My zs 160 vvc

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Originally Posted by Maxfly

I'm with Ritchy, this thread needs pics tbh, regardless of there no being much more to look at your ZS is a cracker Marcus so get snapping

Took this pic today after adding a few bits of red detailing to caps,
Cleaned up the VVC inlet with some sanding and it came up a treat.
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[Smokey]

Lookin good mate!

[grimmy]

Much neater looking now mate good stuff.

[Ritchy]

looking good

[Maxfly]

Looking great Marcus, liking the red detailing and tidy inlet too. How's it all going, any teething issues. Bet the extra oomph still plants a smile on yer face

[Supercharged_Z]

Originally Posted by Ritchy

nope not standard, and marcus' car doesnt need anything doing outside

in all fairness mg did put out a couple of vvc mg zs 160's when they went pop.

we ended up with 2 at our dealership, put it down to mg using chasis and engines up

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Thanks for positive comments guys, Thankfully Ive no real problematic teething problems
Car handles really well & Ive kinda stopped/slowed down with the quick cornering & overtaking,
Massive fun at first but I was being a bit of a Bellend revving it out the street
Hope to keep it running well and now Ive got my trackday tyres(Thanks Ritchy)
fitted to old wheels then I can try it out on Knockhill rather than public road.

[splinter]

This sounds very interesting... sorry if I've missed something previously but have a couple of questions.
Is this a total engine and box change or is there some way of converting to a vvc head and vvc assembly?
I was told that a 160 head could be fitted to my 120 minus the vvc gear, fit some different cams throttle body and remap giving somewhere close to a 160. True or bullpoo?
Now the rude question...what sort of damage was done to your bank account?

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Originally Posted by splinter

This sounds very interesting... sorry if I've missed something previously but have a couple of questions.
Is this a total engine and box change or is there some way of converting to a vvc head and vvc assembly?
I was told that a 160 head could be fitted to my 120 minus the vvc gear, fit some different cams throttle body and remap giving somewhere close to a 160. True or bullpoo?
Now the rude question...what sort of damage was done to your bank account?

This was a Complete engine change but Ive kept the IB5 gearbox, so far it's holding out well and is a nicer box compared to the sloppy PG1,
I have a backup PG1 should the current one go Bang..
The VVC head can & has been fitted to other bottom ends but why do half a job ??
The question of what it cost - Well, if I never told the Mrs then I wont be telling you lot..
Wasnt as much as you would think & much cheaper than the last guy offering the 160VVC conversion wanted to charge,
and a deal was done for my old engine with some goodies on it..
Send an enquiry to Goldie if your interested..

[Ritchy]

ib5 is a good box marcus, my dad doesnt rate the pg1 that much tbh,