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| Welcome to the 'How do I?' section on MG-Rover.org,
here you will find useful articles on commonly asked questions on
how to do various modifications or maintenance jobs, all written by
www.mg-rover.org's resident technical gurus, Dr Dave and Petrolhead Pete. Click on the article
below to read it. |
How Do I?.... Fit Xenon HID Units to an R8 Rover (200, 400, Coupe, Cabriolet) |
Sat, Feb 11th 2006 |
 Fed up of not really being able to see where you're going at
night? Well, despite buying Halford's best 'Superbrilliance' bulbs, I
was dissapointed with the lights on the Coupe. Perhaps I've been spoilt
with new cars over the past few years, but the lights on the old R8
Rovers do seem to be showing thier age. So I invested in a set of HID
Xenon lights.
No, these aren't those
chavtastic fake xenon bulbs that you can get, these are proper Xenon
light setups, complete with the ballasts required to generate the
23,000 volt charge to ignite them!
The guide
shows the lights being fitted to a Rover Coupe, but the same could well
apply to any Rover 200 up to 1995, Rover 400 up to 1995 and any Coupe,
Cabriolet and Tourer. The same princliples however also apply to any
car, as the kit is the same but the bulb type does vary.
If you are interested in buying a set, we are looking into arranging a group buy. Please drop me a line at xenons@mg-rover.org to express an interest. | Read more... |    
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How Do I.... Change the door speakers on a Rover 75/ MG ZT! |
Wed, Aug 27th 2003 |
Thanks to JCBZT160+ we have a new 'How Do I', this one detailing how to replace the speakers in the door of a Rover 75 / MG ZT. | Read more... |
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How do I... Fit an Ecotek Device? |
Wed, Dec 11th 2002 |
 Firstly, I guess most of you are thinking "what the hell is a Ecotek device
anyway"! Well, taken from their website at www.ecotekplc.com
this is the answer."The Ecotek CB-26P is a mechanical device that, when
fitted to a petrol engine (not Diesel), improves the petrol consumption by as
much as 20%, enhances the overall performance and significantly reduces harmful
emissions. CB stands for Clean Burn and the 26 confirms that over 2.6 litres
an additional device is required. P stands for petrol only." Probably still
none the wiser?! Basically its a interesting gizmo that fits in between the
brake servo cylinder and the inlet manifold and allows very small amounts of
agitated air to pass into the inlet manifold at certain specific pressures. This causes
turbulence in the induction gasses which creates a better suspension of fuel
molecules and thus better combustion, producing a more efficient and cleaner
burn. For more technical information, please check out their website.
So, that's what it is, it produces a "swirl" effect in the inlet
manifold which leads to more efficient burn, cleaner emissions and better fuel
economy. Yup, this little device has proven claims of 27% reduction in emissions
and nearly 30% improvement in fuel consumption. So, we were quite eager to try
this device out. We managed to get two review units from the manufacturer, one
will be fitted to the 1.4 K Series in my MG ZR 105, the other to Dr Dave's 2.5
KV6 in his ZS180. At the time of writing, Dave hasn't fitted his, but when he
does, we'll include a full "How Do I" article for that too, although
to be honest, its not going to be drastically different to this. | Read more... |
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How do I... Fit a 52mm Alloy Throttle Body to a K Series Engine? |
Fri, Aug 23rd 2002 |
In the second of his How-do-I articles, Steve takes us through installing an alloy 52mm Throttle body to his Rover 216. Although the same procedure applies to any K Series engine. | Read more... |
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How do I... Fit a Pipercross air filter to a Rover 216? |
Fri, Aug 23rd 2002 |
In the first of Steve Taylor's How-do-I articles, he describes fitting the Pipercross air filter and cold air induction pipe to a Rover 216 (bubble shape). Same applies though to any bubble shape Rover 200 and MG ZR (except the Diesel variants). | Read more... |
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How do I... Fit a Tuningbox to an L Series Diesel? (ZR, ZS (in Europe), R25 or R45) |
Tue, Jul 16th 2002 |
In the first of his How-To articles, Petrolhead Pete (he works for Richardsons Performance Motorsport) gives a step-by-step guide to fitting a TuningBox to an MG ZR Turbo Diesel. The box in question costs around £450 and increases the BHP and Torque figures by around 20-30%. | Read more... |
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