Supercharged 180 on eBay

[MG.DAN]

Found this beast on eBay..

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=300996954762

No mine though, as much as I wish it was.. Very high spec and well done!

Dan

[petet16]

Why is this car ringing alarm bells ?:unsure::hmmm:

[sneekyparrot]

Why is this car ringing alarm bells ?:unsure::hmmm:

Any back ground info Pete before I attack the bank balance ??

P.

[petet16]

I'll have a dig around, I'm sure this car has appeared on one of the mgr forums before, and not in a good way.

[sneekyparrot]

Ok Pete cheers,

Car is not far from me and I have seen it before but at the time the guy wanted silly money for it, he still does and I will be surprised if it sells.
I have stuck a bid in and would go to 3k but that's about it. It does look a well put together unit but hey it's just a matter of when rather than if something fails lol.

Will wait and see what u can dig up.

P.

[petet16]

I can't find any of the info I was looking for, but I would ask the seller what they know about the MG sport & racing vin plate, the cars original reg was FB04CVL registered in Nottingham.

[talkingcars]

I'm impressed, it has factory fit cruise but why can't you zoom on the engine picture?

[Enright]

This is the one I saw at Pride Of Longbridge earlier in the year. It was car of the day as far as I was concerned, and absolutely THE best ZS I've ever seen, bar none. Never knew about the Cat C though.

[petet16]

Another oddity with the interior, it has switches in the instrument surround which are then duplicated in the centre console, so is it a mk1 with a mk2 body kit ?.

Go and have a look at it Paul and see what's going on.

A few things would worry me, like an under drive pulley but still running a 7th injector.

[big_wasa]

Nice, every thing I would want if I was having another.

[Enright]

No, the switches in the instrument surround are the cruise and the headlamp washers Pete. It's definately a Mk2.

[petet16]

ok, cheers

[talkingcars]

No, the switches in the instrument surround are the cruise and the headlamp washers Pete. It's definately a Mk2.

Yeah, had my confused for a moment as the cruise switch is normally to the right of the wheel.

[sneekyparrot]

Tbh if it had a buy now of £3250 I would of bought it but £4250 is just too much regardless of what has been spent and done, I know having been there before with the mk1 charged motor.
The smaller pulley may just be putting it back to the original size that the kit came with, sprintex dropped boost with a bigger pulley on later kits due to problems. Unlike Gary / Nathan's motor which had an even smaller pulley made up to overdrive the charger.

Still don't think he will get what he wants as the market is sooo small.

But I do miss the whine / noise from the mk1!

Still last time he was wanting 5k plus for it lol.

[petet16]

Lot's of watchers though lol

[Supercharged_Z]

MMMMMMMMMM

this must be to do with the three units that were imported about 4 years ago to a garage in warwick.

So tempting to bid but the problem is... just if they go wrong then to put it and do it right is so costly.

just noticed it is bridge garage. They were the people who purchased the units from sprintex.

[petet16]

MMMMMMMMMM

this must be to do with the three units that were imported about 4 years ago to a garage in warwick.

So tempting to bid but the problem is... just if they go wrong then to put it and do it right is so costly.

just noticed it is bridge garage. They were the people who purchased the units from sprintex.

That was why it rang a bell, did they not offer conversions at one point ?, I remember a thread on one of the forums.

[Supercharged_Z]

That was why it rang a bell, did they not offer conversions at one point ?, I remember a thread on one of the forums.

No put the chargers on ebay and kept one for himself. One of the ones sold went to a guy in kent way iirc and another went to the blue on on here.

[petet16]

ah ok.

[Dan1971]

Wouldn't touch it personally.

Not based on any knowledge whatsoever of the car or seller..... just..... wouldn't be for me.

[Skillen]

Wouldn't touch it personally.

Not based on any knowledge whatsoever of the car or seller..... just..... wouldn't be for me.

I so would! Lol
Just wanting a v8 too much lol

[Enright]

I remember the chap telling me at POL that he had an SV too - look, it's in the background on the 2nd pic.

[peterzs]

saw that!!

[sneekyparrot]

2 bidders, anyone on here the other??

Guy stuck the vin plate on as he had a spare from the sv and thought it would look gd.

P.

[petet16]

Not me



thanks for the vin plate info

[MG ZS STE]

He'll get a close to the "buy it now price" offer and pull it before the action ends.

[Supercharged_Z]

i bid but was outbid. Suspect his mate bidding this early in the race tbh.

[Supercharged_Z]

would buy it at the current price. I am highest bidder. That would mean I had 26k tied up in cars ... GULP lol

[Skillen]

Good luck Ross, looks a well put together example re the bodywork and the interior.
Hopefully the engine is the same :)

[sneekyparrot]

Yeah gd look Ross
It looks a real nice car but guy still wanting an un realistic £££, although he must of spent a few quid on it.

P.

[Supercharged_Z]

I not bidding any more he wants to much for it plus I just know . Will end up with piston problems lol

[MG ZS STE]

Great car and would love it but you better have deep pockets.

[Quadcam24]

I not bidding any more he wants to much for it plus I just know . Will end up with piston problems lol

realistically ross, what does it need to be reliable ?

[Skillen]

Rid of the seventh injector.
Proper management.
Lots of money? Haha

[petet16]

6 Red band injectors and dta would make it a whole lot more reliable imo.

[petet16]

I see the the zs owners group on fb have spotted this, judging from some of the comments, some people don't know their ar5e5 from their elbows:D.

[Skillen]

Is that an open group?
Link?
I don't have FB and want a giggle this dinnertime.

[petet16]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/38475207849/

Be prepared to wade through plenty of utter bollox, lol

[Smokey]

You'd think people on a FB page for ZS's would perhaps sign up to these forums. Most of the chat is pish bar the odd few!

[Craig-ZS180]

Some of the comments do make you chuckle. And then some make you cringe :(

[sneekyparrot]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/38475207849/

Be prepared to wade through plenty of utter bollox, lol

Lmfao

Same could be said for a lot of the kak on FB!

P.

[petet16]

But it's on fb Paul, it must be fact :devil:

[Supercharged_Z]

You'd think people on a FB page for ZS's would perhaps sign up to these forums. Most of the chat is pish bar the odd few!

probably best they did not?

[Smokey]

Might learn a few things and have a decent input lol?

[petet16]

Sold for £3.5k.

[Enright]

Hope it went to a good home, because the guy who sold it seemed like a proper MG enthusiast to me.

[sneekyparrot]

Sold for £3.5k.

Ummm tad more than I thought it was worth at current market levels but still prob a fraction of what the guy has ploughed into it!

Was twitching with a bid this morning but glad I was able to resist :-)

[petet16]

It looks as though one bidder went in large and blew the others out of the game.

[Supercharged_Z]

I got bored. I wouldnt be surprised to see it for sale again.

Genuinely if it sold for 3.5k then the supercharger and other mods added 2.5k to the cars worth... fair play if so.

[ZRed]

Looked a nice car

[Enright]

Goldie, it's easily THE best ZS I've ever seen. Every single optional extra on the list, and a few that weren't on the list too!

Personally I wouldn't spend £3.5K on any ZS, but if money was no object, THAT is the one I'd have without question. It's the complete package.

[petet16]

Just my 2p worth, it's the complete package, apart from the lack of forged pistons, 6 uprated injectors, and something like dta management.

[Supercharged_Z]

you guys are mental. Its 3.5K plus another 2.5K on a good day or 3K on a bad day.

Any car that may owe you 6k and still only achieve 260 bhp in 2001 - 2006 format is overpriced. A modern day diesel will show it up I am afraid.

Its rubbish I had superchargers for 6 years but 3.5k is so much money, let alone the fact its not forged.

If money is no object and you dont mind driving around in a underpowered over priced car. then sweet.

Sad to hear on a ZS forum but just fact.

[Dan1971]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-MG-ZS-RED-SUPERCHARGED-FULLY-LOADED-/301035678005?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item46171fe935

[petet16]

Not much chance of selling in the run up to xmas.

[petet16]

I assume it was shill bid to 3.5k the last time

[stamford]

Crazy price and a cat C as well, not many insurers would touch it I bet.

[garymgzs180]

I woukd love to buy this. There is jus something about them. All I ever talk about is my old supercharged zs. The one that got away. Considering all the extras this car has its not unreasonable money

I do now have a supercharger kit which I may fit to my zt. Or hold onto it and get another zs in years to come.

[dave23572]

I didn't know you could fit MG TF brakes to a ZS.
If you can I'd be interested as they look great and being bigger should perform better.
I'd prefer the solid rather than drilled/grooved ones though.

[sneekyparrot]

Oh well I stuck my 2k bid in for what its worth lol.

P.

[Dave MGT]

I didn't know you could fit MG TF brakes to a ZS.
If you can I'd be interested as they look great and being bigger should perform better.
I'd prefer the solid rather than drilled/grooved ones though.

wouldnt bother. their crap and dont fit well

[talkingcars]

Crazy price and a cat C as well, not many insurers would touch it I bet.

Chap has owned it from 2 years old and it was a cat C before that, I guess it will be okay 7 or more years on.

But as it's a hatch it's not that good.

[garymgzs180]

Chap has owned it from 2 years old and it was a cat C before that, I guess it will be okay 7 or more years on.

But as it's a hatch it's not that good.

I agree. Saloon would be much nicer

[MG ZS STE]

Nah...