Rover SD1 after a few tweaks

[pupleon]

nice!!

[roddyk05]

It's amazing just how fast 'National Speed Limit' looks when played back on you tube. ;-). Nice one.

[jimmy108925]

i love how this engine has been the staple for uk cars for 30 plus years used in land rover, rover cars, tvr, and it was a gm design. lol they cant even design there own v8 lol

[MrPowertorque]

@jimmy108925

Yeah thats right GM's only been designing and making V8's since the 1914's. :p

[EMT43055]

Really Nice Car. One of the best engines britain ever made. That roar, and then the turbo's screaming, just sends tingles down my spine! Great video! :)

[PatrikBremark]

What engine is it in your cars? The V8? Sounds like one!:)

Really nice sound!

[MrMoss2001]

Well driven, nice noise :) sod jags and the like from the same era if I was going to have a classic from that era the sd1 would be the weapon of choice!

[TK42138]

To paraphrase Jeremy Clarkson - this sounds like the God of Thunder gargling with hammers... Epic sound.

[TK42138]

Screw the cost of petrol - I want one.

[klefihafg]

fantastic car!

[MrNxjohn]

how does the engine hold up to hard driving i'v just got a 4 door mk3 cortina and was think of droping a rover sd1 v8 in it for the sound (thats why i watched your vid) i'v had turboed rovers but they did not last me long or i cud just go down the same old way of droping a capri 2.8 v6 but i want the sound of the v8 its just i dont want to fit the rover engine only to have it fuck up weeks later

[jameslrbrand2002uk]

@MrNxjohn the engines are fine and very durable i had a 3.5 V8 mk1 auto the only weakpoints on the sd1 can be the standard 5 spd manual box oh and make sure u have decent cooling as they run hot when driven hard in my sd1 the v8 was good for a top speed of 140mph with the stock 3speed auto box so ur proberlly best off with like a six speed auto or a good strong manual like a getrag box

[MrNxjohn]

@jameslrbrand2002uk i stuck the auto in that came with the engine but i did not think it needed a roll cage so i never fitted one now i got a twisted car lol yer i found out it run hot after a long drive out i went to check engine mounts,nuts,pipes... was still in place and ended up with a burnt arm lol 140 ? i cud only get about 130 out of it did yours feel like it was holding back i just thought it was the gearbox i was hopeing for 150+ for the money and work gone in to it

[jameslrbrand2002uk]

@MrNxjohn you best bet if yours is overheating go to a company called rimmer brothers and get the kenlowe fan kit should help with the cooling they do alot of modifications and upgrades for the SD1 including sports exhausts/suspension and a polybush kit which improves the response of the steering too yep i got 140 out of mine it was definatley the gearbox was holding it back a little after all its just a 3spder lol though my V8 ran off the standard Twin SU carbs was yours carbs or electric ig ?

[jameslrbrand2002uk]

@MrNxjohn also would like to add mine was a 1978 mk1 in carribean blue which was appartley quite rare sold it recently for £3000

[23chilled]

i want one now

[postie2003]

Makes me want one!

[turboautodelta]

The gearstick isn't an armrest!

[GingerPhilG]

if ever you're out and about ikn North Wales(horseshoe pass?) again, please let me know so that I can be out too for you to overtake me so I can enjoy the noise :)

[hendo337]

That is the best sounding stock SD1 I have ever heard. I has to be quite suped up is it the Vitese or just the dual intake? I seems really fast in this video...

[67675656565655656565]

rovers are heaps of shit

[Elstro]

@67675656565655656565 why, because "Top Gear say so"? Get to fuck.

[67675656565655656565]

@Elstro no because i ve had first hand experience that these cars are a heap of shit.

[hamster639]

What an orgasmic sound, Rover V8 is the best engine ever, never seen an SD1 with no body roll like that, lucky man lol.

[1100HondaCB]

The SD1 wasn't a bad car at all.

[MrHdekeijzer]

I definitely want that roll-bar :) First SD1 I've seen not tilting over 45 degrees at a light corner. Great video!

[postie2003]

Why don't cars sound like this any more? Fantastic car! :-)

[1100HondaCB]

Fucking hell. That high engine speed roar is music to my ears. Well done for posting. That's what makes driving enjoyable. You can't get that beautiful noise with a diesel.

[manfaeglasgow]

luv it wannie ma fav cars.nice man.

[TheDarkPhoenix23]

Ah, BL at it's finest. I have never seen one here in the USA. I do own a 76 Jag XJ12C(or XJ5.3C as you call them in Europe) which is my fav but the SD1 is a VERY close second for me!

[unsinckabletitanic]

@fagAshLil1234 my dad had one and t cost him next to nothing to insure so no that dear

[mercedesE320fan]

Love these proper V8 RWD Rovers!

I currently have a 1990 Mercedes -Benz 230Te 5-speed manual, been wanting an SD1 since i can remember, Simply its not the best car ever but if i could have one i would and will!

Im only 16.

Its just Damm something about them!

[fagAshLil1234]

@mercedesE320fan dude how ya gonna pay 4 the inshurance on that? no offence meant by that or anything

[edj66]

0.1 miles per gallon of fuel....

[M374EVL]

imagine this with a blower on it magic

[micand2]

Cool.... Love the car - had they just built them better :)

[tecna64]

this isnt the 27liter version is it?

[xmodvin12]

man im glad he know these roads, cause acouple times in the vid i was like, "OMG HES GONNA WRECK" but he didnt lol, i would of

[headcase01]

The gravel sections remind me of some of the paved roads here in the Detroit area. Love the sounds, especially 1st gear! Nice job.

[JPRubber2]

Just Awesome! 27L? How do you keep tthe tires planted? Thanks for posting!

[bane46]

By far the coolest on road video!

[cbrboy76]

That motor sounds sweet

[TheTangodog]

Presumably that's the fuel warning light blinking on and off. Bet it likes a drop! These Rovers are the law. Nicely driven.

[Joe90ridesahonda]

god gave us ears so we could listen to the rover v8 :-)

[Dav123xyz]

Where was the clip taken?

North/mid Wales?

[mxmad03]

North Wales

[vedderrules]

@Dav123xyz Horseshoe pass

[jbrand2002uk]

lol at 3:16 bet that vauxhall frontera driver shat his pants when he heard this monster growl lmafo

[Paintheshed]

But the Dacia crash tests are rubbish, it's a poor relation of the Renault-parent owners, anyone who buys a new one must un-educated. I think the XF is todays comarison to the 3500 V8 SD1 a big executive fast saloon car... most people couldn't afford an SDI V8 in 1982, or the running costs. Thanks.

[Squarerig]

There is no NOISE!Only SOUND ,which hath charms to soothe my savage breast!Great clip!

[chevy82250]

@aromylove

Even the worlds best driver can still be killed by other drivers on the road.

[Paintheshed]

lets be honest, in Romania all there is is the Dacia Duster/Sandero Logan, which is rubbish and the Daewoo Cielo/Nexia.

[Paintheshed]

I went to school in an SD1, but now they are heavy guzzling old museum pieces, 25 MPG if ur lucky and £225 road tax

[Paintheshed]

The XF is aluminium, not heavy. SD! is the heaviest gauge steel around, but it's not safe.

[Paintheshed]

No need to swear, I can drive lol, this film does not show me how. Say the new Jag XF is an underpowered shitbox. If it wasn't for NCAP we would all be driving shitboxes. What difference does it make? Protection from un-insured, speeding or drink drivers. Take it to the track guys.

[farr64]

i drove a mates back in the 90's god what a car ......

[wraith01mg]

It would have been the best car they had built had it not been a foul handling rust bucket. built by lasy twats under the glorious umbrela of the even twatier Layland twats. pity realy. Loved the st1. the ZT260 is much better handles well and don't rust.

[micand2]

Fab sound...

[Paintheshed]

ah I see, the standard car, although it was good, was a litle heavy and rear wheel drive and no ABS don't help. But fair point you make.

[Harker436]

Best car Rover ever built. Great sound looks really good acceleration, love the V8 sound!!

[Paintheshed]

take it to a track, no need for speed on the public highway. I wonder what EuroNcap would make of the ** star rating of your Rover

[mxmad03]

I should imagine it would do quite well in NCAP with a welded in roll cage and 8 point harness.

[git1958]

@mxmad03 You tell 'em mxmad. Probably the best car BL ever made.

North Wales, ..my only worry would be in regard to the sheep.

I mean, don't do that man, you'll get arrested. even if the sheep is willing.

[MrNxjohn]

@Paintheshed i wonder what your euroNcap would say about my old toy a reliant robin running a suzuki gsx engine

[heatrag]

I think I spotted my wife and three children coming the opposite direction on the school run, I'm glad you kept it on your side of the road or they'd all be ***king dead you ****.

[mxmad03]

@heatrag

well like you said, MY side of the road.

[heatrag]

Point taken, but you've missed what i'm saying by replying. you have to ignor people like me to wind them up.

[mxmad03]

If you say so.

[62denmark]

About 5:09 did you hit some thing on your left side.If you look carefully you see a bling and a metallic sound.Or is it the recording that did it,?

Btw. Are you driving a Rover v8 or some thing ells.But great sound anyway.I am not sure about the roads in the begining it looked a bit mad .

[mxmad03]

@62denmark

at 5.09 i go over a cattle grid, yes it's a rover.

[jbrand2002uk]

love this are you running a 3.9 mxmad03 i just recently got a 78 series 1 3.5 V8 auto in its original carribean blue colour i use it every day and deliver pizza for domino's in darlington on the nights with it getting a bunch of tuning goodies for it from rimmer bros soon hopefully

[mxmad03]

@jbrand2002uk

it's a 4.0L

[6spdISB]

where ever that is, I wanna live there.

[skrattedieratte]

That whining noise... Is that the live rear axle saying "had enough"? ;-)

Beautiful cars! I grew up with a golden SD1 3500 Vandan Plas (first series), which had to disappear for a bloody Metro... After that "disappeared" a Blue 2600 came but my parents hated it...

[roverpowerHI]

SD1 power :P:P:P

[mmmbilly]

amazing - truly awesome noise

[cardie1234]

How much Bhp is it pumping out? Must be about 250-300 ish?

[mxmad03]

About 270+

[cardie1234]

am good ;)

[domm60]

ha ha shut up cardie lol we need to buy a old landy n wack a sd1 engine in that

[toyotasera55]

Awesome, just pure brilliant and classic British car fun with a lovely V8! Nice car and great driving,looked much fun!

[Xantec]

what was that red light that appeared on the dash for?

[mxmad03]

It's the fuel light.

[Xantec]

thanks :)

[MrMoterKid]

That is the sound of engineering. Modern cars have got nothing on these British bulldogs! :) Does it have syncro? Because I think I hear a transmission whine.

[alextilson]

i worked on the last run of the SD1's great fun to drive, 2.6 engines were crap, 3.5 v8 were gunho

[tommycat1313]

I love the English countryside

[wayne4622]

very nice to see a driver that has taken everything off his test and still practicing good controled driving with 2x hands on the wheel after a gear change and driving.......... at 60mph, very nice!!!!!!!

keep it up!!!!

[theoldfeddwzy]

had mine for four months and i am still trying to get the damn thing to start!

[hutchy1347]

shite my 600bhp cozzy will beat that

[mikeyTR7]

your 600bhp cossie would beat a mildly tuned sd1?! really!?

[13thBarcodeDrummer]

Does this 600bhp cozzy live in your head?

[HarrisPerformance]

Love this!

[frenchie7206]

that is one arse kicking v8 sounds very much like my mk1 granada v8

[TNG128MB]

itsthe 3.5 but what edition? and what kind of tweaks, have u got a supercharger?

it has got an amazing sound, i love it.

tell me your secret :)

[mxmad03]

Engine is a race tuned 4.0L with 4 twinchoke weber 45's

no supercharger i'm afraid, it does make in the region of 280 - 300 bhp though.

the car is mainly for the track, it's stripped out and has a roll cage etc...

[TNG128MB]

ah lol so its not the original engine?

i'd love to have a trackcar like that.

what kinda budget you'd put into it?

[TNG128MB]

what engine is this? i'm in love :p

[macintoshgermany]

3.5 litre V8

[M374EVL]

this car sounds the bollocks i would love to have it

[MLAM888]

I'm suprised the car didn't fall apart over the bumps

[JBsWASTELAND]

they where quite solid cars you kno they scored very well in crash testing

[superchargedNutcase]

such a beautiful car, great driving as well.

shame you dont see many of these old beasts around.

[AMikeOnLine]

Well driven. Sounds nice.I just hope the breaks work as well as the engine sounds !!!!

[Nza420]

great road! looks like a lot of fun in that car!

[discodreama]

sheep is sheep wether its one, two or fucking 99 sheep, not sheep's... Fool.... Then again you did try and shag your mother in law after all.

To top it all off, Your called david beatrix. Haha. You twat.

[discodreama]

so much for your native skills cockhead, i am a discodreama as in "dreamer"

you obviously cant read..... go shag ya mum-in-law. haha.

[sparkyindahouse]

u drive like a girl

[discodreama]

you dont drive.

[RortyCorty]

Thank a lot! I'd just about managed to quash my yearning for an SD1 (my dad had one from new) and then I see this and it all comes flooding back again!

[EccentricRichard]

Nice! I'm wondering if owning one should be on list of things to do before I die - my dad ran a P6 3500S daily for ten years and loved it, but maintains that the SD1's suspension and rear live axle are inferior. I like SD1's shape, but would want to make the interior less brutal. What's SD1 as a car to drive (and own)? How's the reliability? Some say sooth of the gearbox, but the P6 box wasn't great either. Would P6 rear suspension improve the roadholding? Dad says his cornered as if on rails...

[mxmad03]

Yes the rear suspension is a drawback, but mainly if it's wet. gearboxes can be a problem, all depends how much power you put through it, mine is approx 300bhp on the standard box. wouldn't be the best idea as an everyday car, (think of the fuel bill!) but better than a p6. mine is used mainly as a track day toy (vids on the way) and is far from standard, but still has a live rear axle.

[EccentricRichard]

Right. My dad's P6 was actually pretty economical (stock 152bhp, did 25mpg average, 30 on a good run). I've heard that if you put modern piezoelectric EFI plus an ECU on, they're good for 200bhp + 40mpg, which is bloody amazing for a nice V8. Still, I wonder about doing something involving a Daimler V8... smaller capacity should equal better fuel economy, shouldn't it?

[EccentricRichard]

As for the gearbox, what is the limit as to what you can put through them before they become problematic? I believe that TVR used a beefed-up SD1 box with its bored-out Rover V8s, which were good for at least 400bhp, but I don't know what their box reliability is like.

[mxmad03]

i'm told the gearbox in the late vittesse version is the best and is good for 350bhp ish before you hit problems.

Stories of 200bhp and 40mpg are just made up i'm afraid. all efi systems have an ecu.

Smaller engines are usually cheaper to run but you lose out on the power side.

even with a modern v6 you will be doing well to get 30mpg.

[hotpman280]

cool rover! what kind of power/torque is she making? and what kinds of 0-60 time/top end too??

[saturnus59]

No good driver though! People keeping one hand on the gear, are mostly bad drivers. :)

[yachtymadness]

Yeah, and I also hate those drivers that sit leaning into the middle of the car when they are going along. It looks SO FUCKING GAY!

[Andrewkeat]

I can hear the sound of supercharger.

[caprimentle]

i thought them lumps were fuel injected?

[matty205gti]

Lovely car! Miss my old S2 3500SE, take care driving it on the road.. I have a rally 205 and the temptation to hoof it is always too much!

[DisasterRasta]

i thought my village had bad roads

that is just awful i feel sorry for ur cars suspension :D

[jippyjester]

U NUTTER!!!! COOL!!!

[superman22x]

Need to take this to the track sometime, lol.

[matejkudlac]

Simply great!!!

[smoke789]

lol nice car

[minismithy90]

0-60mph times

[mxmad03]

About 5.5 secs if you can change gear fast enough!

[thug0gr3]

amazing video, great car and some good drivin', really nice work man!

[Oldschoolmetalnrock]

Absolutely fucking awesome. Sounds lovely, and goes like a bloody bullet. You lucky bugger :P

[fagAshLil1234]

There is something so cool about the SD1 that I cant quite but my finger on, the rover 75 its future successor is bull crap. it is built better becasue it wasnt BL (no offence) but it dosent have anything that makes me feel cool

[topline1000]

cor blimey that brings good old times.. do you want to sale it

[Stilini03]

how reliable are these?

[leofurleigh]

rot well

[brunster64]

Used to have a race tuned 3.9 SD1 in early 90's. Used to do 7 miles per gallon - love to have one again but with fuel at 105p per litre it's just never going to happen.

[imthedaddynow]

105p per litre, now even that seems like the good old days!

[luketoppsgear]

shame it has the sterring wheel of a jaguar!!!ha unreal

[brunster64]

LOL - god knows what it will be in another two months.

[mxmad03]

months have gone by, and...........it's still a steering wheel!

[bucky1333]

still got one in my garage with full body kit 4.2

[Joe90ridesahonda]

stick that in your corsa and smoke it!

great sound,even the box whine makes it sound great!

[scoobycraig]

Only drove 1 of these beasts once,loved it! Great car,great noise,great vid!

[d0m93]

Great car with a great sound.. but to me they seem underpowered for the size of engine :O.

[capritim175]

i have a red 3.5 vitesse cost me 2k and is awesome just passed mot with no faults at all! hope to have pics and vids soon! nice car bud

[redrover84]

Must be something about Monza red that turns an SD1 into something special! I have one too that needs work. I just wish they would have evolved the car into a series 3 with a coupe version and independant rear suspension, guess I could build my own??? Love this video!

[madcarl666]

just who quick /old is your car mate it sounds great and your insurance just passed test at 35 worked on them when i was 18 and always wanted a v8 straight six are for grandads.

[chestnutfilly92]

car is 1982 and is track prepped, ins is very cheap as it is a classic.

[madcarl666]

who needs a stereo when you've got a rover V8.

ps this guy knows his road test road very well

[FM77]

Nice....SD1`s rule

[steno669]

Having owned 5 SD1's, this was a pleasure to view. Would give my right arm to get my 3500 Vanden Plas EFi back - she is out there somewhere! Keep the videos coming, fantastic viewing!

[v8sd1]

cracking video one reason why I own 3 sd1's a very underrated car with a very good parts supply still even better than for newer Rovers

[Dragon2sword]

SD1 = an absolutely amazing car, just took mine in for a service, needs some work doing on it will be a week before it comes back :(

3.5 Vitesse

[sd1v8driver]

and that is why I love an SD1!

[lewis72]

That'll be your fuel light coming on then.

Being a V8, I'm surprised it doesn't have the wood panels on the dash. Goes quicker than my old 2600 VP, when it did go!

[mxmad03]

Yeah thats the fuel light, i see a lot of that. the dash has been changed at some point, prob wheb the roll cage was put in. the engine is a 4.0l with race heads and camshaft, 4 twin choke carbs feed it. hence the fuel light!

[vrchris]

What roads are these?

[suckmypokecock]

That's mental. Why don't you just go EFI? Rover realised it in 82, too :)