Richard Hammonds Top Gear Rover SD1 by RPI Engineering.

[25tab]

Sweet car...but EVANESCENCE? WTF!?!?!

[the6tssoulman]

it appeared at wimbledon bangers as a prelude to a big race meeting same year drive by a well known hot rod driver

[Rotard12a]

WTF is that screeching sound at 0:11?

[benji219]

Ahhh mute buttons were made for videos like these! Because of dosey bellends that put crap music over good videos!

[quirpco]

Am I mistaken, or does this car share the same taillights with the Lotus Esprit?

[Dukeofhazzard69]

@quirpco Yes it does, Lotus raided the Rover parts bin ;)

[quirpco]

@Dukeofhazzard69 I thought so...do you know of any other parts Lotus "borrowed"?

[MrDemilord]

One of the best car designs ever

[R33Racer]

Not this fucking song again....

Thumbs up who muted this.

[slushypuppies]

i believe it was jeremy clarkson who drove the rover.. RH drove the dolly

[robiniroven]

gotta love the gay music instead of engine sound

[tejepollo]

great job...respect from spain!!!

[99juxta]

Yeah rank music, pity you can't hear the car

[Brainiac83]

Omg, not this screaming bitch again..How can you like that music..geesh.

[littleboblives]

it went so fast because Hammond is so light

[stonerumble]

240grupp-aDOTse

[tosgem]

I'd love one of these cars but you need to be mechanical to keep one going, which I'm not.

[ElgiNDuffeR]

I remember being in a 'fortunate' position of my father having a gold 1981 3500, pre SE & VDP... It was an Auto, i thought it was ace being dropped off at school... My mates dad brought an XR3 and i can still remember the look on my dads face when this new, albeit good looking, 1.6 Escort took us off the village lights,,, Love the SD1 - gearbox failures and all

[marshalllucky]

I didnt realise any of these old smokers were still running but I agree with muzicmasta they were good tow cars.

[brownscirocco]

seriously why did you keep the song playing while cars are racing?

[JBartlett09]

Cos the music goes well wiv the vid.

[zktom]

It would've been much better without the shit song so we could hear the V8...

[rjsny350]

looks like a 4--door fox body

[THCmuzicalmasta]

BlahdyBlahBlahdyBlah : wtf has a caravan got to do with thing's????? i didnt see no caravan? did you? infact did any body see a caravan??????

[JBartlett09]

well did u see at 0:57 tht there was a caravan there?

[THCmuzicalmasta]

hmmmmmmmmmm no caravan, it's a motor home, not caravan, and w.t.f doe's a caravan got to do with it??

[KirkTheGod]

jesus, i was JUST listening to this song all day, and i turn it off to play this video, and it played the song! xD

[GoldSeeker1012]

Love these rover sdi v8 they even look mean i would love to own one but i simply couldn't afford the fuel for a v8 plus they take so much time and care to keep in goon nic!

[wevets1]

actually...what would I get for £5000

[bugman043]

the fuel!!!!:L:L

[wevets1]

could you guys give me a sweet replacement to my 4.4l leyland p76 motor..... will need similar enginemounts. what would i get for £10000

[WindRunnerVX]

good video ruined by the fact you cant hear the engine!!

[frenchie7206]

did the residents of horseford have the privalige of that awesome v8 thundering down the road the guys and girls of rpi know there shit when it comes to the rover v8 engine keep up the good work holly your the man

[dddddddgggggggggg]

good video

[farmereddy11]

the stag was an awesome car pity it was so unreliable..ex father in law got one and he afraid to drive it in case it breaks downn..

[Alekpowah]

why not just work on a good looking car instead of that old-mans car?

[Suprahampton]

Because Hammond was doing a tribute to the Rover V8 engine... so chose this car

[julsyDCst]

One of the best looking cars not just from BL or the 1970s but ever, fantastic job, does the car still exist?

[RPIEngineering]

Yes it does and I believe it is going to be on the Market soon for sale.

[TheKevy1]

@RPIEngineering Its on ebay today for sale again, wish I could afford it :( I already have a 1984 vitesse

[caerleon87]

Great job!! Great car!! Now that is a PROPER car, not like all these "maxpower" shit things with blue lights underneath that all the silly little wankers play with after their skateboard breaks!! [People in the UK will know exactly what i am on about!!!!]

[citroeno]

Yes we certainly do,i was driving down the M23 when these twats in seats puntos etc thought theyde try me out and there big daddy was driving a 2.3ghia sierra,well i got shot of half pint cars,but big daddy wasnt going to let it happen to him so i paced him up to ........mph and he couldnt hold out anymore and sparks started coming out the exhaust,i just flashed my lights and shot past the idiots,in my C36 AMG MERC,well.!

[THCmuzicalmasta]

dik head, id of murdered ya tank of a car in me 600 bhp fiesta sti

[AUTORECOVERYUK]

I think the SD1 and the Triumph Stag were 2 of the best cars to come out of British Leyland. Yes they had their problems with rust and terrible electrics but having owned every SD1 version made including the 2.0 2.3 2.6 a diesel and the V8 these cars were way ahead of their time but to many corners were cut when building them. Why oh why they didnt put the rover V8 in the stag i will never know. Great cars and a great video. Cheers for posting this. Quality British Steel.

[produKtNZ]

Great to see some of the story behind the episode!. But in the Ep, RIchard bangs on a bit about the comedy suspension etc.

Was that not modified for the race? and if not what aspects of the car were?

[15kilkenny]

great vid great music.

[Doonantubes]

Rover SD1 is very shape and back the centre licence plate and light is look similar as a Lotus turbo espirt.  hmm the soundtrack is verygood.

[RPIEngineering]

Yes the music had to be changed through youtube, due to coopyright on the original soundtrack, so now they have covered the engine noise :-(

[djarcas]

@RPIEngineering What and using... Evanescence (Or is it Within Temptation?) is legal?

[dazyboy1973]

@RPIEngineering Didn't you have back in black as the original soundtrack? I ask because I've just watched another sd1 video with that track on it. A bit unfair to block you and not them I think!

[InkyEnston]

Well done on the sd1. Its great that you were part of topgears ferwell to the buick/rover v8. Its sad to see them go and gutting that i wasnt part of that episode the way you were. No envy at all....hem, hem

Well done again

[CycolacFan]

Nice work fella, all done in a week - I'm impressed

good to see the Sd1 mixing it up with Capris on the track again, reminds me of the old Triplex sponsored Rovers in the mid 1980s.

[ShoeiBoy]

hmm let's see...

A vid about racing an SD1 running a snorty tuned V8...

But what shall we use as a soundtrack?

Let's find a banal saccharine sanitised major-label watered-down angsty gayfest American pop song. Perfect! :o)

Incongruous much?

[hiyin]

what is the name of the song you changed it to?

[produKtNZ]

Oh GOD why does EVERYONE always ask that?

Its Evanescence - Bring me to life..

fs

[JBofBrisbane]

@produKtNZ - most of the people who can remember the Rover SD1 are too old to have ever heard Evanescence on the radio.

[TheSaintST1]

Crikey, the music is Awful.. Love the SD1 tho..

[arl390]

Have to Agree! want to hear the V8 ,not some wrist-slashing muck!

[savagev8]

The music had to be changed unfortunately, as the music i originally used was copyrigthed. I originally used AC/DC Back in Black. And also this new track covers the sound of the engine :-(

[steve12790]

carbs i ment lol

[steve12790]

ColibriMONOPOL the carps will b twin HIF 44s m8

[makihikorain]

why would you put such shitty musci to top gear?

[suckmypokecock]

Ok watched the rest of the vid lol

[suckmypokecock]

Why'd you decide to go with carbs? Weber on Edelbrock?

[ColibriMONOPOL]

Where are the Carbs? @ 0:48 you can see that it is EFi

[suckmypokecock]

It was carburetted at first. I hadn't watched the whole video when I posted that comment

[righthandgenius]

well the car wasnt quick and hammond pretty much lost the race, so not much to shout about boys.

[savagev8]

Not much to shout about? You built a car for Top Gear have you?lol. Taking a scrap non runner and getting it Mid field in just a weeks time is something to shout about. The car did develop a problem the day before the race, one which could'nt be fixed in time. But hey, mid pack and not running 100%.

[paulhunter123]

do i see BMW throwing star wheels?

[RPIEngineering]

Revolutions ;-)

[coolerdude44]

i must say, i thought this was going to be a land rover lol

[savagev8]

The song is AC/DC Back in Black ;-)

[Carlovingjosh]

Hiya, great vid! CAN SOMEONE PLEEEAAASEE tell me WHAT THIS SONG IS?? PLZZZ tell me thanks

[artofwheels]

1st class! 5 stars

[hendriksholm]

What has this got to do with Richard Hammond and Top Gear??

[savagev8]

Well the fact that Hammond raced it and it was featured on Top Gear ;-)

[hendriksholm]

Never seen that EP! Will search for it!

[Muddkipz]

It was actualy Jeremy clarksons and it wasn't top gear. It was one of the other shows he did. He did a race against vicky from fith gear. She had a nova lul.

[Sculrion]

no -_- this one is the one hammond drove in the classic V8 race in tribute to the discontinued Rover V8 in Top gear season 3 or 4 i think it was. jeremy's rover started off gold and became british racing green...hammonds was black and stayed black

[skylinenos100]

dic

[pf126p]

Puts one in mind of a Maserati. As Honda had its hands in it, would this be considered a ricer? ;)

[Antitank1350]

Yeah, but it has an american engine ;)

[pf126p]

How do you figure that? RPI Engineering is an English company.

[Antitank1350]

So they built the engine from scratch? cool, I rover bought the designs for the small V8 from chysler or GM or something I seem to remember. But if RPI built the engine from scratch, then it is a british engine I guess.

[GingerPhilG]

originally known stateside as the buick 216.

Rover then bought the design and altered something to do with the casting process I think

[nipperoid]

the buick lump was heavily modified for uk fuel regulations and whatnot, but was the best ever engine ever!

[imthedaddynow]

I had a V8 SD1 for a while, it was a bastard to start, water leaked in everywhere, the electrics were all shot and then there was the rust... but god i wish i still had it!

[spasticteapot]

In America, the best way to identify a veteran foreign-car mechanic is to say "British Leyland" and see how hard he cringes.

[Mick1929]

Dont be like that "British leyland" made some good cars...we dont know which...we are still looking. Even so SD1 was a great car, pity quality control was SH1Two.

[Petrolhead1984]

Btw have rpi engineering done some work on evo magazine's john barker ford capri?

[custardypants]

lol The SD1 Vitesse was the dogz back in the day! Nice work RPI!

[daddygab]

i've always hankered after one of these, is it just me or do they look STUNNING, love the shape and everything about em

[emeraldxm]

No they look fantastic. Their road presence is amazing. They look butch, exotic & fabulous. They still look better than today's cars & this is a design from the early seventies. I want one!

[sl19]

I am going to put a V8 in my MGB.

Will go great, will SOUND awesome : o )

PS Anyone wanna buy an 1800 MGB engine???!!!

[riviera1992]

my dad got one!!!!!

[bengoodwin92]

That was a very good race. Group One Classic Touring Cars. What you can't see is him spinning round the back of the track though. Or my Dad who was racing a Renault 5 pass him on the first lap. Such a shame! But well done with the car. We are still hoping for some more Rover SD1s to come out in the Championship.

[scoobystu555]

woops wrong vid srry lol

[scoobystu555]

that was Jeremy's car not richards

[AFUWOLF]

omg i have one of these parked up rotting away,i have a spare engine as well, nothing wrong with the old one, it was mantained by use from new, customer died and we bought it from the family and never got round to doin anything with it, i might just have a go now

[RPIEngineering]

Do it!

You wont regret it at all.

[nipperoid]

can u post a vid if you still own it?

[RPIEngineering]

The car was sold on once it had been finished and raced a couple of times. Thanks.

[ekstc]

@RPIEngineering

how much did it go for?

[paulb4uk]

So where is the car now it looks superb for a weeks work .

[RPIEngineering]

Thanks;-)

It was sold to an enthusiast.

We have not seen it since it was sold to him,hoping it will appear on the scene soon.

[FM77]

A work of art.......A magnificent specimen.