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Originally Posted by ZSZRANDRF900

i stand corrected. just checked with the main powertrain manager here, he was small engines manager at the time for Rover group. he tells me that the block, and heads were initially drafted by Honda with a terrible injection system and made in a bespoke workshop in Swindon. Honda tried to sting Rover on cost so the BMW parents told honda to shove it. BMW then invested in the tooling to cast the blocks and heads. a service bulitin was issued to replace every single engine that came in in 800 series with Oil consumption, or HG issues. BMW sent in a production "black belt" team to sort out the slippage in the liners, and make sure it was ready for 75 and freelander.
then the lads at longbridge designed the rocker covers and engine accoustics and BMW management told Rover who in Germany was making the manifolds and VIS, rover had no choice on sourcing. I was wrong. i admit it

Fair play bud.