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I had a rover mg v8 behind me lastnight on the way home from work and we ended up at a set of lights on a duel carriage way side by side when the lights changed we was off BUT I really had to work hard through the gears to pull away from it
It had what looked to be a mustang badge on the lower front grill and seemed to whine from under the bonnet when it was at the side of me when we accelerated off and a lovely sounding exhaust note
What the hell was it any one any ideas?

B0DSKI

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4.6 Litre V8

Butty

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A 4.6 litre V8 RWD
Shame MG folded before the supercharged version was put on the market
The MG ZT in lesser guises is a great handling car let down by a weak engine.

Nick

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so what power are we looking at because it took me by supprise how quick it was

SKS

Sounds like an MG ZT 260.
Was basically an MG ZT that Rover shoe-horned an American Ford 4.6 V8 (as used in the Mustang ) into and reworked the chassis/transmission for RWD. Pumped out 260bhp and 300+lbft.
Speed limited to 155mph iirc.

Think Jezza had one round the track on Top Gear a while back and thought it was a larf - quite quick for what it was.

Think there was also a bit of chat about making a supercharged version with power a bit south of 400bhp but I believe they only ever got a couple of development prototypes built before Rover went t!ts up. Think these were sold or auctioned off to the MGOC by receivers but don't know for sure.
I imagine if it was one of those it would have 'ripped you a new one' as the Yanks say.....



Cheers,

Stewart.

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still with only 260/300 i should have pulled away better than i did i will have to keep an eye out for it again and have a nother go

Butty

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260 bhp/300lbft. The torque is a nice spread across the rpm range.

nick

martyrobertsdj

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The UNOFFICIAL Austin-Rover Web Resource

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that would explain the whinning noise and why it was so hard to pull away from it if indeed thats what it was keep a look out for it anyone in the haydock area its a silver rover mg zt

joey_turbo

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Thats a serious sleeper!

Flaps

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I'm quite a fan of the late MG's, my mate's got the ZT, looks good inside and out. He didn't get the V8 though.

Butmanplug

Surely not a quick Rover

98RED

There is one going around Colchester but no worries as it always has an old biddy driving it like a hearse!!!!

uk_scoob

its ok coz over distance youll proper kick his ****. he will have to stop to change his head gasket . lol

logiclee

Prodrive did the early development work on the ZT V8, I remember seeing a couple there around 2002.

Cheers
Lee