New members car
 

Hi everyone,murray here.Only been on the site about a week now and just thought it would be nice to include a few pictures of my car for you all to look at.:wave:
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:hi: Murray, nice ZS there, nice and low too!

Powered by what exactly? Couldn't read the small print!

That is certainly low! What suspension have you got? What mods have you done to get it to 200BHP?

Here's a question... what percentage of MG Rover cars have Longbridge registration numbers?:ike:

very nice loose the lights very good other than that are u using spax or bilsteins coilovers?

Nice car, i thought mine was low, but omg....:cool2::cool2:

very very nice!

Nice motor you have there Murray

It says "powered by RovaSystemsMotorsport" I know i know before you start going on about how bad he was,dont worry it only took me one visit to realise how much of a cowboy he was.

suspension?

Started of with Spax on my 2000 model but found that after time the threads started to corode which made it hard to adjust the car height. When i swapped the car for the later model in 2004 i changed for AVO coilovers which so far have been fine.
To date i have done the following to get the car to 200 bhp:
Home made air intake system.i.e with the cone filter sitting under the wing where the resonator would sit(and i still think this is the best way to do the intake).
Mannis back Piper exhaust system
Piper 270 cams and vernier pulleys.

Progress was as follows:
Standard car Rolling Roaded at 173bhp
Cat back exhaust and intake fitted 184 bhp
Cams/Verniers fitted 203 bhp

Car really responded to Cams well.Did have a Piggyback ECU fitted but it done diddly squat for the power so ended up taking it off.
Although the power is not the best i feel a lot has to be said for a fairly hard suspension setup.i know its not everyones cup of tea but the responsivness of the car on excelleration with stiff springs etc is so much better than the standard stuff where a lot of that responsivness is sapped by the rear suspension.
I dont know just my thoughts.

that is SO SO nice! that's what i want :D:D
Only thing I don't like is the stickers on the back, apart from that it's perfect, top effort :) how does it compare to other 'fast' cars?

Is 203Bhp at the wheels or at the flywheel?

I'll be seriously impressed if its at the wheels!:clown:

220-230Bhp at the Flywheel, I'm with you Ralph, I would be really impressed.

Very nice Zs you have there

No sorry guys thats at the fly.With regards as to how it compares to other cars.My mate in Germany has a Renault megane F1.Thats 235bhp as standard on a car that has plastic wings everywhere.From a standing start on the autobahn at night there's absolutely nothing in it up till about 135mph then the megane started pulling away.....SLOWLY.By the time we'd finished and he'd pulled me along in his slipstream i was doing just over 150mph about 500revs away from the redline.

Right! I shall not say anything on here as I have not had any dealings with them. There are some good experiences and some not so good experiences I have read on various forums.

Moving on...........

Good spec there too, seems about right for the mods done. I must admit my suspension doesn't bother me that much, I still have the OE set-up and its as good as any previous modded car I've owned. However, until I've tried it I wouldn't know that! Seemed okay on track as well.

who fitted ya cams and pullies??

where you from murry..

lovely looking car..
Ross

nr me

A company called Aldon Automotives in the West Midlands.Family buisness been going some time and have had dealings with Nasp cars a lot.He's not a Rover/MG specialist but had the car 2 days and have never had a problem with oil leaks etc in the time ive had em fitted.Almost 35000km.

As Steve mentioned not far from him.I live just up the South East coast in a town called Ramsgate.

is it avo coiolovers or shocks n springs setup?

Yeah it comes as a complete coilover kit as thats all you can get for the zs180 i think.Its AVO's sports evo gtz kit.Retails for about £600 i think.Fully adjustable shocks and ride height.

old wheels
 

Dont know if anyones interested but ive just stuck my old wheels on the for sale portion of the website.Check em out.

So that's around 172-3bhp at the wheels then, pretty similar to mine.

Mine is 198bhp at the fly and a 170bhp at the wheels, and that's with a BMC filter, and a totally bespoke exhaust system.

that is awesome matey what you got it lowered on and by how much
just read the thread oops

GAZ also do coilies for the 180.Have not tried them,but I thought I woul let yall know for choice n all :)
Also this(to me the most promising considering these guys are the X MGR development ppl) http://www.vehiclehandlingsolutions.com/page2.htm

Shroon

I really like the Grey Car / Black Alloys combo. Bet it shifts too....

yeah i like that, not keen on all the stickers but love the coilovers :) what is the ride harshness like on it?

car looks lovely mate! the lowest iv seen around

Sammy..... No coilovers..... You said. :smile2: :p

Depends on how you like to ride the car.The shocks have about 16 different hardness settings so you can have it as hard or as soft as you like.I have it set about 4 from the most hard which is quite rough but it goes round corners like something else.

looks proper mean...bet you've surprised a few people in that car ;)

You wouldn't believe the amount of looks it gets.Looks even better when moving.You're the guy who wants the wheels yeah.Tried to send you a reply today and the website said you were unable or didn't want to recieve private messages so hopefully get you on here.I live in Ramsgate right down on the south east coast.Depending on where you live that might be a bit far to travel so am prepared to meet half way or so.Will only accept cash as have had em sat still for some time now and just want rid if em.By no way does that mean there in rag order.Hope thats all ok.

have you got msn matey?

im defo have them consider them sold and il pick them up?

il just check my PM setting and PM you

nooo i want the wheels too mate, pickup also...

:chair:
was agreed before u even posted in that thread

I'm prepared to pay more money. Bit out of order just because you posted first!

lmfao how u work that out? how is that not fair? i Pm'ed first as well as post
i cba to argue :alcoholic:

back on topic anyway....lovely car :D