Fitting some wooden trims

[mathiasjohnson]

I know this question has been up a few times, and I was most impressed by Dave Hockley's interior modification, especially the dashboard, and the steering wheel. I have ordered a kit from the Walnut dash company, which I hope will fit, but I don't think it will include the wood underneath the gear shifter, also not the dashboard. How did he (you) get the hold of the nice steering wheel and the dashboard? I would very much like to fit my ZT 1.8T from 2005 with similar interior. I live in Sweden, which is why I need to have a lefthand drive interior. I also wondered how he got hold of the nice steering wheel. Did he take a Rover 75 wheel and put the airbag cover from his MG steering wheel?
If I would find a wrecked Rover 75 with interior still intact, is it a difficult job mounting the wooden dashboard?

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...384df274ae.jpg

I appreciate any help I can get.

BTW, I have done one modification, and that is to tune my engine from the original 160 hp to 200 hp. You can REALLY notice the difference, and milage is increased. So far everything is working well after approximately 1000 miles.

[JohnDotCom]

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[GreyGhost]

How exactly have you tuned your 1.8 Turbo to 200BHP?

[mathiasjohnson]

As I live in Sweden I used a company that plugs into the car's computer, then reprogram the turbo charge, and probably some other stuff as well.
It was not easy to find one that did the MG/Rover, but this company did. I know it is based out of Germany, so maybe you can go there instead of Sweden. It is a 2 year warranty on it and they will change it back to original whenever you want to. The whole procedure took about 20-30 minutes. There are no soldering or changing of chip. Everything is untouched except from the software of the car. I thought all companies BS a lot, but they were very knowledgeabe, and I don't doubt that I got another 40 hp and 75nm. It is reallya whole new car. Before it was more or less OK, and did 0-60mph in 9 seconds (according to the handbook). I would estimate it to do it in 7 seconds now. Not bad. The bottom end is not a whole lot better, but at around 2400 rpm you can definately feel the difference all the way up to just under the redline (6800 rpm or so).

www.tmchiptuning.com

[JohnDotCom]

Here is the London Branch that Does the Above, GG.

http://www.tmchiptuning.com/index.php/London.php

[Phil]

I'd be very interested to know how the engine is shaping up after say 10,000 miles. Please keep us informed of how the engine is going as and when.

[Spôôk]

Originally Posted by mathiasjohnson

If I would find a wrecked Rover 75 with interior still intact, is it a difficult job mounting the wooden dashboard?

You should have gone with a Rover 75 in the first place. Could have saved you a lot of trouble

[biggles]

Hi Mathias!

Nice to see some more Swedes in the forums!