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rich.
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#1 Post by rich. »

everyone loves old rovers, but is there any love for the 820 series??
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#2 Post by JPB »

Yes. Crackin' motors mate. Lovely big comfy things they are. Have you been offered one?
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#3 Post by mach1rob »

Hell yeah!!

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820 Vitesse Sport, a damned fine motor vehicle. One of the few 800s I've owned, buy one :D
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#4 Post by rich. »

i used to own a 827 vitesse auto... filled it with petrol & split the tank & it always had difficulty with hot starting...it was a great motorway cruiser, but a bit thirsty.... i was looking at the diesels, they seem cheap..
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I remember buying some radweld for my Dads Granada 3.0 Ghia many years ago and it said on the bottle, do not use in Rover 827, why would that have been?
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#6 Post by Richard Moss »

rich. wrote:everyone loves old rovers, but is there any love for the 820 series??
http://www.rover800.info/forum - plenty of "love" for them there :)
Ian wrote:I remember buying some radweld for my Dads Granada 3.0 Ghia many years ago and it said on the bottle, do not use in Rover 827, why would that have been?
The Honda C27 engine in the 827 has some very narrow waterways and Radweld may well block them, doing more harm than good.
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#8 Post by JPB »

Oh dear. :x If that low mileagey one had a Honda V6, a Rover IL4 or that lovely Diesel then I would buy that any time of the day or night. Rover KV6, erm, I get bollockings for telling it like it is about certain of BL/Austin-Rover/Rover's less wonderful engines and frankly don't need the flak. :lol:

Google it, but don't mistake it for the Mazda/Suzuki KV6 which is as tough as old boots.
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#9 Post by TerryG »

I quite like the rover kv6. It goes like poop off a shovel in the 75, even quicker in a minor.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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