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Title: MG ZT
Post by: Del Boy on 12 December 2010, 17:54:08

MG ZT's with the 4.6 V8, don't you just think they're lovely? Just looking at them and thinking what a handsome looking brute they really are, and I mean the engine is hugely tuneable too  :o

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Post by: Steve Brookman on 12 December 2010, 17:54:57

I'd like the estate version.

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Post by: TheBoy on 12 December 2010, 17:59:26

I think the std power is fairly modest, but I should be tweakable

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Post by: Del Boy on 12 December 2010, 18:06:09

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I think the std power is fairly modest, but I should be tweakable

Oh standard power is terrible for such a big engine, but it does sound good  :o

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Post by: Omegatoy on 12 December 2010, 18:11:20

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I think the std power is fairly modest, but I should be tweakable

Oh standard power is terrible for such a big engine, but it does sound good  :o

lol delivered the first ones when they were in production, picked up from brum delivered to purfleet docks, needless to say had to test them on the docks, quite disappointing the way they drifted or powerslid, but did find some were better than others? needless to say parked the transporter as far away from, the line the cars were supposed to be in as possible so i had quite a nice twisty flat out drive to park the cars in the lines
 ;D

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Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 12 December 2010, 18:15:44

I like the look of this car myself, had a go of a missfiring v6 one the other day probably be better when fixed   :y

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Post by: TheBoy on 12 December 2010, 18:43:11

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I like the look of this car myself, had a go of a missfiring v6 one the other day probably be better when fixed   :y

The v8 is a very different car. RWD for a start, all others are fwd

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Post by: Kevin Wood on 12 December 2010, 20:06:05

Styling is far too "Hyacinth Bucket" for me but a mate of mine had sone and it sounded nice indeed. It was nice for Rover to be producing screwing together a proper V8 car again, briefly.

Kevin

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Post by: sassanach on 12 December 2010, 20:48:29

bouquet dear chap, bouquet. im actually seriously considering chopping in my caddy for one

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Post by: VXL V6 on 12 December 2010, 21:06:40

Indeed, it was good, if very short lived, to see a V8 powered Rover on sale again.

Still want another SD1 Vitesse but have nowhere to keep it and can't believe what good ones now fetch!  :o

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Post by: 2woody on 12 December 2010, 21:32:24

it's certainly one to buy and keep for ever. A guaranteed classic if ever i saw one

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Post by: waspy on 12 December 2010, 21:46:27

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Indeed, it was good, if very short lived, to see a V8 powered Rover on sale again.

Still want another SD1 Vitesse but have nowhere to keep it and can't believe what good ones now fetch!  :o

Almost with you there Andy. I will add a V8S to my stable one day :) :)

I had one around twenty years ago & i should never, never had let it go :( :( :( :(

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Post by: VXL V6 on 12 December 2010, 21:51:05

I scrapped a series 1 V8 Vanden Plas (admittedly the body was suffering some slight corrosion *) and got £50 for it many years ago....  :'(

* the term 'slight corrosion' has a different meaning when applied to an SD1!

V8S was similar to the model destined for the States wasn't it?

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Post by: waspy on 12 December 2010, 21:53:31

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I scrapped a series 1 V8 Vanden Plas (admittedly the body was suffering some slight corrosion *) and got £50 for it many years ago....  :'(

* the term 'slight corrosion' has a different meaning when applied to an SD1!

V8S was similar to the model destined for the States wasn't it?

The V8S had a very short run (i think two years) & it was replaced by the VDP.

I'm not 100% that they sold that model in the US, but if someone knows better?

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Post by: Vamps on 12 December 2010, 22:34:21

My last V8 Rover was a P6B Auto, sounded lovely if not particularly quick by today's standards.......loved it. :y :y :y

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Post by: Danny on 14 December 2010, 15:13:07

its a good job its hugely tuneable

to get so little standard power from a 4.6 v8 is just wrong

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Post by: Olympia5776 on 14 December 2010, 23:56:23

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FSW&action=display&thread=93869

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Post by: MV6Matt on 15 December 2010, 17:51:28

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MG ZT's with the 4.6 V8, don't you just think they're lovely? Just looking at them and thinking what a handsome looking brute they really are, and I mean the engine is hugely tuneable too  :o

Abso - f***ing - Lutely!

Really like 'em too!

Didn't know they were especially tunable.
Are they Rear wheel drive?

Matthew

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Post by: MV6Matt on 15 December 2010, 17:52:22

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I'd like the estate version.

somebody else with a like mind! ;) :D

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Post by: MV6Matt on 15 December 2010, 17:54:00

The v8 is a very different car. RWD for a start, all others are fwd[/quote]

Answered my question - like the sound of that! ;)

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Post by: MV6Matt on 15 December 2010, 17:55:42

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it's certainly one to buy and keep for ever. A guaranteed classic if ever i saw one

How did I know you'd say that Stuart? Can't think!

If only I could!
 ;D

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Post by: aaronjb on 15 December 2010, 18:01:05

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http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FSW&action=display&thread=93869

That's the pitiful FWD shopping trolley version, though, no, as it's the 190?

The 260 is the one you want ;)

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Post by: MV6Matt on 15 December 2010, 18:01:24

.....there's a 2004 estate on Auto trader with a Mustang engine for £20,000! :o

Is £20,000 for a 6 year old ZT-T a fair price? :-?

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Post by: Del Boy on 15 December 2010, 20:28:07

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.....there's a 2004 estate on Auto trader with a Mustang engine for £20,000! :o

Is £20,000 for a 6 year old ZT-T a fair price? :-?

Matt, you could get a 53 plate ZT V8 saloon for about 6k  :y

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Post by: Del Boy on 15 December 2010, 20:30:12

The one on autotrader though has been supercharged and has 385 BHP  :D :D :-*

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Post by: MV6Matt on 15 December 2010, 22:51:00

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The one on autotrader though has been supercharged and has 385 BHP  :D :D :-*

Yeah I know it's really nice - but 20k? :o

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Post by: Del Boy on 15 December 2010, 23:36:10

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The one on autotrader though has been supercharged and has 385 BHP  :D :D :-*

Yeah I know it's really nice - but 20k? :o

Yeah stupid money  ;D £6000 will get you a 53 plate saloon  :y

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Post by: Del Boy on 15 December 2010, 23:50:04

Mind you I think the Rover 75 V8 looks much better:

(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/Rover-75V8.jpg)

(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/Rover-75V83.jpg)

Absolutely beautiful that is  :-* :-* :-*

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Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 16 December 2010, 10:49:32

Not a particularly great drive and the cabin is rather bland.

Pretty well screwed together.

But 20k....you could get a more powerful Monaro which has a more capable chassis for half that

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Post by: henryd on 16 December 2010, 11:59:45

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Mind you I think the Rover 75 V8 looks much better:

(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/Rover-75V8.jpg)

(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/Rover-75V83.jpg)

Absolutely beautiful that is  :-* :-* :-*

I'm with you on that one del,I think the mg interior looks cheap and nasty but the rover looks classy :y

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Post by: Phil on 16 December 2010, 12:31:21

Time to break out the old 'SniffPetrol' adverts:-

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Stoneshed/AdZT260.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Stoneshed/roveroversteer.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/Stoneshed/roverv8.jpg)

The Biggles one does make me laugh  ;D

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Post by: bigboykarl on 16 December 2010, 13:23:58

dreadnought do the supercharger kit to 400-410 bhp for £5950 fitted

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Post by: Sixstring on 16 December 2010, 14:01:50

Don't care about any of that..........................got a MGZS 180 V6 and it goes like ****, really want a MG 190 ZT-T too.............sorry, but love my miggy to death, but that is a totally different beast.