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MG MGF Technical - Top Speed?

Can anyone tell me the stock performance of the MGF?

0-100km/h in ? sec
Top speed ? km/h
100km/h - 0 in ? sec, ? meters.

Thanks
MGF

MPi - 0-60 in 8.5s, top speed 120mph
VVC - 0-60 in 7.0s, top speed 130mph.
Tim Jenner

MPi 1996 slightly tweaked 130 on the dial! downhill on a well known road, no clues where ...eerrr the car went just like a .303 bullet
; )
Neil

Are these figures from MG or self test?
Its seems my 98 1.8MPI running like over 10s for 0-100km/h.
MGF

Those are manufacturer figures. I know lots of people who's exceeded the top speeds!

Tim.
Tim Jenner

Measured top speed on my'96 VVC was 77 mph and a gentle warning!
JohnP

Had the speedo showing 130mph on my 1.8 MPi (131Bhp RR Figure) but not sure how accurate the speedo is at that level!
Bob Millar

Speedo showed 133.5mph (actually it showed 215kmph) while another F (but VVC) passed us nicely.

It ones showed 140mph going downhill, just before braking as another car pulled over to the same lane.

(all hood up)
Erik Baekelant

also done 130mph in my 1.8i and think may be bit more there as chickened out as long straight was coming to an end ;-)) DAVE.
DC Morris T6 DCM

> Those are manufacturer figures. I know lots of people who's exceeded the top speeds!


And Autocar managed to get a TF135 from 0 - 60 in 7.2 seconds which is one second quicker than the manufacturers claim!
Bob Millar

All well and good going fast in a straight line..... but around the bends is where the F has it! There isn't much on the road that can stay with it....providing it's driven correctly.....although I must say those Golf TDi's are chuffin quick!
Rob Copeland

> those Golf TDi's are chuffin quick

Lots of torque but you can usually lose them when they're one inch of your rear bumper but lets not start that thread again!
Bob Millar

I've ran out of spedo in my f :D
I think accuracy goes down that fast tho, would need gps to confirm
Kingsley

Kingsley,

Your email account is over-quota - I can't reply to your recent email.

Dave
Dave Livingstone


Indicated 152mph-ish !!
(Def above the 150 line)

VVC. Downhill. Tailwind. Roof up. Way home after thrashing at track day. Empty road. Remarkably stable. Only mild tweeks. Bit silly though. Ooops.
Silly

On german autobahn :

215 Km/h with hood up
205 Km/h with hood down

And easily, but loud pedal at maximum in 5th

maxime
mabonnet

152

blimey

I thought 133 was enough and it was going a bit vague at the front
Neil

what was the rev counter showing at 152 mph??
paul weatherill

And, of course, what size of wheels and tyres were fitted and was the gearing standard?
JohnP

152mph

I thought that MGF/TF only had a 150 on the clock. Has yours got 160 on the clock to be able to read 152mph.


I smell a fib or am i just synicle
s lammie


No fibs.
Read just above 150 on the clock. I don't need a 160 mark to guess that it was 152. :-)
Wasn't studying it at that speed anyway!!! :-)

RPM was just over 7000 from memory.

15" rims. Good standard tyres. Standard 'box.

Car is lower and with splitter. Never had huge problems at high speed.

Note my comments: "Indicated", "Downhill", "Tailwind".

I make no claims that it *was* 152mph. :-)
Just that it was *indicated* 152mph.
Not to be recommended. Purely an academic exercise. Things happen *WAY* too fast at that speed.
Silly


7000rpm on a VVC is 145mph.

I guess it's possible to hit 152mph ... with a tailwind and big hill.

P.
Paul Nothard

A Bit off topic but at all you people who have exceeded 125 mph how did / does your car handle at those speeds. After reading this thread I am starting to have serious concerns about the handling of my car. If i exceed 110 i don't feel at all in control, it all gets a bit wobbly and prone to wind.

Nik

PS I don't think its me as I have driven quite a few cars at high speeds and never had this before.
n stretton

car mgtf 160

where a3 to m20 junction along the M25
when 0300 - Sept 2003

ave speed over the distance 142mph
max 161mph ( down the bank to the M23 )

speed confirmed by garmin gps

steering was very light but stable, dont fancy doing it again

flyer

130/150 in an "F" !?! I agree with Nik, 90/100 and I start thinking "This thing is going to turn round and bite me any second!" Regards. P.S.
H.R. Bridge

161 mph are you all mad.! In a tent on four wheels all be it a very nice tent but none the less a tent.!
A McDowell

Mine is an MPI with a suspension a little bit lowered... Car very stable and confortable... Wheel light but precise...

feel confident while being follow by porshe or audi on those german autobahn at 215Km/h

maxime
mabonnet

Car felt fine at an indicated 130mph. More stable than usual actually. I was on a perfectly staight, flat motorway and there were very high bankings on either side which protected me from any sidewinds.

Felt tremendous! (but not condoning speeding)
Bob Millar


Higher cars are floatier. Get it lowered to the correct hight or lower it further with knuckles. :-)

Badly tracked cars will not be as stable. Check your tracking.

If it's still not good, fit some form of splitter.

I recognise that some cars are not stable at high speed. Mine was not good to start with. However, the good news is that your cars need not be dangerous at high speed. :-)

P.
Paul Nothard

Oddly, Scarlet has never had a problem with high speed instability, even before she was lowered. I put this down to her being non-EPAS, but cannot confirm this.

She has been lowered now since 1997ish and the only reason i fitted a splitter during the rebuild was for appearance - there was no notcable difference to the stability at all following the fitment which would suggest that there never was an issue with my F.

Some people have reported a marked improvement though, i'm happy with my Trophy Splitter, but as i said, it was bought for aesthetic reasons. I may invest in a KH one as well and see if this makes a difference - looks a lot better when partially hidden by a Trophy one IMO.

SF
Scarlet Fever

> I put this down to her being non-EPAS, but cannot confirm this

Doesnt the EPAS switch off at a certain speed though therefore meaning non assisted steering at speed?



I always wondered what the big black rubber strip under the front of the F is for. Is it some kind of aerodynamic device or is it to warn you when the car is going to bottom out on something.

Had fancied removing it to save some weight but didnt know if it would affect the aerodynamics.
Bob Millar

EPAS is supposed to switch off at high speed (above 30mph IIRC), this is why i can't confirm my theory.

However, pulling the EPAS fuse does appear to make a difference.

I'm not sure, but i always though the black rubber downstand under the front subframe was for aerodynamic reasons too.

SF
Scarlet Fever

Is this not due to you having to work against the unpowered motor when the fuse is pulled.

Where as when the motor is powered but not "active" it offers little to no resistance?

paul weatherill

Strangely (or perhaps not) if you switch off the EPAS then you get a lot more road feel even at high speeds, i.e. the wheel jumps and jerks as you go over bad road surfaces I assume that this is less to do with the EPAS deliberatly covering up the noise, and more to do with the inertia of the motor/cluch doing the damping for you.
Will Munns

Quite the opposite paul, when there is no fuse in the system the EPAS compleatly disengauges and offers no resistance.
Will Munns

My 130+ escapade was done on a well known dual carriageway that goes from the A3 to devon...

there is a long downhill bit past stonehenge.
I was in "convoy" with a Saab 900 turbo. 130 felt pretty scary to be frank.
the steering had lightened up significantly and felt vague/loose. I dont have EPAS but the car feels absolutley fine up to 115 It's probably just airflow underthe car so all you guys thinking about getting splitter/or better that Trophy bumper extension DO IT!


Neil

Standard VVC / Hardtop / lowered / Stainless and K&N...150MPH on the M74 just as you approach Glasgow slight downhill... What a noise at near limiter at 7K Revs in 5th...

Saw trap... slowed right down - 3mins later cops went flying by... I don't think they believed it was us that went through their GATSO...;)

Had 140MPH hood down on way to south of France overtaken by a boat being towed by a Audi S6!
Anon

This thread was discussed between 27/11/2003 and 04/12/2003

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