I wanted to go faster...

If this FWD Octavia has had a limited slip diff fitted to it, then it may not be too atrocious on the handling front. Still, I suspect it'll struggle to get anything like all the the power to the floor.
 
Well, its the same 1.8T lump as in lots of VAG's. So I'm sure it'll be the same as upping the power in any of them.

Probably turbo, fmic, induction, exhaust, fuel pump, injectors and chip.
 
Sounds good. Going fast is great, but if you cant stop then Fox will fly past when you stack it :p

therefore, i hope you chumped up your brakes too
 
If it's the 1.8T then it must have had some work. Back when I had my 225bhp TT a chap in the owners club tuned his to 350 but that involved new FMIC, turbo, custom exhaust, new cats(as tune would destroy originals above 300) plus new hoses plus he had to take it to germany to get it all done.
 
Indeed, I bought the car from a friend who had a Jabba IHI done last year. My previous car was a vRS too, but with 132K miles on the clock it had to be replaced. So I sold it and looked around for some RWD fun. My first choice was a BMW Z3 M Coupe, which I tried a few weeks ago. But as I'm quite tall, I didn't have enough headroom in it to comfortably sit or wear a helmet if I ever wanted to do a track day in it. So, on to the next, a 350Z... same story. Tried a S2000 too, but couldn't even fit behind the wheel :(

All other powerful RWD cars where deemed to be :
1) not exclusive enough (BMW 330, etc) - More common than a Mondeo
2) too expensive to insure (M3, M5, Monaro, etc) - All over a grand
3) too short service intervals (TVR, Rover ZT 260) - I do 35K miles/year in it

So in my (sick) mind it made sense to buy another vRS with less milage and a bit younger and then have the turbo converted. And then I was offered to buy my friends at a great price, so for me it was a no-brainer.

The car hasn't got a LSD, but it is on my list of things to look at :) The KW3's already help a lot in the handling/putting power down.
 
All of the cars you looked at weren't exactly cheap, so it pains me once again to see "insurance is over a grand" be a reason for dismissing some of them.

It just doesn't make sense to me if you're spending a massive chunk on a car to settle for something not as good because of a higher insurance premium.
 
jonarob said:
All of the cars you looked at weren't exactly cheap, so it pains me once again to see "insurance is over a grand" be a reason for dismissing some of them.

It just doesn't make sense to me if you're spending a massive chunk on a car to settle for something not as good because of a higher insurance premium.
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I would have thought insurers would charge a pretty penny for a car tuned to almost 200% original output.
 
pinkaardvark said:
I would have thought insurers would charge a pretty penny for a car tuned to almost 200% original output.
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Surprisingly not :)

My previous premium for a 216bhp (yes, that was modified too) Octavia vRS was £635. My new premium (when it comes to renewal in April) will be around £700. This is with all the mods declared. A standard vRS would still cost me in the region of £550/year to insure.
 
That will be quite funny trying to drive that.

When I had my T5 Volvo running at 17psi (over stock of 7psi) it was making far less power than that car, but still span up on boost in the first three/four gears!
 
Were the power counts is at higher speeds. I can spin my wheels in 1st and 2nd. Doesn't mean I do it everytime I pull off.

Thats why the throttle isn't just an on off button, and people use electronic boost controllers.
 
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