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Hack Occasional Poster Location: Ulladulla Registered: October 2002	Re: V8 RA celica Wed, 19 February 2003 02:36 A word about the Rovers... I've had my RA28 since 97 and it was engineered way back in 91, I'm the third owner and after 11 and a bit years the whole thing has held up pretty well. My last (and only) dyno tune was a year and a half ago and she put down 98Kw @ 6300 & 530Nm @ 3200. I usualy change at 6 ish when Im up it. (When its warm of course!) The thing leaks a bit of oil but as mentioned it is an English motor. Or a copy of an ancient Buick. I have heard if they ar'nt mounted correctly they tend to snap cranks in half... To get the thing in they ran the drivers side exhaust forward, around in front of the sump and back to meet up with the passenger side. The gearbox is a Celica 5 speed, apparently the second since the motor was put in, and is connected with a Dellow belhousing. It uses the standard Rover flywheel redrilled to suit a holden 308 pressure plate. The generator and stuff are long gone, replaced with an alternator. I put a non LSD Borg Warner diff in it 2 1/2 years ago and havent had a worry with it. Traction is fine, unless I tap the accelerator before launch. Dont know what springs are in it and due to cash and waiting to buy the right equipment, I have Genuine Toyota Shocks(!) in the rear. During the downpour on the 10th traction was a bit of a problem. The chasis itself is a bit of a concern, with some twist evident at the top of the C pillars. There are a few places where the thing could uses some beefing up, before anybody thought about putting more power through it. Lunch times over, I'll be back later... Catch ya... [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Mon, 17 February 2003 02:37
	Re: V8 RA celica	rob_RA40	Mon, 17 February 2003 03:55
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Mon, 17 February 2003 07:31
	Re: V8 RA celica	munki	Mon, 17 February 2003 07:43
	Re: V8 RA celica	mrshin	Mon, 17 February 2003 09:20
	Re: V8 RA celica	mrshin	Mon, 17 February 2003 09:21
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Mon, 17 February 2003 23:34
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Tue, 18 February 2003 01:51
	Re: V8 RA celica	thunderbird1	Tue, 18 February 2003 02:55
	Re: V8 RA celica	Nark	Tue, 18 February 2003 03:57
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Tue, 18 February 2003 04:30
	Re: V8 RA celica	biased99	Tue, 18 February 2003 04:50
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Tue, 18 February 2003 05:35
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Tue, 18 February 2003 06:26
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 18 February 2003 07:52
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Tue, 18 February 2003 10:29
	Re: V8 RA celica	munki	Tue, 18 February 2003 10:38
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Tue, 18 February 2003 10:44
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 18 February 2003 10:48
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Tue, 18 February 2003 10:57
	Re: V8 RA celica	celicamad85	Tue, 18 February 2003 11:31
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 18 February 2003 11:46
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Wed, 19 February 2003 07:25
	Re: V8 RA celica	celicamad85	Wed, 19 February 2003 07:56
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Wed, 19 February 2003 09:54
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Wed, 19 February 2003 10:01
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Wed, 19 February 2003 10:10
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Wed, 19 February 2003 10:28
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Wed, 19 February 2003 10:49
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Wed, 19 February 2003 10:53
	Re: V8 RA celica	Norbie	Tue, 18 February 2003 11:54
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 18 February 2003 12:11
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 18 February 2003 12:15
	Re: V8 RA celica	7mgte83	Tue, 18 February 2003 12:10
	Re: V8 RA celica	Norbie	Tue, 18 February 2003 12:29
	Re: V8 RA celica	thechuckster	Tue, 18 February 2003 14:15
	Re: V8 RA celica	thunderbird1	Tue, 18 February 2003 16:46
	Re: V8 RA celica	Hack	Wed, 19 February 2003 02:36
	Re: V8 RA celica	1UZ FTE	Wed, 19 February 2003 03:17
	Re: V8 RA celica	Grega	Wed, 19 February 2003 11:43
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Wed, 19 February 2003 12:32
	Re: V8 RA celica	Hack	Mon, 24 February 2003 02:24
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Mon, 24 February 2003 03:43
	Re: V8 RA celica	rob_RA40	Mon, 24 February 2003 05:07
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Mon, 24 February 2003 07:45
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Mon, 24 February 2003 10:28
	Re: V8 RA celica	Bugman	Mon, 24 February 2003 11:19
	Re: V8 RA celica	mrshin	Mon, 24 February 2003 21:02
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Mon, 24 February 2003 22:34
	Re: V8 RA celica	rob_RA40	Tue, 25 February 2003 02:05
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Tue, 25 February 2003 04:46
	Re: V8 RA celica	rob_RA40	Tue, 25 February 2003 07:04
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 25 February 2003 11:48
	Re: V8 RA celica	celicamad85	Thu, 27 February 2003 11:23
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Thu, 27 February 2003 11:25
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Thu, 27 February 2003 22:20
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Fri, 28 February 2003 07:23
	Re: V8 RA celica	biased99	Fri, 28 February 2003 23:31
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Sun, 02 March 2003 23:53

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