New members car

[Murray203ps]

Hi everyone,murray here.Only been on the site about a week now and just thought it would be nice to include a few pictures of my car for you all to look at.

[stamford]

Murray, nice ZS there, nice and low too!

Powered by what exactly? Couldn't read the small print!

[RalphG]

That is certainly low! What suspension have you got? What mods have you done to get it to 200BHP?

Here's a question... what percentage of MG Rover cars have Longbridge registration numbers?

[Murray203ps]

Originally Posted by EMS Ltd.

That is certainly low! What suspension have you got? What mods have you done to get it to 200BHP?

Here's a question... what percentage of MG Rover cars have Longbridge registration numbers?

Started of with Spax on my 2000 model but found that after time the threads started to corode which made it hard to adjust the car height. When i swapped the car for the later model in 2004 i changed for AVO coilovers which so far have been fine.
To date i have done the following to get the car to 200 bhp:
Home made air intake system.i.e with the cone filter sitting under the wing where the resonator would sit(and i still think this is the best way to do the intake).
Mannis back Piper exhaust system
Piper 270 cams and vernier pulleys.

Progress was as follows:
Standard car Rolling Roaded at 173bhp
Cat back exhaust and intake fitted 184 bhp
Cams/Verniers fitted 203 bhp

Car really responded to Cams well.Did have a Piggyback ECU fitted but it done diddly squat for the power so ended up taking it off.
Although the power is not the best i feel a lot has to be said for a fairly hard suspension setup.i know its not everyones cup of tea but the responsivness of the car on excelleration with stiff springs etc is so much better than the standard stuff where a lot of that responsivness is sapped by the rear suspension.
I dont know just my thoughts.

[KevG]

Originally Posted by Murray203ps

Progress was as follows:
Standard car Rolling Roaded at 173bhp
Cat back exhaust and intake fitted 184 bhp
Cams/Verniers fitted 203 bhp

Is 203Bhp at the wheels or at the flywheel?

[RalphG]

I'll be seriously impressed if its at the wheels!

[Murray203ps]

Originally Posted by KevG

Is 203Bhp at the wheels or at the flywheel?

No sorry guys thats at the fly.With regards as to how it compares to other cars.My mate in Germany has a Renault megane F1.Thats 235bhp as standard on a car that has plastic wings everywhere.From a standing start on the autobahn at night there's absolutely nothing in it up till about 135mph then the megane started pulling away.....SLOWLY.By the time we'd finished and he'd pulled me along in his slipstream i was doing just over 150mph about 500revs away from the redline.

[Leasky]

is it avo coiolovers or shocks n springs setup?

[Murray203ps]

Originally Posted by Leasky

is it avo coiolovers or shocks n springs setup?

Yeah it comes as a complete coilover kit as thats all you can get for the zs180 i think.Its AVO's sports evo gtz kit.Retails for about £600 i think.Fully adjustable shocks and ride height.

[Murray203ps]

Originally Posted by stamford

Murray, nice ZS there, nice and low too!

Powered by what exactly? Couldn't read the small print!

It says "powered by RovaSystemsMotorsport" I know i know before you start going on about how bad he was,dont worry it only took me one visit to realise how much of a cowboy he was.