My MG ZS Turbo.... - Page 7

stamford · 21-01-10, 06:27 PM

Sounds good so far Dan, looking forward to seeing the final build.

starfire039 · 21-01-10, 07:05 PM

I beg you, come and say hello when this is done, this looks amazing dan you're such a nutter haha!

I bet there's going to be a lot of power and yeah you will probably find wheelspins galore... but give it time and you'll learn to control it and just not apply full throttle, you'll learn what gear at what speed it is appropriate to put pedal to the metal. If I see a red zed hacking it around Medway, I know who it is!

mattie007 · 21-01-10, 08:58 PM

Sounds epic! I want to turbo my K, but unsure atm.
Excuse the ignorance but what engine is it?

starfire039 · 21-01-10, 11:43 PM

T series

talkingcars · 22-01-10, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by starfire039

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I bet there's going to be a lot of power and yeah you will probably find wheelspins galore... but give it time and you'll learn to control it and just not apply full throttle, you'll learn what gear at what speed it is appropriate to put pedal to the metal.............!

Sounds like my 180 on these greasey roads at the moment, I once got 50 out of my T16 maestro wheelspinning out of a turning, in 2nd!

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Originally Posted by mattie007

Excuse the ignorance but what engine is it?

The T16 turbo as seen in 1990's 220, 420, 620 ti and 820 vitesse.

carmadbaker · 22-01-10, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by peterzs

Well done Dan, must be dedicated to get out in the snow and work on it, what will the bhp when itsa up and running???? Be interesting when its on track.

Cheerz for the nice comments chaps

It will be done for the end of march, so i'll be looking for "running in miles" around then, gentle (pfft yer right!) road tests are more than welcome

The BHP question is complete unknown as yet.... technically with the right mapping and the combo of parts i've fitted it should easily see around the 350bhp.....deep down i want it to pull closer to 400bhp @1.8bar on the rollers....but that is jus totally un-driveable in a front wheel drive car, so it'll be running 1.2-1.3 bar day to day!
I'll snap up some pictures tomorrow and post them up

and yer mine is a t-series from a 620ti, 200bhp ish standard....so we shall see!......

Jay-ZS+ · 22-01-10, 09:11 AM

Looking at one powerful ZS then, Lot of work been put in to that

You are gonna be keeping tyre companies in buiness!!

Marky Mark · 22-01-10, 11:40 AM

Sounds mental Dan! lol You will have to take us for a spin mate when its complete!

What you been up too, tried getting hold of you on your mobile, but suppose you have just been too busy?

tinyszs · 22-01-10, 09:59 PM

awesome thread mate . what sort of a job is it to fit a t series turbo lump to the zs ?

carmadbaker · 23-01-10, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by tinyszs

awesome thread mate . what sort of a job is it to fit a t series turbo lump to the zs ?

uumm....without a garage and lotsa space its tricky....sadly i have neither lol
In an ideal world you need a 620ti, a Rover 420 GSI and your ZS...unless you can buy the 620ti engine and components separately but that can be costly...

I took the long way around and swapped over the 420 wiring loom into the ZS, was a bit of agro but i think it will be worth it. its a proven loom i know works so my theory is that it won't have any problems....

(famous last words!)

But i think the conversion is totally worth it, and kinda fun...if i had my own garage i would deffinately be sorting out a conversion package for people by now.