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(Thread Starter) |  Video: 27-liter, Rolls-Royce airplane-engined Rover SD1  1981 Rover SD-1 - Click above to watch video after the jump Charlie Broomfield got bored of working on run-of-the-mill project cars. He always seemed to finish them to quickly, and was never quite satisfied with the results. Charlie needed a challenge to his engineering and fabrication skills. That challenge came in the form of a donated 1981 Rover SD-1. The SD-1 needed some serious help to be the luxury sport sedan it was when it left British Leyland during the Thatcher era. Instead of restoring the car from top to bottom, though, Charlie purchased a 27-liter Rolls-Royce Meteor engine from a British Spitfire fighter plane. The engine cost Charlie a slim £1,000. With 600 horsepower and 1,500 pound-feet of Nazi-stopping gusto wedged between the frame rails, the SD-1 will now break 160 mph without going over 2,000 rpm. Almost none of the original Rover parts are left, save the body panels, and Charlie's goal is to crack 200 mph in the 24-cylinder beast before he considers the project done. [Source: YouTube]Continue reading Video: 27-liter, Rolls-Royce airplane-engined Rover SD1 Video: 27-liter, Rolls-Royce airplane-engined Rover SD1 originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments More... |
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