My MG ZS Turbo....

[stamford]

I thought that when I saw it!

[RalphG]

Looking good!

When do I get a drive in it?

[Steven11]

Dont mean to be rude, but i was wondering

If you were told to add up every penny you have spent on the car since you started the conversion how much would it be. From the smalest washer to all the turbo's you have had to buy.

Its just, im looking at all the work you have done from the start to date and it seems like you must have spent a small fortune. Really curious to know what it would cost to carry out a conversion like yours, to the same meticulous standard you have. Even just a ball park ?

[carmadbaker]

Lol 20afr is how we roll

Oh god theres a scary question..uumm... Last count was £14,000 ish... Had a fair amount more spent on it since then, could probably afford a decent lotus exige for the money spent worth it? Nope!! Lol! But learnt alot!! Ballpark for everything... £18,000 perhaps? On a rover lol

[Steven11]

Originally Posted by carmadbaker

Lol 20afr is how we roll

Oh god theres a scary question..uumm... Last count was £14,000 ish... Had a fair amount more spent on it since then, could probably afford a decent lotus exige for the money spent worth it? Nope!! Lol! But learnt alot!! Ballpark for everything... £18,000 perhaps? On a rover lol

Thats a Fantastic number, i properly admire your devotion. Ide be scared to drive it after spending all that. Credit to you mate

[Maxxed_Ross]

Some nice work there buddy. I never thought of an electric water pump but it makes perfect sense!

Originally Posted by carmadbaker

Ballpark for everything... £18,000 perhaps? On a rover lol

Pah, is that all?

[Drew]

afr 20...need some wires on those injectors.

Drew

[carmadbaker]

Ralph u get a drive once its rock and rolling as a thanks for puttin up with my original donor car for so long lol :thumpsup:
Ha ha! I know ross im a bloody amateur in comparison dude :-p u deffinately still hold the record!! But ur car is miles ahead of mine lol

[Maxxed_Ross]

yours doesn't need much more does it?

[talkingcars]

Some nice engineering there - would like to know more about your water pump arrangment - have you dumped the O/E pump completly? What about the steering pump?

I was considering an electric pump and a shorter drive belt as my maestro doesn't have PAS and I've killed 2 pumps running it while dry.

Originally Posted by petet16

That's a good place for the oil cooler as well, it would be good for 180 owners wanting to get rid of the oe water/oil cooler.

I was thinking about the O/E arrangment today as I was watching the oil temp read out (only this and alternator output work on this lorry which is 15 yrs old and done over half a millon kilometers).

At initial start up does the O/E oil cooler act as an oil warmer as the coolant warms quicker than the oil?