I've just come back from having a look at one of these for myself. Everything was good untill I saw the whole underside of the engine covered in oil, and I mean COVERED! I said I would think about it, Im quite dissapointed TBH. Its a 1 owner car as well with genuine 66k miles.
Whats yours like for oil leaks clint?

 

They all have a tendency to leak at the corner of the head, I've got a slight leak on rocker cover, nothing major tbf

 

why were these called tomcats?

 

It was there nick name from rover

 

Check your inbox if you have 5 mins spare mate,

 

Blended in the sills

 

Looking good!

 

Thanks mate

 

Clint, when yours is locked up does the red immobiliser light stay permanently illuminated? Mine does, but I would of expected it to flash.

 

It should flash, when you hit the button on the fob it should stay on then you can start it mate

 

From a car meet

 

Can you put me right on this. I thought Tomcat was the name given to a Race series & Rover built 30 odd special cars to race in it. Didn't think the Tomcat name was on a Road car.

 

Maybe the owners have just adopted it?

 

According to Wikipedia, Tomcat was the name given to the car during development and was adopted for the race series.

That might not be true of course, but it's what the internet says.

 

Yes sounds about right. Development name not Production car name.

 

No mate, rovers code name for the 220 coupe turbo was tomcat, nothing to do with certain special models or racing

 

When it was introduced to the Paris motor show the code name was tomcat, when under development, so I suppose you could say the name has been adopted

 

This suggests im right.

In 1993, Rover Group produced 36 specifically modified 200 Coupé Turbo models. The cars were not undersealed and were seam welded and fully race prepared. The code name Tomcat from the project days was used to create a new race series, the Dunlop Rover Tomcat Race Series. The cars competed against each other around the United Kingdom & Europe for two years until Rover dropped their backing.

 

Fairplay, you know you're stuff, so yeah, just a nick name they have adopted, my mate did race them, think he's having another go, when he gets racer together, you may of heard of him rod, dave nixon he's been going years did have a mk 2 cossie, he sold to Jason Lepley

 

Sorted, a piece had broke off the door/interior light switch. New one fitted and problem solved, it also drained my battery.

 

What's yours like for rust? Mines had the sills done and has some bubbling in 2 or 3 places, pretty good compared to an escort of the same age for example.

 

Mines had sills done few bits of surface here and there which I sorted, back arches bubbling, but would be best to cut it out and have new

 

Any pictures mate

 

Yeah, I've got a thread on here, not the best pics tbh. I would post a link but my wont let me for some reason. Let me know what you think

 

 

Looks good there!!

 

Cheers pal

 

Is the head gasket issue on these as bad as people make out? Mines been done this year but is there anything you can do to pro long it's life or anything to avoid doing?

 

Not on our engines, as long as you look after them check water and oil, and if proper gaskets been used not the eBay specials should be fine mate, take no notice of people

 

Looks smart there! Although questionable parking lol.

 

Ha ha ha lool pmsl I know I moved it aswell was to embarrassing to do it again they were all laughing

 

The tomcat basking in the sun lol

 

 

Nice pics!

 

From the other night

 

Does look good with you Clint!

 

Got 1 fan lol ��

 

am actually running T16 turbo in my maestro turbo did 401bhp on the rollers 2 weeks ago

 

Shit that's quick what ecu you got to be able to run those figures?

 

i done few mods

Engine Spec
Forged Crank (arrow)
Forged Rods (arrow)
Forged Pistons 86mm J.E
Large Valve cylinder head 30.5mm Ex 34mm Inlet.
Ported Head and matching inlet manifold
285 Cams and solid cam buckets (Newman)
Apr Bolts cylinder head & crank shaft mains.


401 BHP
top speed 155 MPH

Ecu
Emerald K6 (fitted in glove box)

Turbo
GTX28 71R (26 Psi)

Exhaust
Custom made 4 branch manifold (zirotec coated)
snake down pipe
Custom made Vortex exhaust 2.5 bore

Fuel
Uprated Fuel injectors (Siemens 660cc)
Bosch 044 fuel pump

Other Custom parts
Custom made all alloy radiator (Escort Cosworth)
Custom made all alloy intercooler
Custom made boost gauge
Custom made all alloy header tank & washer bottle

Suspension
Gaz fully adjustable Shocks (coilover)
MGTF 4 pot Brakes (EBC yellow Pads)
MGFT 16 inch alloys MICHELIN Pilot Sport 3 tyres

Gearbox
New Gearbox from MG 2.5 ZS (C6BKUH)
Quaife diff
5 th gear from diesel gearbox
steel cage bearings.
Lightened flywheel
stage 3 clutch (paddle)