finally got the magical speed out of my zed tonight. not bad for a mk1 120 with completely standard engine! book top speed is 132 mph and 200kph is about 125 so i was close to max. i didnt think that was too bad for a car that hasnt been improved in any way engine wise and is now nearly 5 years old.
i cant wait to see what i can get out of it when i have the induction kit and custom exhaust on but i would still love to open up a 180 on the autobahns. britain really needs to drop the motorway speed limit lol. not that i am a boy racer but its just nice to see what you can get every now and then. nothing beats the feeling of flying past a brand new bmw z4 convertable in something british!
i needed new ht leads for a while as one was duff and was coking up the spark plug on cylinder 2 causing it to misfire every now and then. didnt realise how much it dropped the acceleration and power output though until i put the new one on and got the foot to the floor. god i love the zs - just thought i would share that with you lol but i guess most of you agree thats why you here in the first place
Nearest we get to that kind of speed is on Track Days
Unless you speed and break the law... (Wouldn't condone or admit if we were anywhere that speed of course)
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On my "runs" on the German Autobahn the needle of my 120 pointed just under 200 (125 mph)
My previous 180 showed a little over 225 (140 mph).
Of course there's always the deviation in true speed and what the needle shows.
Seems the 180 is closer to factory specs than the 120, but maybe the 52mm tb and induction increases topspeed too.
here are the specs of the Zed range (I'm sure this site has the specs as well somewhere, just to lazy to look around )
i have hit 146 gps speed, speedo said a little higher though. on the autobahns!! . i was going down a slight hill aswell so that may have helped. as have a few others on here in a 180. the book says the 180 flat out is 139 mph
My bog standard ZS manages just over 240 kph according to the speedo (hadn't had the possibility to try faster) which should be the 225 real speed, satnav is confirming that.
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(Wouldn't condone or admit if we were anywhere that speed of course)
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. i was going down a slight hill aswell so that may have helped. as have a few others on here in a 180. the book says the 180 flat out is 139 mph
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