The Zen Modifications Thread

rakesh_r · 23rd August 2010, 18:46

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Originally Posted by motomaverick

Got a small little mod done. Basically black stickering on the window borders.

i guess the next on the bill should be alloys

motomaverick · 23rd August 2010, 19:58

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Originally Posted by rakesh_r

i guess the next on the bill should be alloys

Nope....its estillo fogs & new HU

skyliner34 · 24th August 2010, 13:36

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Originally Posted by motomaverick

A little more explanation on what u did please.....

there is this little app called adyno (aDyno - A Dynamometer for Android Devices) which can do lap times/ timed runs/ g-force calculations etc etc using phones accelerometer. I used this to do my runs and came up with the below graph.
In the graph you can see time/speed/distance. The little blips along the line must be gear changes. Overall a nice free app

So first level mods are done, next in line are wheels

Can someone tell where to find rear head rest for old zen?

motomaverick · 24th August 2010, 16:14

Got the Estillo Fogs fixed today. Its not that difficult, all u need is the zen OEM clamps for the fogs coz the clamps that come with the estilo fogs dont fit the zen bumper.

Things Needed

1. Estilo Fogs @ 770 a piece but u need to know someone in MGA to get these as spares

2. Zen OEM clamps (U can get these if u already have zen fogs)

Reason for Estilo Fogs

The Estilo fogs reflectors are better designed and throw a more intense light than the zen OEM fogs. These are the same fogs that are doing duty in Old wagonr.

Will post some pics soon!!

zeeshan suleman · 24th August 2010, 20:39

well guys m sorry for not updating you'll on the car since quite a while.well lots of things have been added and removed .
well in sept 09 i blew my pistons so the engine had to be rebuilt. so this time i went in for 2nd over size pistons and did a 2k run in and in that run in changed the oil every 500 kms to make sure all was done well as the block had been rebored. did the run in and since i wrote last time i was contemplating to go in for a twin carb or single carb, and for twin carb i would have to make a specific manifold cast out of aluminium which was costing 8k upwards and with the current expense of engine rebuilt ( new pistons + other parts + labour) so i dropped that plan and what i did was that i bought another carb and gave it dr. panchal of accurate tuning works at grant road who is known to be a specialist in carb tuning and is a master with webbers as well. this is practially wears a doctors suit and work at his workshop. and his workshop is so clean that you find any dirt anywhere . so i bought another carb and gave it to him to tune it to a racing carb, well and what a fantastic job he did, the carb was superb, well i also got a Aluminium flywheel , this is got used but was as good as new from a fellow zen owner who was using it on a twin cam engine and it was a direct import from japan. Original suzuki gtr racing flywheel ( atleast thats wat i remember reading it as )

here are some pics of the engine rebuild .

sorry for pic quality was taken from cell phone.

zeeshan suleman · 24th August 2010, 21:12

got this new tachometer while my engine was being rebuilt to keep the revs under limit while doing the run in. its a 4 in 1. got from opera house for approx 6.5 AFAIR as this was last year .

motomaverick · 24th August 2010, 22:48

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Originally Posted by zeeshan suleman

got this new tachometer while my engine was being rebuilt to keep the revs under limit while doing the run in. its a 4 in 1. got from opera house for approx 6.5 AFAIR as this was last year .

Nice work now ur zen must be a real pocket rocket. what was the bhp gain? and the bhp to weight ratio. how much cc is each cylinder right now?

zeeshan suleman · 25th August 2010, 20:16

total cc is now approx 1350cc. and its 1st oversize not second oversize. i thot its 2nd

heavy_foot · 25th August 2010, 22:38

Nice pictures of the build. Arent you running MPFI now?

zeeshan suleman · 25th August 2010, 22:40

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Originally Posted by heavy_foot

Nice pictures of the build. Arent you running MPFI now?

Yes i am running MPFI right now .

zeeshan suleman · 25th August 2010, 22:46

hey , so i finally got my cam hi lifted from piper, i contacted them first , and then couriered my existing cam to them and got it reprofiled and got it sent back . i got the bp 270 profil;e as i wantted more of initial power and this kicks in at about 1500-1800 RPM, cams with higher profiling kicked in after 3500RPM so i spoke to the guys at piper and asked them to give me the cam that kicked in early. i must say that the guys at piper took rather long to get it done as they were facing a manpower shortage and some technical difficulty as well. took approx 45 days to and fro. and after installing the cam the car Growls

motomaverick · 26th August 2010, 09:04

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Originally Posted by zeeshan suleman

hey , so i finally got my cam hi lifted from piper, i contacted them first , and then couriered my existing cam to them and got it reprofiled and got it sent back . i got the bp 270 profil;e as i wantted more of initial power and this kicks in at about 1500-1800 RPM, cams with higher profiling kicked in after 3500RPM so i spoke to the guys at piper and asked them to give me the cam that kicked in early. i must say that the guys at piper took rather long to get it done as they were facing a manpower shortage and some technical difficulty as well. took approx 45 days to and fro. and after installing the cam the car Growls

This is cool, do we have any options for normal 993cc zen engine as well? to get a higher lift cam? What was the cost?

heavy_foot · 27th August 2010, 15:48

Great going Zeeshan , cant wait to check out your car! This is oh so perfect like the car i have been building in my mind

.

zeeshan suleman · 28th August 2010, 03:47

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Originally Posted by motomaverick

This is cool, do we have any options for normal 993cc zen engine as well? to get a higher lift cam? What was the cost?

yes u do, send the cam to piper uk and they shall do it for . cost with shipping to anf fro was approx 15k

Quote:

Originally Posted by heavy_foot

Great going Zeeshan , cant wait to check out your car! This is oh so perfect like the car i have been building in my mind

.

yeah definately. if you are going to join in the ramadan meet to eat i shall be glad to show you the car

zeeshan suleman · 28th August 2010, 04:00

hey guys, was not happy with the handling of the car & the car needed a service as well so i gave the car to my mechanic. a few days before deciding on the service i felt the clutch slipping as well. so i asked him to open it up, now upon checking it the clutch plate was in very good condition, but the pressure plate was burnt, whereas both were put in together brand new. and now the clutch had almost a good 50-60% life left in it so i decided only to change the pressure plate. now the thing is that all spare part dealers sell the clutch plate and pressure plate together as a ser and one cannot get any one item individually. so i called Vitesse for counter sales and they refused saying counter sales not happening anymore. and they gave this one no. of western automobile who sell MGP. now MGP has a poarts from a co called ceekay while all aftermarket products are from Exedy . spoke to a few people and made up my mind that MGP is what i need. these guys were excemplary in service. not only did they send their van for 1 part costing 1300rs all the way from bhiwandi to mumbai central ( more than 50 kms ) but they didnt charge me a single rupee extra for delivery. now thats what i call service. these guys agreed to sell only the pressure plate. I also got new plug wires as the old ones were faulty and new plugs NGK regular plugs, also got the oil changed . used shell helix ultra i think it was 5w-40 or 50 dont remember properly. oil filter petrol filter, got the k & N cleaned and now the cars back on the road..

Next up is koni but as of now that seems to be a distant dream.

24th August 2010, 16:14	#799
motomaverick Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,898 Thanked: 989 Times View My Garage	Got the Estillo Fogs fixed today. Its not that difficult, all u need is the zen OEM clamps for the fogs coz the clamps that come with the estilo fogs dont fit the zen bumper. Things Needed 1. Estilo Fogs @ 770 a piece but u need to know someone in MGA to get these as spares 2. Zen OEM clamps (U can get these if u already have zen fogs) Reason for Estilo Fogs The Estilo fogs reflectors are better designed and throw a more intense light than the zen OEM fogs. These are the same fogs that are doing duty in Old wagonr. Will post some pics soon!!
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24th August 2010, 20:39	#800
zeeshan suleman BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 172 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	got loads of stuff done to my car - part 1 well guys m sorry for not updating you'll on the car since quite a while.well lots of things have been added and removed . well in sept 09 i blew my pistons so the engine had to be rebuilt. so this time i went in for 2nd over size pistons and did a 2k run in and in that run in changed the oil every 500 kms to make sure all was done well as the block had been rebored. did the run in and since i wrote last time i was contemplating to go in for a twin carb or single carb, and for twin carb i would have to make a specific manifold cast out of aluminium which was costing 8k upwards and with the current expense of engine rebuilt ( new pistons + other parts + labour) so i dropped that plan and what i did was that i bought another carb and gave it dr. panchal of accurate tuning works at grant road who is known to be a specialist in carb tuning and is a master with webbers as well. this is practially wears a doctors suit and work at his workshop. and his workshop is so clean that you find any dirt anywhere . so i bought another carb and gave it to him to tune it to a racing carb, well and what a fantastic job he did, the carb was superb, well i also got a Aluminium flywheel , this is got used but was as good as new from a fellow zen owner who was using it on a twin cam engine and it was a direct import from japan. Original suzuki gtr racing flywheel ( atleast thats wat i remember reading it as ) here are some pics of the engine rebuild . sorry for pic quality was taken from cell phone. Attached Thumbnails
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24th August 2010, 21:12	#801
zeeshan suleman BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 172 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	My new Tachometer - part 2 got this new tachometer while my engine was being rebuilt to keep the revs under limit while doing the run in. its a 4 in 1. got from opera house for approx 6.5 AFAIR as this was last year . Attached Thumbnails
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25th August 2010, 20:16	#803
zeeshan suleman BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 172 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	total cc is now approx 1350cc. and its 1st oversize not second oversize. i thot its 2nd
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25th August 2010, 22:38	#804
heavy_foot Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 1,048 Thanked: 163 Times	Nice pictures of the build. Arent you running MPFI now?
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25th August 2010, 22:46	#806
zeeshan suleman BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 172 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	Piper camshaft bp 270 hey , so i finally got my cam hi lifted from piper, i contacted them first , and then couriered my existing cam to them and got it reprofiled and got it sent back . i got the bp 270 profil;e as i wantted more of initial power and this kicks in at about 1500-1800 RPM, cams with higher profiling kicked in after 3500RPM so i spoke to the guys at piper and asked them to give me the cam that kicked in early. i must say that the guys at piper took rather long to get it done as they were facing a manpower shortage and some technical difficulty as well. took approx 45 days to and fro. and after installing the cam the car Growls Attached Thumbnails
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27th August 2010, 15:48	#808
heavy_foot Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 1,048 Thanked: 163 Times	Great going Zeeshan , cant wait to check out your car! This is oh so perfect like the car i have been building in my mind .
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28th August 2010, 04:00	#810
zeeshan suleman BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 172 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	Car came back from a complete service and new Pressure plate hey guys, was not happy with the handling of the car & the car needed a service as well so i gave the car to my mechanic. a few days before deciding on the service i felt the clutch slipping as well. so i asked him to open it up, now upon checking it the clutch plate was in very good condition, but the pressure plate was burnt, whereas both were put in together brand new. and now the clutch had almost a good 50-60% life left in it so i decided only to change the pressure plate. now the thing is that all spare part dealers sell the clutch plate and pressure plate together as a ser and one cannot get any one item individually. so i called Vitesse for counter sales and they refused saying counter sales not happening anymore. and they gave this one no. of western automobile who sell MGP. now MGP has a poarts from a co called ceekay while all aftermarket products are from Exedy . spoke to a few people and made up my mind that MGP is what i need. these guys were excemplary in service. not only did they send their van for 1 part costing 1300rs all the way from bhiwandi to mumbai central ( more than 50 kms ) but they didnt charge me a single rupee extra for delivery. now thats what i call service. these guys agreed to sell only the pressure plate. I also got new plug wires as the old ones were faulty and new plugs NGK regular plugs, also got the oil changed . used shell helix ultra i think it was 5w-40 or 50 dont remember properly. oil filter petrol filter, got the k & N cleaned and now the cars back on the road.. Next up is koni but as of now that seems to be a distant dream.
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