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Wed, 16 Aug 2006
Busy, Busy, Busy

Well since the PTP conversion I have been SO busy. Unfortunately it has been work and not with the ZR. That said it is now run in and WOW!!! what a difference. It is far better than I had hoped for. I have had a few minor problems in as much as that turning right I was getting a terrible clicking that I was certain was a UJ going and turning left I had a metal to metal squeal. On investigation I found that although I had modified the Rover 623 carriers to fit I had forgotten about the anti-squeal shims and these were contacting the discs under cornering. A light dressing with a file has cured this problem. I have now added an ITG Maxogen induction kit to replace the Apiro Diavolo that gave me good service. The Diavolo was a bit of a bodge and the metal connection pipe was forever fracturing. I have done a bit of rolling road work with induction kits and TBH I have always been a bit sceptical about claims. I am pleased to report that I have now lost some of this scepticism since fitting an ITG Maxogen induction kit. It is expensive I agree but then again it was designed for the car and for competition by MG themselves. I didn’t think it would make that much difference but I am wrong. The pick up is crisper and quicker, the car accelerates faster and the nasty resonance I had at certain revs has now disappeared. I decided to retain the heat shield I had fitted before, more for aesthetic purposes and I have also re-used the Mikalor clamps instead of the nasty little jubilee clamps. It is a sod to fit and the whole front of the car needs to be removed to fit it, but it is well worth the trouble. Along with the induction kit I have added some new lights to the engine bay (and removed some I wasn’t happy with). I took it too Southend recently were it attracte4d quite a bit of attention (including some from a police helicopter....must have thought a UFO had landed, LOL). Another cheap and easy modification is the addition of the lower front splitter from a Seat Leon Cupra R. It is not a perfect fit and needs some cutting and bending but it does look effective and at less than £20 (despite what some sods are selling them for on eBay) it doesn’t matter if they take the occasional knock (I am on my second now, thanks to some of the road calming bumps around my home) Next things in the pipelines are some braided brake hoses (just turned up in the post today) from Girling, a re-fit of a 7inch monitor to the boot area and possibly a rear brake upgrade from the drums to some ventilated discs, a project to be prototyped with my car and a commercial company, but more of that when (IF) it happens.
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