Wheeler dealers head port location?

[FV43576]

I have a Lotus Elise 1.8 Rover K series engine year 2000. Now the car has done 112,000 miles the head gasket has gone leaking, and bubbles coming out of the coolant system. I know Rover has an issue with the head gasket. Now I have taken out the head gasket but I remember that Wheeler dealers took the head gasket to have porting to gain more power, I remember it says Suffolk speclist which is not far as I live in Essex. Does anyone know the address of the factory?

Thanks

 

 

[exeterjeep]

It may be https://www.scholarengines.com  

[FV43576]

The orange bricks build, it looks like you are right, thanks for the link.

[exeterjeep]

Think I looked for them after I saw a repeat of the program. I have done a few K series head gasket changes (MG ZR/Rover 200)  and was vaguely thinking of them for my most recent one a couple of years ago. Also looked at the piper cams, but they seemed pretty expensive. Was thinking that my 1.8 120 hp ZR would be a bit better with some 150hp!!

[FV43576]

I have heard someone got the 1.8 turbo from the scrapyard and swap into 25 (same as ZR) because the 1.8 N/A has a higher compression ratio than the turbo version. If installed turbo on N/A will running lean melt piston!

I suggest getting the full exhaust, air filter, camshaft high lobe, porting inlet and exhaust, high-performance manifold 4-2-1 more like 40+bhp gain but it will cost more than buying the 1.8 turbo engine if you can find one!

N/A engine on Rover can't remap.

 

 

Edited November 25, 2023 by FV43576

[DH2]

Yes it was at our sister company, Scholar Engines. I was actually there when Mike was there for some of the recording - seems like an age ago now, 10 or 11 years I think.