Sacrilege - Rover P6 turbo diesel?

Willy Eckerslyke · 2008-04-02T08:46:17+00:00

Those of a sensitive nature may prefer to look away now.I've just got myself a P6 spares car that, as is the nature of these things, turns out to be too good to break for spares.It's a 1972 2000TC in dogshit brown (Tobacco Leaf), with paint that's thick and horrid. It's fitted with a single carb and the engine has loads of bits missing (camshaft, side panel bolts, etc). But the base unit's surprisingly sound, only needing identical repairs to the sill ends that I carried out on my main P6 last year.So it looks horrible and the engine's scrap - why don't I bung a turbo diesel engine in it and create an economical runabout? Better than just scrapping the thing, surely.But what engine?I've measured the Ford Endura 1.8TD in our Mondeo and one of those would just about fit. Can they be bolted directly to a Sierra 5-speed 'box?Any other ideas?Needs to be modern enough to be economical and not too slow; cheap and available; simple electronics; not too heavy; bonus if it doesn't sound like a tractor.

Apr 02, 2008 40 Replies

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Willy Eckerslyke 18 years ago

Turns out it's a non-turbo, so I'll give it a miss. It's an impressive vehicle though, completely burnt out interior, regularly wades in the sea and still going strong after at least a year of abuse!

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