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waynester
16-09-12, 01:31 PM
Has anyone fitted or looked into fitting a supercharger before? Does the KV6 respond well to one? What power increase are we talking?
How much (wallet thraping) would it be, assuming a specialist garage fitted it?

I like the thought of fitting one! :)
petet16
16-09-12, 02:03 PM
You are potentially opening a can of worms with that question:)

I believe the kit is no longer available new, but they do come up secondhand occasionally.

Reliability issues have caused problems in the past, but the issues seem to have been dealt with now, there are a few people on the forum running s/c cars who will probably be able to comment further.
sneekyparrot
16-09-12, 02:07 PM
Search the forum m8 there is loads of info. Gary has his car up on eBay at mebt which has to be the best charged car ever!

I have had one.

big_wasa had his kit up for sale.

Unles u are nifty with a spanner then my advice would be to buy Gary's!

Type supercharged mg zs in eBay search.

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big_wasa
16-09-12, 03:08 PM
Mine has gone, I fliped it so I could get a nicer mk2. My only regret is not getting a go in it first.

I would do the reading and go into it with your eyes open and only if you can do the spanner work your self.
I doubt you will even find a full kit. Ive only seen the same two do the rounds in the last few years and one (mine) has now gone to europe.
KirkJames
16-09-12, 03:10 PM
Mine has gone, I fliped it so I could get a nicer mk2.

I would do the reading and go into it with your eyes open and only if you can do the spanner work your self.
I doubt you will even find a full kit. Ive only seen the same two do the rounds in the last few years and one (mine) has now gone to europe.

Down to just one then............... there must some more knocking about somewhere?
waynester
16-09-12, 03:15 PM
Kits are that rare?? Looking on some websites shows universal kits which can be adapted to fit most cars. Are these more effort & problems than they are worth?
sneekyparrot
16-09-12, 03:23 PM
[QUOTE=petet16;272624]You are potentially opening a can of worms with that question:)

lol!
Nobrainer
16-09-12, 05:30 PM
I thought long and hard about this but decided out was way too much aggro. To me, if you have to ask then you don't know enough to have one, modify it so out works properly without blowing your engine, maintain it etc. But feel free to prove me wrong :-)
waynester
16-09-12, 05:45 PM
Did some googling & searches on this subject and....I understand now how difficult it is, how many problems trying to get it to work!

The theory & idea of a SC ZS 180 sounded good, but.....
Jay-ZS+
16-09-12, 05:49 PM
Did some googling & searches on this subject and....I understand now how difficult it is, how many problems trying to get it to work!

The theory & idea of a SC ZS 180 sounded good, but.....

Personally I like the idea of a twin turbo ZS that would be awesome.

Anything is possible with time money, Ingenuity and some more money. :trampoline:
petet16
16-09-12, 05:59 PM
Personally I like the idea of a twin turbo ZS that would be awesome.

Anything is possible with time money, Ingenuity and some more money. :trampoline:

Yeah, you can fit anything to anything with enough determination and money/time
Nobrainer
16-09-12, 06:15 PM
That one on ebay looks very well looked after though.
sneekyparrot
16-09-12, 07:20 PM
Did some googling & searches on this subject and....I understand now how difficult it is, how many problems trying to get it to work!

The theory & idea of a SC ZS 180 sounded good, but.....

Thing is ur not inventing the wheel
Here, 99% of the issues with the blown motors have been resolved. Guess the final issue for me was dumping the 7th injector and going stand alone ecu but it was just to damm ££££ for the hp gained!

If u want a charged motor then buy one already done like Gary's.

Having owned all flavours is the zs range I would never go back to a stock zs, that charged motor is something I still miss!

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big_wasa
16-09-12, 07:32 PM
So any guesses on how many chargers would be floating about Paul ?

I did ask george but he never said.
sneekyparrot
16-09-12, 08:49 PM
So any guesses on how many chargers would be floating about Paul ?

I did ask george but he never said.

Not many that's for sure.

Mine went to Alex in Luxembourg along with the charger kit fro
Ross.
There was a guy in redditch who had one working on a mk2
Gary's
Drews
And yours

Not sure if davev6 had one working before going vag?

Shame really I would have another in an instant :-)

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petet16
16-09-12, 09:08 PM
A few kits came direct from Sprintex in Oz before George became the agent for them.

And the same chargers have been on more than one car which makes it harder to work out how many are/were in the UK.