PH discussion thread of Z4MC...

Cloudy and dry where I am. I would be classed as North Midlands but no snow forecast or expected here and all but estate roads are clear.
 
I would not have the bottle to try and find out the top speed. In Germany i did 145 in my coupe auto. There was plenty left in the car but not in me
 
Stuart Truman said:
LeeZ4MR said:
Stuart Truman said:
Well I'm never going to find out at this rate. Snow has stopped collection again. I am so fecking depressed it's ridiculous. I hate the fecking snow :headbang:
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I feel for you Stu, I am in the same boat :headbang: it's doing my head in I keep watching the weather & hoping & praying it will be alright on Saturday I am sick of waiting too! :(

When have they said you can collect it?
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Calling again at mid day for a weather update. I don't care if its snowing, bit I do care if its settled on the roads. At my end its ok.

BTW, the reason I was trying for today or tomorrow is the told me heavy snow forecast for the weekend again :headbang:

I want to just get it home and into its new garage (which is not climate controlled!)
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Good luck with the pick up then Stu if it happens :) I will keep positive that I can collect mine on Saturday aswell :driving:
 
Taz x said:
I would not have the bottle to try and find out the top speed. In Germany i did 145 in my coupe auto. There was plenty left in the car but not in me
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I'm with you. The car is faster than I am :)
 
I have seen 1.6 leptons indicated in my car and it felt fairly stable to be fair much more stable than 1.86 leptons indicated on my GSXR750K9 ;)

I reckon the M could get upto around 175mph+ indicated so maybe a genuine 170+ is possible.....
 
FR08MEE said:
I have seen 1.6 leptons indicated in my car and it felt fairly stable to be fair much more stable than 1.86 leptons indicated on my GSXR750K9 ;)

I reckon the M could get upto around 175mph+ indicated so maybe a genuine 170+ is possible.....
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Also seen an indicated 1.61 leptons and was still accelerating fairly quickly. I reckon 175 or thereabouts would be V-Max.
 
... so no-one saw my video I linked in the second post? lol

Here it is again... Top Speed Run

Given a bit more road I think it would have crept closer to the 185 mark... GPS from that run read 172mph.
 
sixspeed said:
... so no-one saw my video I linked in the second post? lol

Here it is again... Top Speed Run

Given a bit more road I think it would have crept closer to the 185 mark... GPS from that run read 172mph.
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:( can't open it on my iPad, I'll have to look on my desktop tomorrow :driving:
 
sixspeed said:
... so no-one saw my video I linked in the second post? lol

Here it is again... Top Speed Run

Given a bit more road I think it would have crept closer to the 185 mark... GPS from that run read 172mph.
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I reckon it would probably max out at 175-ish with a normal engine. I did v-max mine (165 indicated where the limiter kicked in) at least once a month when I had it, but anything over 140-odd required concentration and forward thinking. Also, the last 30-odd miles per hour took a while in relative terms to be attained. In contrast, I spent a good 10 mins sitting at 172mph in my E61 M5 on the E40 approaching Kerpen in Germany with an RS6 in tow. Utterly boring and terrifying at the same time - I knew with the limiter removed, the car had another 32mph of top speed on top... Oh, and last but not least, I could see the fuel gauge moving!!!

Still miss my Z4MC every now and then for its character...
 
sixspeed said:
... so no-one saw my video I linked in the second post? lol

Here it is again... Top Speed Run

Given a bit more road I think it would have crept closer to the 185 mark... GPS from that run read 172mph.
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Nice video, I've never had mine even close to 150, yet somehow that makes me want to delimit it :roll:
 
while in Germany :) , I had the ZMC at 167 in fifth with 2 suitcases in the back , it didn't take long to get there and what shocked me most was it was still accelerating , showing no signs of struggle , I lost my bottle and backed off .

Truly awesome car ....performance bargain ...will be sad to see mines go in next week or so .
 
ive only had mine to 145ish :-( it piles on speed above 100mph at an alarming rate.... i reckon theirs a genuine 190mph in it if i had the balls and space :-) id love to do it fully boosted with methanol being sprayed for added pant browning factor.
 
Beedub said:
ive only had mine to 145ish :-( it piles on speed above 100mph at an alarming rate.... i reckon theirs a genuine 190mph in it if i had the balls and space :-) id love to do it fully boosted with methanol being sprayed for added pant browning factor.
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have you recorded a video of your acceleration? of the speedo i mean

id love to see a compasrion of stock acceleration vs a vt2 side by side...
 
Although there is a weight disadvantage, there are video comparisons of standard vs VT2 on an E46 M3 out there... I'll try and dig one up.
 
andy...why did u get rid of your tvr for the ///m?

more reliable enjoyment? is it much less of an event for you?
 
At the time I'd just bought my first place 12 months previously (some say I should have done it the other way around of course), and I couldn't afford both. That and it was coming up for it's 3 year anniversary and I didn't want to run it without warranty either. It had 2 engine rebuilds in the time I owned it (and 21,000 miles).
 
ouch!! so basically slightly less bang for a lot less buck by going with the ///m?
even though uve prob spent the same amount on modding it as my entire car is worth....
love the seats though, and the exhaust, and the alloys...

think u ll ever go back to tvr? sagaris or tuscan 2?
 
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