The Rover V8 is also a CRAP V8. Us Brits are supposed to be in love with them, but there are very few affordable tuning parts available, and as you say they drink fuel to a daft extent!
Fuel consumption is rumoured to be what ultimately killed off the Volvo redblock - no matter what they did, they couldn't make it give decent MPG.
You need to do a bit more to a B230ET to get 250bhp - that lot will see you to about 220bhp. Beyond that, you need more fuel - more fuel than a chip can map for - we're talking bigger fuel pump, higher FPR, and bigger injectors. The B230FT needs more still due to the (lesser) 530 head and T cam.
cheers
James
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'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...