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Old 02-10-10, 05:25 PM   #251
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Slightly ot.

But the ZS suspension and brake wise will be fine at 240bhp.
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Old 02-10-10, 05:28 PM   #252
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Slightly ot.

But the ZS suspension and brake wise will be fine at 240bhp.
Nice - it all helps when supporting mods can be kept at a minimum
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How does the standard ZS chassis and suspension cope with that sort of added lump? I expect new dampers etc will be needed, but the brakes should get away with just uprated discs and pads do you think?
Cant imagine that the weight of the throttle bodies is much at all, nothing that will be noticable throught the suspension.

Its the sound of it that will be amazing will sound like Steve has an angry lion caged up under the bonnet!!
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Old 02-10-10, 06:15 PM   #254
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Cant imagine that the weight of the throttle bodies is much at all, nothing that will be noticable throught the suspension.

Its the sound of it that will be amazing will sound like Steve has an angry lion caged up under the bonnet!!
I was thinking about extra power for speed round corners etc, not weight, and also duck and dive under acceleration possibly.
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I was thinking about extra power for speed round corners etc, not weight, and also duck and dive under acceleration possibly.
No the std suspension was used on the supercharged cars both out the factory for the australian market and on some of the modded zs' they were up in the 240+ bhp
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Yeah you could get a nasp zs to 240-250 imo, gtm's kv6 will be in the ball park when its done but you will need to spend the big bucks to achieve it. Not sure what steves spec is but it seems hes spent some serious wonga so he must be hoping for some serious results to match the outlay.

No doubting a zs can be made to handle 240-250 bhp quite easily, mine did ok, but what an otherwise standard zs would be like with that power is another thing. I guess the standard cars inherent weak points will just be amplified but it shouldn't be a problem as you just drive to the new limits.
Imagine how i went on on my first drive home from reyland with double the torque and another 130 bhp midrange, now that was interesting !!
Power delivery is one of the major points and in that respect it should be good because peak torque wont alter much and delivery should be smooth and linear, there will be no sudden lump of power to upset anything, infact low down revs i imagine it will be no different to standard as low end torque with no vis will be down a bit i should think.
Will be an interesting ride no doubt but as always i guess it all comes down to money, no doubt steve would love an lsd, big brakes etc all of which would add to his cars performance, but you just do one step at a time as and when dont you, like i did for 5 + years.lol.
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Old 08-10-10, 05:26 PM   #257
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yes its up at thor motorsport at the mo having the mapping done needs just one more part to finish off the mapping then a bit of tinkering about the power steering then MOT time (may need a rear tyre??)
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im not telling yet till its all done lol
how'd it go steve ?
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to be honest i dont know ive been off ill all week so i have not phoned up to find out
If there was any news I'd guess George would call you
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to be honest i dont know ive been off ill all week so i have not phoned up to find out
aaah bu55er, hope your better soon then.
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