k-series?

[Stu_B]

Anyone thought about fitting a K-series engine to an OSF!!?

I'm driving a rover with a 1400 K-series at the moment and it's an awesome little engine! 100bhp, revs freely to just over 7.

They're bored to 1600 & stroked to 1800.

I've heard of them being used in kit cars so they can be converted to RWD.

[Mr Sam]

theres one in an austin healy near me so deff go in RWD cars

[Dom]

Yeah they're good little engines, weigh in at about 80ish kilos I think. not always the most reliable though. Would go well in an escort, even better in an angrybox or 100e

[escort21]

Good engines...one of my mates is into them

[Gareth]

I saw a tech section of a mag doing a conversion

into a moggy minor

 

Wasn't for the faint hearted!!

[andrewg1323]

I've got better thinggs to do every saturday afternoon than a headgasket though

[mitomad]

And they did the 1800 vvc (variable valve timing) wich came with 143 or 160 hp out of the box.

[andygfc]

Caterham use them. They have the blocck ringed, cures the headgasket problem

[escort21]

Or the Tomcat turbo 2l ...200bhp+

[tim]

there are a few knocking around the woods doin rallyin

[OllieC]

Or the Tomcat turbo 2l ...200bhp+

 

dont mean to be pedantic but i wasnt sure that was a K series, i thought it was a different design ?

[Retromotorsport]

A friend of mine has had quite a lot of sucess with the K series ..

 

http://www.hellierperformance.com/4466.html

 

have a look around his site, he's a very helpfull chap

[oliwally]

Or the Tomcat turbo 2l ...200bhp+

Deff Not A K Series That One,Pig Of A Engine That One. Loads Of Head Gasket Failures On Them.

 

 

there are a few knocking around the woods doin rallyin

 

Loads Knocking On The Road To,Used To Have A Mate That Worked For Rover,Always Had 3 In Workshop Being Rebuilt.

New Heads For Over Heating

New Liners For Over Heating/Broken Cambelt

Rebuilding Cranks For Knocking And Losing Oil Pressure.

Best Use For The K......Boat Anchor

 

Remember Its The Engine That Finally Killed Off Rover.

[Vista]

Or the Tomcat turbo 2l ...200bhp+

Deff Not A K Series That One,plod Of A Engine That One. Loads Of Head Gasket Failures On Them.

 

 

there are a few knocking around the woods doin rallyin

 

Loads Knocking On The Road To,Used To Have A Mate That Worked For Rover,Always Had 3 In Workshop Being Rebuilt.

New Heads For Over Heating

New Liners For Over Heating/Broken Cambelt

Rebuilding Cranks For Knocking And Losing Oil Pressure.

Best Use For The K......Boat Anchor

 

Remember Its The Engine That Finally Killed Off Rover.

 

Actually I think it was lack of money to invest in new models that killed off Rover.

 

The K series is revvy and reasonably powerful for a small engine. Head gasket problems aside (these can be rectified) it isn't a bad lump and it certainly made the elise go well.

[dssean]

problem with that engine is (1) headgasket which can be cured buy ringing the block or metal dowels to stop the head moving and (2) the bloody head bolts hold the main bearing caps on, tha bolts are like 40 cm long and if your unlucky and the crank moves with the head off you can hear PLONK as the caps fall into sump

my advise stick the commonly used engines.

lotus stoppped using them (i wonder why???)

[Dom]

Yep the crank is an annoying problem, since those damn bolts hold everything together pretty much. Have to be careful not to jog it about too much. On my brother's lotus he's had a new head gasket, new cylinder head (blew a plug out and the threads with it), gearbox rebuild, ignition pack thingys and a few more bits. Only done 60,000 miles, but then it is an elise and it does get driven properly.

[mitomad]

problem with that engine is (1) headgasket which can be cured buy ringing the block or metal dowels to stop the head moving and (2) the bloody head bolts hold the main bearing caps on, tha bolts are like 40 cm long and if your unlucky and the crank moves with the head off you can hear PLONK as the caps fall into sump

my advise stick the commonly used engines.

lotus stoppped using them (i wonder why???)

And landrover/lotus designed a new headgasket for the k series aswell, Besides lotus stopped using them as the were a old design made in the late eightes just as ford stopped using the pinto as time moved on.

[andrewg1323]

Met some lotus engineers a while back with a new lotus which now has the toyota engine in, they said its the first time they've brought one out and not had to stick a drip tray under it...

 

Yup sums up the K-series when even lotus own technicians hate it!

[oliwally]

No Its Was The Warranty Claims For The Repairs To The Engines That Killed Rover,Not Enough Left To Invest In Some New Products.

They Ran Out Of Complete Engines And Couldnt Keep Up With Supply/Demand And Ended Up Rebuilding Them.

 

The 75 Was The Worst Of The Lot,I Knew Of A 2 Year Old One That Had 4 Engines Under Warranty And The Last One Came To us As Rover Wouldnt Repalce It. The Speedo Did Read 32,000.

 

The Oil System Was Prone To Gumming Up Too,Causeing The Pump The Drop Pressure And Munch Big End Bearings.

 

And Then There Was The Cam Belts......Nothing Wrong With Rover While Land Rover Said There Was A Problem??

 

 

Or the Tomcat turbo 2l ...200bhp+

Deff Not A K Series That One,plod Of A Engine That One. Loads Of Head Gasket Failures On Them.

 

 

there are a few knocking around the woods doin rallyin

 

Loads Knocking On The Road To,Used To Have A Mate That Worked For Rover,Always Had 3 In Workshop Being Rebuilt.

New Heads For Over Heating

New Liners For Over Heating/Broken Cambelt

Rebuilding Cranks For Knocking And Losing Oil Pressure.

Best Use For The K......Boat Anchor

 

Remember Its The Engine That Finally Killed Off Rover.

 

Actually I think it was lack of money to invest in new models that killed off Rover.

 

The K series is revvy and reasonably powerful for a small engine. Head gasket problems aside (these can be rectified) it isn't a bad lump and it certainly made the elise go well.

[Nettles]

I owned 1.4 litre 2002 Rover 25 and a 1.8 litre 2000 Landrover Freelander both of these were fitted with the K series engines and I had no problems with either one of them and I commute 114 miles a day around the M25. If you gonna use one try and get a tweaked one from a ZR model.

[Burns]

I owned 1.4 litre 2002 Rover 25 and a 1.8 litre 2000 Landrover Freelander both of these were fitted with the K series engines and I had no problems with either one of them and I commute 114 miles a day around the M25. If you gonna use one try and get a tweaked one from a ZR model.

 

my other half's got a 54 reg 1.4 rover 25, does that means she's got the k series engine?

 

if so, i'm gonna nick it

[105Speed]

You want the 1.8 from the MGF

 

 

And its good enough for the Lotus Elise....

[Vista]

You want the 1.8 from the MGF

 

 

And its good enough for the Lotus Elise....

 

I agree, I hear a lot of people knocking the K series, but my brother and I have both had (he's still got his) VVC K series engines, mine was the 145 bhp and his is the 160Bhp version. Neither of them have ever let us down and his has done plenty of miles.

 

Like any engine, service it regularly and properly and you're significantly less likely to encounter problems. I had mine for about 3 years and thrashed the pants of it regularly without so much as a hiccup.

[Gareth]

There's a chap up the road from me that buys and sells

a lot of Rovers and he says they're good engines.

 

there's also a new even more improved on the last improved

 

head gasket comin out soon, he'll be fittin one,

so I'll let ya know when he shows me

[Josh_gsy]

i had a 1400 SEI which was great the clutch was on its way out and it had done 100000 miles which over here is alot of stop starting which helps with killing and over heating an engine! but i used to rag the pants outta it and got 110 before the road became to bumpy and i kept a 1.6 limited edition old type peugout 205 that.. i Had no engine trouble till the clutch blow up!my opinion if you keep them cool and as suggested they are good engines ringing the block( what ever that is) would be a good idea from the sounds of it aswell

try it could start a new trend?