Dajazar's mk1 Sterling (formerly Rich Moss')

CHR15E · Post by **CHR15E** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:48 pm

Richard Moss wrote:Lastly I changed the rear exhaust box, fitting a spare from an 820. The old box had rusted just about everywhere it could have and was blowing from every seam. The 820 box had a different flange and a very slightly smaller bore but by cutting off the old flange I have managed to civilise it again. I suppose in theory the narrower bore will have a detrimental effect on performance but it will be negligible in real world use.

What age car was the box off?

Surprisingly my brother has an early MK2 backbox on his 820.

He just fitted a smaller bolt in one of the holes and it lined up.

Post by **Richard Moss** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:32 am

The box came off my old 1991 mk1 820, a similar age to the Sterling. The flange was a very different shape - both were triangular but the 820 one had all 3 sides the same length and the 827 one had one side shorter than the others and was orientated differently (I think). It's all sorted now, though.

If I keep it, I'll see if the band new mk2 820 one that I have in store will fit.

CHR15E · Post by **CHR15E** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:37 am

Shot in the dark, guessing the 820 didn't have a cat fitted?

Post by **Richard Moss** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:01 am

No it didn't - and neither does the Sterling.

CHR15E · Post by **CHR15E** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:06 am

Not a factor on your Sterling at that age. Earlier ones were different.

According to the Unipart list MK1 820s had a different backbox depending whether it had a cat or not. Odd.

http://www.rover800.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=247

Post by **Richard Moss** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:14 am

Wouldn't it just have been so much easier to have just one, standardised exhaust system for ALL models? Jaguar did it with the XJ40 (apart from the front pipes which are different for cat/non-cat cars).

Post by **Richard C** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:45 am

Richard Moss wrote:Wouldn't it just have been so much easier to have just one, standardised exhaust system for ALL models? Jaguar did it with the XJ40 (apart from the front pipes which are different for cat/non-cat cars).

It's Rover we are talking about here, they never did anything easy.

CHR15E · Post by **CHR15E** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:03 pm

I guess it would. For whatever reason they changed it to work with the cat.

Post by **Richard Moss** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:27 pm

It's just been down for an MOT and passed first time with no advisories. Not bad when you consider that it's been standing almost 10 months.

Post by **Richard C** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:02 pm

Richard Moss wrote:It's just been down for an MOT and passed first time with no advisories. Not bad when you consider that it's been standing almost 10 months.

thats good

Very Tall Brad · Post by **Very Tall Brad** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:38 pm

Must be the mild W'ton climate that keeps cars in top nick.

CHR15E · Post by **CHR15E** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:50 pm

Good stuff Rich. Have you worked out what the future is car wise yet?

Post by **Richard Moss** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:50 pm

I reckon that I'll end up selling both 800s and keeping the Jag and the cabrio. The cabrio will definitely be staying (I would lose a couple of very precious body parts if I tried to sell it!) and the Jag is, quite honestly, my dream car.

This forum will then be renamed "JaguarXJ40-and-Rover800.info"

CHR15E · Post by **CHR15E** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:09 pm

Not planning on leaving us yet then?

Post by **Richard Moss** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:07 am

No way - I'm staying put. The Jag fora are pretty dull compared to this place. In fact, make that VERY dull.

They never have any proper thread drift.

Rover800.Info

Dajazar's mk1 Sterling (formerly Rich Moss')

Who is online