After 14 years of driving a 975kg MR2 2ZZ ( ), I'm now the happy owner of a 1500kg Zed ( )
Had the car for 2 weeks now and I'm still getting used to the size, torque, weight, heavy steering, crap gearbox ... but I'm starting love it in the same way I loved my 2.
My 2 had a 2zz-ge engine conversion after the original engine (1zz) ate itself after 50k miles from new .
It had 190bhp and revved to 8k. Loved it . Anyway, it was getting old and after 14 years it was time for a change. I'm getting old too and it was a bit manic as a daily commute.
And here is my new purchase ...
I'm based near Southampton so will be looking out for a local meet soon.
Plans?
1) New tyres (may try Nokian zline)
2) Scorpion Cat back (standard exhaust is just too quiet)
3) Remap (I want my full 100% throttle in all gears )
Just moved up from lightweight to heavyweight ...
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Hi,
After 14 years of driving a 975kg MR2 2ZZ (
), I'm now the happy owner of a 1500kg Zed ( 
)
Had the car for 2 weeks now and I'm still getting used to the size, torque, weight, heavy steering, crap gearbox ... but I'm starting love it in the same way I loved my 2.
My 2 had a 2zz-ge engine conversion after the original engine (1zz) ate itself after 50k miles from new
.
It had 190bhp and revved to 8k. Loved it
. Anyway, it was getting old and after 14 years it was time for a change. I'm getting old too and it was a bit manic as a daily commute.
And here is my new purchase ...
I'm based near Southampton so will be looking out for a local meet soon.
Plans?
1) New tyres (may try Nokian zline)
2) Scorpion Cat back (standard exhaust is just too quiet)
3) Remap (I want my full 100% throttle in all gears
)
Dave