Drew's ZS180

[Drew]

took it off because I needed to get a repair from rover, but under warrenty they wouldn't have accepted a supercharger on there!

had it nasp for a while. fitted some piper 285 cams. but piper wernt making verniers anymore. so they told me they could get the std timing marks in pretty much the right position.
they couldn't!

although it ran and didn't eat all my valves, it wasn't really giving me any more.
made myself some adjustable pulley and re-timed it.
cant get pipers timing figures as it felt like the valves were touching pistons, so retarded them till it would clear and fired it up. runs and drives pretty well on std ecu so I left it like it.

Drew

[Drew]

after that I re-fitted the supercharger. while I was there I added the DTA S80 ecu. I felt it would be a much better system than relying on a piggyback and the std ecu.

with all my mods it did pretty well on the rollers.



sounded pretty good in a tunnel not far from me..

http://youtu.be/cNFpD8yRSmk

Drew

[Drew]

changed the bmc for a random Honda itg I found on ebay for £90







with all the power I though I should upgrade some other parts, got me some brembodge..



Drew

[Drew]

as well as the brakes I got a few suspension parts..

whiteline 27mm front arb


asr rear subframe brace and arb


hardrace rear lower and upper arms, as well as gaz adjustable coilovers


spherical rear trailling arm bush


hardrace front upper and lower arms



was good but the suspension was a little soft on the std gaz springs. so soft in fact that the front springs were getting coil bound.
so I got some new front springs from gaz. std fronts are 400 lb, I got some 500's from them to try.
was a lot better but maybe a touch harsh on rough roads.

found a place selling helper springs..
http://www.dfaulknersprings.com/

got myself some 650lb front springs! with a 450lb helper
used the original 400lb front springs on the rear (were 225lb!) and added a 200lb helper.

its fooking awesome to drive now.

Drew

[petet16]

Lots of good stuff been done there.

[Drew]

so ive not had the nasp engine mapped after I took the charger off. I would like to have it running and driving as well as it could but I don't need to spend that kind of money atm.

I have a new engine im building in the garage.

got some 82mm custom forged pistons


82mm steel liners


forged steel rods


I got the std crank stroked from 82.8 to 87.8mm.

new engine will give me 2782cc

Drew

[Drew]

as well as the engine I have been working on a new inlet manifold. utilising some triumph Daytona 675 throttle bodies



ive got a lot further than that, but don't have a recent pic.

Drew

[petet16]

Awesome.

[Drew]

so, DTA ecu is a lot of fun. I can play with the fuel and ignition all I want, have been tweeking for a few weeks to get it running and driving how I like.

took a vid this morning..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2YsPV3j_Lk

Drew

[Ritchy]

Great work some pricey stuff there