Mods for Efficiency

[Dragonfly]

Has anyone considered what could be modded to improve the efficiency on the ZS?

Some things have been discussed before like tyre pressure, but what about changing the aerial, different body mouldings? tinting glass, to improve summer AC usage, or even replace the wing mirrors with cameras etc?

Anybody any thoughts?

 

[Gadget Geek]

You could take off one of the back wheels and move the remaining one into the center. Take the back seats out and do some serious work with a sledge hammer to narrow the rear. Apply some new body mouldings, preferably with solar panels . . . No, wait . . . that's an Aptera.

 

[Kithmo]

I guess weight reduction would be the easiest improvement.
Rear and front passenger seats out, change the bonnet for an aluminium or fibreglass one, get some lighter magnesium alloys, aluminium door skins, tinted plexiglass windows, take off the roof bars and sunroof on the Trophy/exclusive, a smaller 12v battery and go on a crash diet.

 

[Dragonfly]

I have a strong feeling that the biggest single weight reduction here, would be a crash diet, and leave my packup at home

 

[AK OK]

I have a strong feeling that the biggest single weight reduction here, would be a crash diet, and leave my packup at home

Your packup?

 

[AK OK]

Has anyone considered what could be modded to improve the efficiency on the ZS?

Some things have been discussed before like tyre pressure, but what about changing the aerial, different body mouldings? tinting glass, to improve summer AC usage, or even replace the wing mirrors with cameras etc?

Anybody any thoughts?

Rockets

 

[Gadget Geek]

Seriously though, empty the boot of anything you don't use or need. Carrying extra weight does impact efficiency. Also, thrid party spoilers on the back can have an impact. Jack on Fully Charged recently visited a wind tunnel and a spoiler made quite a difference.

 

[AK OK]

Seriously though, empty the boot of anything you don't use or need. Carrying extra weight does impact efficiency. Also, thrid party spoilers on the back can have an impact. Jack on Fully Charged recently visited a wind tunnel and a spoiler made quite a difference.

Esp on the mg4 ! I followed a 72 one around Bradford ring road last week, clearly using ACC .... It was like a bleddy Xmas tree lightshow brake on brake off brake on off on off etc good job I'm not epileptic

 

[N2STY]

Don't a rear spoiler add down force so less efficient?

 

[AK OK]

Don't a rear spoiler add down force so less efficient?

Interferes with drag coefficient to generate downforce, on the undriven wheels

 

[N2STY]

We all know the mg4 with a spoiler has less range

 

[AK OK]

We all know the mg4 with a spoiler has less range

We do

 

[Kithmo]

I have a strong feeling that the biggest single weight reduction here, would be a crash diet, and leave my packup at home

Ditto.

 

[pgh]

Esp on the mg4 ! I followed a 72 one around Bradford ring road last week, clearly using ACC .... It was like a bleddy Xmas tree lightshow brake on brake off brake on off on off etc good job I'm not epileptic

Actually driving normally I've found that if I lift off the accelerator and let regen do its thing, the brake lights come on then. I've sometimes thought it must be annoying for the car behind..

 

[AK OK]

Actually driving normally I've found that if I lift off the accelerator and let regen do its thing, the brake lights come on then. I've sometimes thought it must be annoying for the car behind..

Yeah there's a definite point when the brake lights do come on whilst regenerating - anything mild doesn't set em off IME.
You'd hope it was calculated from instant deceleration stats but I suspect they've found a cheaper way like a tilt switch or something naff

I presume the mg4 doesn't do regen on ACC either? So if it decides to slow it uses it's brakes hence the lightshow?

 

[Bodgerx]

You could remove the Infotainment system, there's weight in that and it is annoying...

 

[hmadsen]

I find that the single thing that has the best effect, both on the range and the stress level is removing the wife and the 3 kids in the back seat.

I do this as often as it is humanly possible.

 

[AK OK]

I find that the single thing that has the best effect, both on the range and the stress level is removing the wife and the 3 kids in the back seat.

Do you stack them up horizontally back there?

I do this as often as it is humanly possible.

 

[hmadsen]

Do you stack them up horizontally back there?

No., but there are times when the kids in the back seat start bickering and fighting, that i have wanted to hogtie the lot, and throw them in the boot to be honest

 

[sgt4hed]

Seriously though, empty the boot of anything you don't use or need. Carrying extra weight does impact efficiency. Also, thrid party spoilers on the back can have an impact. Jack on Fully Charged recently visited a wind tunnel and a spoiler made quite a difference.

anyone else now picturing a fast and furious style ZS EV