I have bought a new toy!!! Guess!!!
 

Alright Guys,

So this week I bought another toy.....

You know me, master horder of everything brilliant lol... anybody guess what it is? its fast!! and isnt from ann summers before you start!!

Ross

Petrol powered remote controlled car?

Motorbike?

bigger than that ;)

might as well be as fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:clap2:

another quad?

A go kart?? :)

I know!!............................

a Russian bride ?.... ( lend me the catalogue LOL )

Caterham so something similar???

Atom?????

:whistle::whistle::whistle:

A rocket propeled Twin Rotored Carrot coloured Rabbit furred Sponge???????//

Dammit Tim, I was gonna guess that!!

is it german ?

Part of it is

be nice to her, and .......enjoy !!

is it xpg?

VW 1.8 engined something or other .... Reyland converted MG ?

I would love to know how the extra 100bhp compares to the loss of 700cc :dumbells:

I still would love to do my own forced zed.

believe me no comparison at all , been there done that...v6 went backwards like it had stalled, and come to think of it, so did pretty much everything else that ever tried !
midrange its actually 130 bhp up on a tuned zs kv6 with cams and manifolds etc, and it makes double the torque....its insane, and already built to take another 100 bhp.

Come on then Ross! Fess up!

Yes guys, I have indeed bought the VAG ZS built by Reyland for Dave V6.

I offered the guy what i could afford and we came to a reluctant deal.

I do not think it has been as well looked after from when Dave had it, so i have a little tidying to do. Also the turbo seals are on there way out so a rebuild needed there.

I picked this up wednesday, he took the stack dash out as i offered such a lowly amount and i suggested he could make some money from that. So I had no dash or sensor lights. I fitted a dash yesterday but the sensors for the stack dash are still in so I only have a few lights, no revs or speedo but at least a fuel gauge.

Can I just say, I have driven some quick cars in my time having been around RSM and also friends. BUT nothing even compares to this, its a car with serious balls, it pulls so hard and grips so well in second, you change to third and expect the pull to be less, but it just goes and goes, change to fourth and the same again.

I cannot express how fast it is, so I am chuffed. Little bit of work to do like upgrade the brakes with my Brembo's, Sort the turbo, clean the inside, repaint the cage. Have already changed the oil and filter as well as sorted a exhaust issue.

The car should have massive credit to Dave and Martin from Reyland its a pure beast, and I will say now the v6 sounds nicer to rev, untill you hear the noise of the turbo on this 4 pot. No kv6, supercharged or not could match this engine i can tell you that now.

before you ask yes one side of the bonnet is up and the other not!! previous owner did it to escape heat

Some pics

as i got her before a clean
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1711.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1714.jpg

and after

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1715.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1719.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1720.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1722.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1723.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1732.jpg
and the two cars i own atm

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1735.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1737.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1736.jpg


Got camber?
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1741.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1742.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29...i/IMG_1743.jpg

Lucky you, sounds awesome.

get all the grey ones running gear in the red one i say lol

Vorsprung durch Technik red devil

Not that easy due to the work on the chassis for the engine mounts.

Superb mate

Why spoil the red one?

James

P.S. nice collection.

hmmm, its not looking quite how i remember it but the essentials are still there ,ther is nothing that won't sort easily with some elbow grease..
Good idea to upgrade brakes, wilwoods struggle to cope on some tracks, fine on road though.
I had removed the fogs as i was going to put brake ducts through the bumper into the arch area, if it has the same arch liners you will see the holes i started to cut out.
Thankyou for the compliment , it really is a beast isnt it....i spent hours, days even weeks tweeking stuff, and If i could i would have brought it back myself without thinking twice.
I used to love 3rd gear for overtaking, from 30 mph it was just sooo much fun, struggling for traction as it reached peak torque.
It actually can just about lay 2nd gear cant it with the 888's on ....if its dry and warm anyway:-))), i wouldnt like to try it with normal road tyres though,lol.
atb with it, any questions that i might be able to help with just ask.

edit , i never had a problem with under bonnet heat ?!?!?!?, looks a bit odd with one side lifted, why didnt he just lift both sides the same?

Theres no way i would try and put this in the Red zs, theres no reason to at all, plus why ruin a fantastic car on both parts.


Cheers for the heads up Dave, I havnt really had a look around it in huge depth only when I cleaned it today, I will come up with some plans soon but no rush just yet. Might do a track day in the next month if i can and go from there.

It lays its power down really well in second i found it really does push you in your seat and make you grin from ear to ear. The R888's sadly wont be replaced i dont think they are just to darn expensive. So it could be intresting. Its a shame to have it lose a bit of grip but the cost of the r888 is somthing like £150 a tyre now iirc.

The fella said it gets hot under there and thats why the coilpacks fail but im not so sure, i will raise the bonnet a little on both sides in the next few weeks. I need to see what actually goes wrong, also plum in a boost gauge and various others, do you know what boost she should be running? 23psi?

Cheers
Ross

What a collection Ross. You keeping the red one aswell?

iirc it was 1.4 bar which is about 20-21 psi. That should have been safe on that turbo, backdraft said it would do 1.6 bar + no probs. Guess we just dont know how its been treated though, all engines need warming up but high power turbos more so ...and cooling down too.

Bring it to next dinner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just remembered, it had a boost gauge when i sold it....why would he take that out ?

I think he put it all in his stack dash so it told him everything, and then took it all out for the sale. going to do a mod the same as loz and do the dials in the center, oil pressure, oil temp, boost and afr with a wideband :)

with all the sensors he left in its just plug and play, the oil pressure sensor for the stack is £100 quid alone....

That thing is very fast!! when we was all at donington track day, couldn't believe how fast that left my ZS!

Man, like I said you got a cracking deal there Ross. Superb car and just needed some tlc when I saw it at martins somehow I don't think that will be a prob for you :-))

Kinda strange getting back into 4 wheels after years on bikes. I hav always struggled to get a kick from any car after riding bikes but the cupra turbo with a 275hp motor was fun so I can imagine what the stripped out mg must feel like.
Got a chance to drive a formula renault a few yrs back and it's about as close as I got to riding the bikes on a track apart from the cornering forces were in real after 6 laps I thought my neck or head was gonna explode.

Hope we can all meet up sometime next yr at a suitable trackday, may hav to bring the bike to keep up thou or let ur Tyres down lol.

Paul

My baby :sad: I really want you back :sad: let me know if you intend on selling it Ross pretty please. All the rest of you can get in line behind me this time!

Can't say I am surprised when I saw that come up on ebay, was surprised at the condition as it looked a little sad. Keeping both or will we see the red one go again?

to me! to me! to me! :sneaky:

The Maestro is virtually gone now so have space on the drive :punk:

hey ross, you should see about doing a side by side with george in his M3, everyone knows M3's are quick so it would be a good reference.
Nice dual carriageway side by side drag from 30 mph in 3rd gear, should do the trick!
Doesnt matter how many times you say its quick, folk just think your exagerating but video gets it over some what better.lol