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Topic: Guided Tour of the Rolex (1980 Rover 3500 SD1 with Lexus 1UZFE V8)

As I while away time in lockdown, I put together a video showing our build of the Rolex. Would love to see other Lemons teams do the same as well!

Enjoy: https://youtu.be/nF8-1Bwd2fg

Team Co-Captain - Bodge Engineering - The Rolex (1981 Rover 3500 SD1 with Lexus 1UZ-FE V8) and the Sterling (1991 Sterling 827SL - Organizer's Choice and IOE winner!)
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Re: Guided Tour of the Rolex (1980 Rover 3500 SD1 with Lexus 1UZFE V8)

Awesome video. Awesome car. Thanks for sharing on the forum.

Tri-Lamb Motorsports ‘87 528e
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Re: Guided Tour of the Rolex (1980 Rover 3500 SD1 with Lexus 1UZFE V8)

do you still have the 3.5 sd1 motor?

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Re: Guided Tour of the Rolex (1980 Rover 3500 SD1 with Lexus 1UZFE V8)

Hey there!
Thanks for the memories.
Great Video.
Manny from Super Grover

  • From: San Francisco
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Re: Guided Tour of the Rolex (1980 Rover 3500 SD1 with Lexus 1UZFE V8)

englishcarguy wrote:

do you still have the 3.5 sd1 motor?

Nope, and we never did. When we bought the SD1, the person we purchased it from had yanked out the Rover V8 to try and fit it into a Facel Vega. Hence we began our search for a new powerplant, landing on the Lexus 1UZ-FE V8 to create the RoLex.

Team Co-Captain - Bodge Engineering - The Rolex (1981 Rover 3500 SD1 with Lexus 1UZ-FE V8) and the Sterling (1991 Sterling 827SL - Organizer's Choice and IOE winner!)
  • From: San Francisco
  • Registered: 2011-10-24
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Re: Guided Tour of the Rolex (1980 Rover 3500 SD1 with Lexus 1UZFE V8)

Mkotzias wrote:

Hey there!
Thanks for the memories.
Great Video.
Manny from Super Grover

Thanks! Us fellow Rover racers need to keep the (admittedly very dim) flame alive in the USA!

Team Co-Captain - Bodge Engineering - The Rolex (1981 Rover 3500 SD1 with Lexus 1UZ-FE V8) and the Sterling (1991 Sterling 827SL - Organizer's Choice and IOE winner!)