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Rover 400 The Civic Conversion Project I was working on my Impreza, when I decided I was going to get a cheap run-around while I took it off the road to do some work on it. I bought a Rover 400 for £200. I knew nothing about the cars, and had no idea it was even a turbo (As it wasn't listed as one on eBay). It was far too slow to be a turbo, but when I tried to insure it, they insisted it was a turbo model. After some inspection of the engine, I realised it was in fact a turbo, and I was then very interested in getting a bit more power and torque from the engine. I looked at some pictures of modified Rover 400's and they actually look half decent. It was then, I wanted to upgrade some of the body work, such as the facelift MG ZS rear end which has a flush boot lid. Somehow, I discovered that the Rover 400 shared exactly the same chassis as the Honda Civic MB 5 door, and that's when I decided to do a full exterior conversion. When I was able to get my hands on a rolling shell, I figured I'd also swap over the interior. The Rover 400 has a grey and wood effect interior, which is a bit too "grandad-esque" for my liking. As you can see from the image, the interior is exactly the same. Rover 400 Interior: Honda Civic MB Interior: Of course, it wouldn't be right to have an 86bhp car that looked fast, so I'll also be doing some engine tuning. Being that this is a mechanical injection mode, digital tuning such as tuning boxes and remapping is not possible. So I will be upping the fuel intake, fitting an intercooler, and fitting a new model turbo charger. The engine already has SDi injectors capable of increased fueling. I'm probably looking at increasing the power to around 130-150, with tons more torque. I'm picking up the Civic shell on Saturday, so stay tuned for updates.

Stick to spannering Phil, leave the clever tech stuff to us office b1tches

Yeah. At least I can hit stuff with hammers to fix stuff!

Some random pictures of meetings I did

It's like a rift in the space time continuum or something.... That or a link back to the top of this page

Another two horse race! @Dave @dinochips

looking awesome mate! you going to HEM?

took the s2k as needed to do one sports car trip around europe in my life. Just uncovered my mb and missed it so much. there are times i think i would of preferred it over the s2k.

So fitted side skirts ppl mite not like them but I do and I sanded back dails down so brighter

Great stuff! There's a place at Southend on sea called RK Tuning where my mates R32 GTR is currently having forged internals done and a bigger turbo etc. Might be worth a shout?

Or this even.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262501348696

Lol

Got her up and running started first turn of the key, few things need adjusting like the wastegate and dump valve, but I'm happy with it need a p28 and map now, more to follow.

Good stuff!

Cool More and more boost going on here these days.

Yeah, we will have to go searching for that horse he was controlling to steal our picnic food!

Love the look of this, and a hatch needs to win lol

Well welcome back . Glad to c this mb again

im not dead just been busy getting the car ready for my eurotrip this year taking the car through France, Brussels, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, then along the French cost and back to England in a few months so been busy planning that. big update will come in time heres a pic on my baby's together