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Julian's 618i (before it was converted it to a
2.2VTEC)
Its difficult to know where to start describing Julian's car, he
has done so much work on it!
The original car is a 618i Limited Edition, it left the factory
almost as the picture above,
except for the front fogs and Espace splitter.
Modifications at this stage were
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SMC body kit (factory fitted) |
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17" Team Dynamics (factory fitted) |
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lowered via Apex springs on standard shocks (factory fitted) |
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Renault Espace front bumper splitter |
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Ti front brakes |
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Black Diamond combi brake discs all round |
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Black Diamond brake hoses all round |
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painted brake callipers |
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de-cat pipe and K&N panel air filter |
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electric mirrors |
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electric rear windows |
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clear side indicators |
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cream leather interior (from 620GSDi, see other Rover
600's) |
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cruise control (from 623GSi, see other Rover 600's) |
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one off hand made top front strut brace |
2.2 VTEC Engine conversion
 
A Honda Prelude 2.2 VTEC (a J reg Jap import) provided Julian
with the 200bhp H22A Honda engine for the conversion.
h22a fully rebuilt by hand everything replaced and sprayed red
lightened flywheel and balanced oem clutch balance shaft adaptor fitted to stop
seal from coming out rebalanced crankshaft with new bearings head fully ported
and polished by myself inlet manifold fully polished and mild porting by myself
vortex throttle adapter fse with guage ARP head studs stainless bolts everywere
on engine manifolds nuts bolts are aircraft grade as they handle extreme temp
manifold fully wrapped in heat proof wrap aem fuel rail with custom fittings
custom fuel line thanks to hampshire hose top people blitz air filter behind
bumper induction pipes wrapped in heat proof wrap mugen manifold and down pipe
modified to suit stealth exhaust stealth dual twin exit exhaust specially made
thanks to simon at stealth exhausts
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cat bypass |
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uprated fuel pump 255litre |
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one off top strut brace hand made |
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rear strut brace |
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lower strut brace |
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18 inch k2 team dynamics |
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full abs conversion using 623 gsi loom |
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modified sump plug to suit sensors |
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oil cooler with custom oil lines thanks to hampshire hose |
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red rocker cover from the states well done ebay |
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boot lid liner hand made by my self |
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goodridge brake lines |
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lsd m2b4 gearbox fully rebuilt and sprayed red |
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Abs fully fitted |
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goodridge clutch line one off |
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full goodridge overbraid on the water pipes with coloured
hose ends one off power steering hose vafc2 vtec controller nos fitted but
was never used speedo delimiter fitted tested by pacing against Ti |
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hand built ecu adapter loom pics sent to boomslang |
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custom drive shafts mix and match from prelude and 600
greenstuff pads all round headlite washers rover 800 and honda accord |
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new chassis |
Rebuild
in progress... Julian lived with his car in a
garage for 2 weeks,
there's a bed upstairs somewhere!! 
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bilstein shocks all round |
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apex springs 35mm drop |
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predator body kit |
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air con |
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dual air bags fitted from 623 gsi whole dash fitted to suit
full cream leather with electric seat |
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prelude short shifter modified to suit rover gear stick |
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rover 75 wooden gear knob welded to gear stick and droped
and customem cream gear gaiter hand made p38 land rover walnut handbrake |
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auto meter oil presure |
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auto meter oil temp |
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auto meter fuel air mixture |
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auto meter fuel pressure |
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auto meter volt meter |
| custom windscreen pod and stitched and covered in
headlining material to suit rest of car lock wood white dials door puddle
lites wired in clear indicators headlight covers standard car fully sprayed
under neath with underseal stainless bolts used every were cruise control
with rover 400 paddles steering wheel contols for ice modified airbag to
suit cruise contol fully dynamated reversing sensors bought but were never
fitted all black parts of dash covered in wood covering to suit walnut trim |
 
ICE
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krc 579r with wood face |
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9044 graphic with wood face |
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kenwood a |
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amp |
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s201 cd changer interface |
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2x cd changer |
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ipod |
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2x 10 inch subs one off boot build |
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fully re-uphollstered boot lining |
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kenwood 6x9 |
| infinity componnet speakers at front |
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hand made ice leads with broadcast spec cable |
This page is still being edited.....
for more info contact julian@rover600.co.uk
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