Supercharging the 180

[Maxxed_Ross]

buy something Janpneese

Well a well cammed up car makes 215bhp tops ! Thats with manifolds/cams/mapping/decat/zorst/induction.

Drews(roverdose) supercharged zs only made 215bhp for some reason.

Our supercharged cars we did all made well over 240bhp in zs guise.

The current charged zs`s are both over 250bhp.

There will be a few more RSM ones around shortly, along with a very special one.

George

um my st comes in at 225bhp standard and now with remap, full zorst, cais air fillter and soon do be quaffi lsd diff should be 270+ next intercooler and bigger turbo um 320+
still love the look of the zs but for tunning the st is by far easier.

[afcbadam]

i agree with a couple of the replys. why spend loads of money making a car as fast as one you can buy for the same money. its like the boy racers that spend thousands getting a 1.4 to 145 bhp like the k series vvc rover 200 when you can buy the same car with a 1.8 for less that the cost of the modifications

Personal taste at the end of the day.

Skylines/scoobies cost the earth to tune but people still do.

Has anyone been fortunate enough to have a ride/drive a supercharged zs?

Let me say, its awesome.

George

[stamford]

Originally Posted by RSM

Has anyone been fortunate enough to have a ride/drive a supercharged zs?

Let me say, its awesome.

George

Never had the opportunity, but wouldn't say no..................driving that is, wouldn't be a passenger, it's not my thing

[Dave ZS-X]

trouble with sc is warranty , 1 year is all you get for charger and engine and while i understand thats a normal warranty period for most things ,the charger needs more warranty to make worth it a gamble .It could well be fine for a year but what if it goes wrong after a year ...your left with a big bill for a new charger or a new engine or both.Thing is new problems always seem to surface ,the cars may have been running fine for yonks and you assume its all sorted then something else goes ,and you can never know even if it runs right for 2 years when the next issue will rear its ugly head ,that might be some totally new problem again.Its just relatively untested and as so you can not claim its reliable ,1 car for a couple of years does not prove reliability ,especially as during that time it had more than a few problems.

Dave

hmm theres 2 cars..

2 years with no engine failures..... thats the most crucial and important issue.

the charger can always be exchanged if it went wrong.

All the engine issues occurred within weeks of charger being fitted, so 2 years is an achievement.

I think people need to stop giving this a negative responce and start looking forward.

George

[Dave ZS-X]

Originally Posted by RSM

hmm theres 2 cars..

2 years with no engine failures..... thats the most crucial and important issue.

the charger can always be exchanged if it went wrong.

All the engine issues occurred within weeks of charger being fitted, so 2 years is an achievement.

I think people need to stop giving this a negative responce and start looking forward.

George

"2 years with no engine failures"
but still only on one car.

"chargers can be exchanged "

in theory ,we all know what sprintex are like when you want something,they are in australia and that distance seems to make them deaf to uk ears,just ask ross!

"all issues ocured within weeks of fitment"

thats untrue ,some failed after around 6k miles which some folk might not do in the warranty period,this was my problem with it.You can give back up for problems ,even cheap labour for fixes ,but still someone would have to pay for forged pistons etc if it went pop and thats big bucks the customer would have to stump up.

Its not a case of being negative ,its simply being realistic and honest .I would have had one ,you know how close i was to it ,so i want it to work but it needs people to be guinea pigs and thats the problem ,customers cant be guinea pigs imo.

Dave

Well all the ones we fitted all went wrong within weeks ..

There will be more out there shortly, but in 2 years, the cars will probably be with different owners.

I wouldnt say the customers who are having the chargers are guinea pigs now, as im confident they will not go wrong.

The race spec one will be the eyeopener.

George