Watch A 27-Liter Rolls Royce Powered Rover SD-1 Make A Dyno Pull And Make Some Header Flames


Watch A 27-Liter Rolls Royce Powered Rover SD-1 Make A Dyno Pull And Make Some Header Flames

Big engine in a little car is pretty much the basic formula for success in the hot rodding world. Huge flipping engine in even smaller freaking car is the kind of math that BangShifters absolutely love, so you should all be enamored in this 27-liter Rolls Royce Meteor powered Rover SD1 that is making a dyno pull during this video made in England. The audio isn’t the greatest but once the big engine gets wound up, you can hear its roar loud and clear. Even cooler is the shot we see with the thing spitting some flames out of the front fender exit headers. We’re now going to try and dig up some more information and video on this little Rover terrorizing the highways and byways of jolly ol’ England. Why? Because it makes 1,550 lb/ft of torque at the tires just over idle. We want to buy it, ship it to Australia and simply dominate every burnout contest for the next 100 years. Good plan?

Oh, 27 liters? That is 1,620ci and this big boy looks all of that and even a little more. Check out how deep the engine protrudes into where the factory firewall was. It was relived slightly…by what looks to be a foot and change! Wonky firewall or not, we want a ride and then we want to drive. Got gas money?

PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE A 27-LITER ROLLS ROYCE POWERED ROVER MAKE A DYNO PULL –


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3 thoughts on “Watch A 27-Liter Rolls Royce Powered Rover SD-1 Make A Dyno Pull And Make Some Header Flames

  1. Chevy Hatin' Mad Geordie

    They are if you come from Texas!

    I can’t wait to see and hear this on our roads though!

    Cabbage crates coming in over the briny – over.

    Sorry, old boy – I can’t understand your lingo……

    This comment has been censored under the posting stupid comments act.

    No – put your hand on your head and go aaaagh – that’s better!

    Stop hitting me!

    Stop hitting you?

    I just want to complain!

    Oh this is being hit the head lessons – you want room 25a.

    This comment on the previous comment has been censored etc.

    No it hasn’t!

  2. Slingshot

    My guess is 1200 rpm is not “just over idle”. An engine this big would probably idle around 500 rpm or lower if I had to guess. I would be really surprised if it could spin above 2000 without breaking apart. Just guessing from other experiences.

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