BRM - Saxperience

jasonmayall · 29th July 2012, 22:09

Hi Guys,

picked up a Rover BRM Thursday night as a replacement for the saxo. Wasnt looking for one of these at all, Was looking for a small, cheap to run motor and i came across this for an absolute bargain!
12 months mot and all the major works have been done already!

When i got it:

Got to work yesterday, took off that god awful exhaust and got a standard one for it. and gave it a real good clean, got the t-cut out, mer polish then some turtle wax nano. come up pretty well i thought!

welshpug · 29th July 2012, 22:34

not a bad motor it has to be said.

I bet it sounds epic with that air filter when you give it revs!

jasonmayall · 29th July 2012, 23:37

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Originally Posted by welshpug

not a bad motor it has to be said.

I bet it sounds epic with that air filter when you give it revs!

Love the motor, pulls so well. Surprised a few people already!
It's got a slight blow in the exhaust, but for a standard system it's not bad at all, pretty quiet from the inside though lol

rorz_vts · 30th July 2012, 09:47

Really don't get why they stuck a big orange mouth on these

jasonmayall · 30th July 2012, 09:58

There is a reason lol. Formula 1 BRM

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=for...10&tx=99&ty=69

rorz_vts · 30th July 2012, 10:42

Arr I see

just thought rover had hired a special needs person to add some colour

Either way car looks good mate

gazza808 · 30th July 2012, 11:09

I live quite close to we're Brm was/is,

Even had my car on their old test track lol (airfield)

jasonmayall · 30th July 2012, 11:34

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Originally Posted by rorz_vts

Arr I see

just thought rover had hired a special needs person to add some colour

Either way car looks good mate

Lol, i always thought the same until i actually found out why!

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Originally Posted by gazza808

I live quite close to we're Brm was/is,

Even had my car on their old test track lol (airfield)

I live about half a mile from Longbridge, so i've kinda brought him home

Gandi699 · 30th July 2012, 14:53

Ah the whores boudoir interior haha! Relatively decent as standard with an LSD but you should take the K out, put that in a metro and then slip in a T-series turbo!

jasonmayall · 30th July 2012, 15:22

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Originally Posted by Gandi699

Ah the whores boudoir interior haha! Relatively decent as standard with an LSD but you should take the K out, put that in a metro and then slip in a T-series turbo!

Haha! I could, but i wanted a car i dont need to mess about with. Its fast enough at the moment anyway. Few little tweaks and it will see 160+bhp but its just so much nicer, not having a stupidly loud exhaust and an engine that may, or may not start!

JamesR^m · 30th July 2012, 15:40

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Originally Posted by rorz_vts

Arr I see

just thought rover had hired a special needs person to add some colour

Either way car looks good mate

Or Craig180 but that's the same thing

Gandi699 · 30th July 2012, 18:20

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Originally Posted by jasonmayall

Haha! I could, but i wanted a car i dont need to mess about with. Its fast enough at the moment anyway. Few little tweaks and it will see 160+bhp but its just so much nicer, not having a stupidly loud exhaust and an engine that may, or may not start!

Not sure whether it'll see 160 with just minor mods to a 143 vvc but a better manifold and downpipe is the place to start, ZR 160 6 bolt being the obvious choice as the 143 runs the same as all normal cam 16v Ks. The mems 2j ecu cant be remapped however you could get a reground piper exhaust cam in it which should offer some nice gains. Have a read of Dave Andrews vvc tuning guide

jasonmayall · 30th July 2012, 19:11

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Originally Posted by Gandi699

Not sure whether it'll see 160 with just minor mods to a 143 vvc but a better manifold and downpipe is the place to start, ZR 160 6 bolt being the obvious choice as the 143 runs the same as all normal cam 16v Ks. The mems 2j ecu cant be remapped however you could get a reground piper exhaust cam in it which should offer some nice gains. Have a read of Dave Andrews vvc tuning guide

Yeah, I know the mems2 ecu isn't mappable, so I'll be going for the emerald. Completely different to a saxo, so it's a completely new learning curve... I'll be sure to take a look at Davies guide, cheers matey.

Gandi699 · 30th July 2012, 22:53

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Originally Posted by jasonmayall

Yeah, I know the mems2 ecu isn't mappable, so I'll be going for the emerald. Completely different to a saxo, so it's a completely new learning curve... I'll be sure to take a look at Davies guide, cheers matey.

Good show mate, have a word with Dave RCR on metropower - he got 190 horses out of his vvc and that wasnt using throttle bodies! Mems3 conversion might be cheaper that emerald, there are remaps available for those but wont be as flexible obviously

jasonmayall · 30th July 2012, 23:38

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Originally Posted by Gandi699

Good show mate, have a word with Dave RCR on metropower - he got 190 horses out of his vvc and that wasnt using throttle bodies! Mems3 conversion might be cheaper that emerald, there are remaps available for those but wont be as flexible obviously

Hadn't considered a mems3 actually! Something to look into, defiantly. Plan on squeezing some more power over it eventually, ont want to go over the top though lol. Keeping it looking exactly as it is though

craig180^p · 11th August 2012, 10:17

Love the interiors on these and getting quite rare now by all accounts.

A bit ahead of time here maybe but a potential future classic

jasonmayall · 11th August 2012, 11:08

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Originally Posted by saxo180

Love the interiors on these and getting quite rare now by all accounts.

A bit ahead of time here maybe but a potential future classic

There were 795 made for sale in the uk, 200 sent abroad I think. Less than 400 left here! Mines number 500