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Spartanm333 Tried this yourself? curious to how you know such a thing exists within the ECU yet no-one on the forums or anywhere else seems to.

Yes. I made a hybrid from an ITG downpipe (MG V6 throttle body connections) to a nearly new Audi 3.2 BMC / filter (the important bit), then ran my own cold air feed pipe (air con aluminium pipe 80mm ) through the inner wing forward round the back of the fog light area to the front air dam grill under bumper where I terminated with a slow 90 bend so the opening faces forward - all blacked out with heat resistant paint so its virtually invisible. Note: if you completely take out the old air box restrictor there is acres of space for this. There is a process to reset the ECU to a state where it is ready to 'learn' its on the X Power forum (posted it myself) - you then go through a series of accelerations etc and it sets itself up for the (new) air & fuel capability. The original stock 180 had a dealer BMC option and there was a wider plan to have a supercharged 225BHP version so the ECU has enough range to cope with the mod and its designed to adjust itself due to fuel and temperature differences (the cars were sold in Spain and Australia where the air is denser and hotter - same engine and set up). Does it make a noticeable difference? A definite yes, one you can actually experience e.g. I now have to be more careful in the wet as it will spin the front wheels in 2nd and 3rd gear. Boot down early in an apex it starts to understeer. Standing start I can show most GTi's a clean pair of Goodyears and the V6 helps as the gears run longer than a 4 cyclinder so it will be doing 80 before you know it (on a lane!) - something hot like an STi will out do it though. I think this gain is partly because the original engine was de-tuned in the ZS so as not to embarrass the ZT (same engine) which was more expensive and runs 190 stock. You can see this in the extraordinarily choked pipe maze that sits before the original air box. So you have 10 BHP right off the bat taking this off. A big bore decat exhaust and the BMC (I have both now) will release another 6/7 at least so I am probably the around 195 BHP now although I haven't had it on a rolling road. Really though its the change in character that you gain across the whole power range. The extra air in and out gives this KV6 what it really needs which is room to breath - with this it is a sweet ride with a great engine / exhaust note as a bonus. Makes me smile every time I drive it. I went to a touring car meet back in the day and they were running a 2.0 ltr 4 cylinder in the Zed which surprised me but the restriction they said was the quad camshaft set up. MGR tried lots of different ones but couldn't come up with anything really hot / reliable hence no rallying or serious motor sport with this engine. So dont bother with cams - it's a very expensive waste of time on the KV6. Re-mapping can work but its only worth it AFTER you have done the air and exhaust, plus made sure your VIS valves are serviced and working effectively - these are a mechanism not unlike an added carburetor which opens under various throttle positions to let more air / fuel in - give the car a kick about 2700 revs and then again at 4500. If these get oiled up the car will still run fine but you lose the boost - its gradual so most people dont notice the loss but drive two cars side by side one clean and one dirty its like one with a turbo and one without. Check out XPower Forums for lots of history - they focus on the ZS. Have fun.

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I suppose if you enjoy picking lint out of your navel and arguing about its derivation, composition and future application. Today, it's MG and who really gives a toot about M.G. as against MG? Ex-India, pipe-smoking colonels on the Isle of Wight, harumphing in their rose gardens before writing letters to the Times about the decline of Western civilization, bloody MG not M.G.

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@@aidaaliten8817 Why not 9? LOL

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Helpe google allright

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Video at 1:42. Are you blind or just terminally obtuse.

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