Skoda Superb III 4x4 280 - A sleeper’s journey – 280ps to 560ps

Acme said:
The only thing I'm not a huge fan of (in this particular instance) is the Pro Race 1.2 wheels. But they are just the winter set right? :)
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No, sold the original wheels, far too heavy. These are the Summer wheels for the drag strip and road (with semi slicks). I have another set of 3rd party wheels with Winter tyres for when it gets cold.
And a third set of, budget, alloys with summer tyres just for the dyno (will have to be used for many days when the new turbo is installed) as both the semi-slicks and winter tyres are too soft for repeated dyno runs.

It's all about functionality. If I wanted looks I could have gone with 19/20 inch alloys and slammed suspension but this is not what this car is about.

I do very much appreciate all comments and opinions, it is things that I also considered many times during the last year!
 
Read for Santa Pod tomorrow!

- race fuel CHECK
- water meth CHECK
- TAXI sign CHECK

Lost a bet and now I have to use this :D

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Trivia fact : Superb 280 insurance group for my L&K is only 28 (27 for the SE L executive and 29 for the Sportline)
compared to 34 for the Golf R and 36 for the S3 and Cupra R.
 
skaif said:
This is madness! Would be interested to get a breakdown of the different stages and costs as I would genuinely look into this in a few years...
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Give Will at VRS Northampton a call and tell him the owner of the crazy Skoda Superb sent you. He will give you all info you need on cost etc. :)
 
Telecaster said:
And 25 years ago you could have a 500bhp cossie no problem, it wasn't cheap but then neither is this.
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One difference is that you would have to rebuild the cossie to do 500 and at the end it would not be the best daily car.

The EA888 gen 3 engine can do 500 easily with standard internals and it still keeps the characteristics of a daily car.
 
eviled said:
any more details or pics of your exhaust system?
I've got a bit of a drone and wouldn't mind switching exhausts
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It is a fully custom exhaust from RS Fabrications. Sounds great IMHO, much deeper sound than anything else I heard on this engine type.


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