10/10 at 05:30 PM

"147" bhp from a 1.8 turbo,hope that's a typing error or it must have been built by Americans!sure the zr rover 200s made 160 before strapping a blower on!

StrikerChris - 5/10/10 at 05:37 PM

"147" bhp from a 1.8 turbo,hope that's a typing error or it must have been built by Americans!sure the zr rover 200s made 160 before strapping a blower on!

coozer - 5/10/10 at 05:39 PM

Hmm, is it a K, or T series?

I have a T16 here with 210bhp, interested to see that bellhousing there in Steves car. Where's it from?

MikeRJ - 5/10/10 at 05:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by StrikerChris
"147" bhp from a 1.8 turbo,hope that's a typing error


It's not a typo, it's just a very low pressure turbo. The 75 with the 1.8 turbo engine was not a performance derivative; you bought the KV6 engined car (or the V8!) if you wanted a quick one.

The low pressure turbo gave a hefty increase in mid range torque and knocked about 1.8 seconds off the 0-60 of the normally aspirated 1.8 without putting much of a dent in the fuel consumption, but it wasn't a quick car by any standards.

[Edited on 6/10/10 by MikeRJ]

t16turbotone - 5/10/10 at 07:02 PM

coozer......i think the bellhousing is off a Rover PG1 gearbox, coupled to steves own adaptor plate and a ford type 9 i think