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Modified Custom Rover SD1 V8. For Sale (1979) edit C112552 | | | Make: Rover,
Model: SD1 2300,
Year: 1979,
Engine.
Rover SD1 V8 3528cc engine fitted.
Stage 2 ported and polished heads.
Edlebrock Performer inlet manifold fitted.
Fast road cam (unknown make.
Edlebrock 1404 manual choke carburettor fitted.
One off custom made stainless steel exhaust straight through, no silencers.
Transmission.
Rover SD1 V8 3500 standard gearbox and rear axle fitted.
Lightened and balanced Flywheel.
Performance 16” x 7” alloy 5 spoke wheels fitted.
Suspension.
30mm lower than Rover SD1 Vitesse spec springs fitted.
Spax adjustable dampers fitted.
Brakes.
Jaguar XJS EPC groove and dotted discs and 4 pot calliper brakes fitted up front.
Standard brakes fitted at rear.
Goodridge stainless steel hoses fitted all round.
Body.
Headlights replaced by Datsun Sunny headlights with integral indicators.
Front indicators removed and body filled and smoothed.
Swageline around complete body filled and smoothed.
Door handles removed and smoothed.
Cooling vents cut into bonnet.
Rear panel smoothed with rear lights.
Bumpers front & back narrowed and fitted closer to body.
Union jacks painted along each side of the car, front end is blue, rear red, roof white.
Interior.
Rover SD1 Vitesse spec seats, carpet and dash fitted.
Instrument cubicle is custom built with round white dials.
Custom carpeted boot.
Wooden dash inserts replaced by Stainless steel.
Custom made smoothed door panels, carpet and vinyl covered.
Electric solenoids fitted to actuate door.
Sony CD head unit.
Pioneer and Sony Amplifiers fitted in boot well.
JL Audio 12” subs fitted in custom boot install.
Sony 6x9 speakers fitted in rear quarter panels.
Kenwood component speakers fitted in front doors.
Wiring enhanced from standard, underrated switches with power relays.
The stereo unit in whole is valued at about £1500.
The car has not been rolling road tested and so a performance figure for the engine cannot be stated, but is assumed to be about 200 BHP. This car is loud, 118db. It is road legal, just, It is currently MOTed and Taxed.
The body is given a clean and smoothed look with the swage line, door handles and trim removed. The car is entered via a remote control button (similar to a central locking alarm fob). The car is exited by push buttons on each door and duplicated on the driver’s door.
If you are seriously interested and want to view or enquire about more details then send me an E-mail and I will get back to you. I will not be selling this for less than the sum of the big parts, thats the engine, carb, gearbox, wheels, brakes, stereo. I do not want it broken.
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