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 Post subject: cheap rover k motor
PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:21 am 
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found this on my searching

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MG-TF-ROVER-TWIN ... dZViewItem
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Apparently (according to mini world and the likes) they will fit into a mini just , it has to be a clubman and needs major work as it's really too long and too wide (not to mention heavy) , better off getting a starlet motor or similar . The seller seems a bit confused in his reply at the bottom ...

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the K engine is not that heavy, about the same as the A

but its a great engine, beeing that old, its from 1983

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KLAS wrote:
the K engine is not that heavy, about the same as the A

but its a great engine, beeing that old, its from 1983


early Ks eat heads and gaskets.
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Blokeinamoke wrote:
early Ks eat heads and gaskets.


that was, and still is, a design problem of the cooling system. it was made to heat up quickly and to be ok in normal traffic.
the thermostat is placed just before the water re-enters the engine, so if it opens a lot of cold water rushes into the engine, not the best way to cool a hot engine.
if you change this to the normal position you will have no more problems with that

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theres no aparently about the rover K
its a good conversion for those who arnt purely after HP, but you can get some if you wanted to.

guy in the UK has a site about all his mods:
http://www.theclubman.co.uk/
seems like a good investment if you can find one to bring over here...
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if someone wants more info about HP and the K
http://members.aol.com/DVAndrews/kengine.htm

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