CB, that would be fantastic... i dont go along to meets any more due to the sheer embarasment of the shed i'm driving at the mo (rover 400TDi on an R plate!) plus i'm only home weekends due to working down south. we shall have to arrange something, i'm back up on the fifth of december for 5 days and i'm only in normanton.....

cheers

andy (stringo)

 

Hi Stringo

Our 130PD is doing 325HP, 530Ft/lbs and the standing 1/4 in 12.1 secs, not bad for a little old 1.9TDI FWD car.

We can sort you a map on the scud no probs, you can go generic reflash or custom.

Our hybrid turbos have just won the 24hr SEAT Cup race in spain, we made some units for Dimsport and there car beat SEAT works team by 18 laps. Dimsport were always down on power and reliability, but now there untouchable.

Ellie

 

Andy, I w*rk in Wakey on weekends. Ideally a sat or sun evening after 7pm at my place of w*rk would be good. Let me know when's best.

 

That must be fun getting the power down I must pop over and have a go to see if any more power is worthwhile

 

yeah CB al sort somet out woth you... Ellie, that sounds manic for a DERV!!!! i'll certainly be in touch if i end up buying the fabia, cheers

andy

 

Some of us are already in that area as standard....

Simple mods to the 6 Cyl unit (flashing rather than mapping) will see 350 BHP and 530 Ft Lbs.. some places are doing it for £300...

 

Only £300 on top of a £33,000 (2nd hand) luxury executive saloon for that power Makes the £400 I paid to upgrade my £7k hunchback seem a con

 

sounds good al, but i think i would rather be a grown up and sacrifice power for MPG

 

I get a steady 33 MPG around town from 3.0 Ltrs and twin turbos and I don't hang about. I got this average on the drive around Stelvio.. and well over 600 miles on a tank back from Switzeralnd... so no fluke.

Motoways will see mid 40's easy at 'decent' speeads and low 50's when taking it steady...

Guys are reporting the power upgrades making the over MPG actually better...

 

Just found this from one of the tuning companies on a local 335D in Wakey... Evolve will do a couple of Dyno runs as part of the package. Not to map on the run, but to check the before and after figures as well as ensuring nothing's wrong... This one is about £600 ish...

370 BHP is possible too (they do several flash's dependent on what you want to achieve), but apparently the gearbox goes into limp mode on the approach to 600 Ft Lbs ish.

 

It's no surprise that mpg rises with moderate tuning. With more performance available with much less effort, drivers demand less during relaxed driving. It was the same with the PPP on Scoobs.

Oh, and during 1800 miles on our holiday in Cornwall last year our Octy managed an average 56mpg with an impressive average 57mph. Anyone with an average mph reading on their trip computer will confirm that you have to be seriously 'on it' on UK roads, especially Cornish country lanes to manage that

 

Ellie... what's your thoughts on the power gains and methods? Are they equal to what you would or could provide?

 

i think its safe to say that the gap between diesels and petrol engines has closed up quite a bit over the past few years.... with correct tuning, and proffesional tuning, the gap could be bridged all together... alan, is yours petrol or diesel??

 

Alan's is a 335D, 3 litre twin turbo DIESEL.

 

Wot he said...

With 3 mode, 6 speed semi-Auto box with paddles. It's similar to a DSG box, as the transition between gears is seamless. And I mean seamless.

When pushing real hard in sport or manual mode, on the upchange there is NO drop in power or noticeable change in revs or speed in any gear..it keeps pulling hard.

It really is a phenomenal box. Down changes via the paddles have to be experienced... 5th or 6th down changes to 3rd and 2nd are stunning and dealt with in milliseconds. The box is mated perfectly to the engine... Only small 'down side' (it's not really, but it does take over) is that if there's any chance the car will over rev, it won't let you change.. or as soon as it hits the rev limiter (or just beyond in sport or manual) it'll change for you. Couple of times (especially on the Stelvio trip), I accidentally hit the button twice when in 3rd. normally this will drop down the two cogs before you realise or can react... but it saved me from dropping into 1st a few times when still pushing hard...

Awesome technology...that helps, rather than hinders.

Happy to take you for a spin dude, especially if you're in the market ...

 

Me first

 

Of course. I think you asked about 6 months ago.... within the first 4.9 seconds of me getting the keys...

 

Reminds me of when our sales director offered me a drive of his 360.

'Do you want to have a g...... [Dave already half way up the dual carriageway]

 

I thought the 306 was a big disappointment myself !

LOL

DunxC

 

i'll have to try and get along to another EOM, not been for months... or if your having another day at elvington...

 

thats it, i've oredered a skoda fabia vRS. should be gettin it this weekend

 

Have fun

 

got it!!! 54 plate in black.... 44k on the clock, full service history, all for 6300 quid... CB, do you get a bit of a whistle from yours when you fire it up from cold and leave it ticking over?

 

Not noticed one Might be worth paying AET to give it a once over to make sure the turbo's healthy. How are you liking it so far ? Itching for the remap yet

 

i've just signed up with briskoda.. apparantly its the EGR valve kicking in and its all normal... loving so far.. alot quicker than i thought! 53.9 to the gallon on the way to essex yesterday... engaged the cruise control and put my feet up! yeah i'm itching for the re-map.. on the hunt for a S/S exh (would'nt mind a magnex or janspeed if i can get one), a D-Cat pipe, induction kit, and then a trip to AET to let them loose on it!!

 

On the OE exhaust and air intake you can hit 190bhp and 320 lb/ft, which is often enough to force clutch slip. I find the 180/312 on mine is adequate given the car and FWD transmission. Also, the turbo would need upgrading to get more, then you'd probably need a FMIC, and some of the internals might grumble as the boost raises compression. We all get giddy at times and want to go as high as possible, but step back a little and decide if it's worth it. Personally, I've drawn a line under mine and any money I would have spunked on tuning goes into a pot for future vehicular extravagances. That Caterham on TG at the w/e had me salivating. 1.6s faster than the Atom on a very cold track

 

Si's Seat packed up after some tweaking took it over 400 ft Lbs.....

 

It most certainly did, landed me with a 6k bill too - so be careful how far you go with standard turbo's and internals!!!

 

CB, i'm after about 170/300. just enough to be able to toy with the little pr*ck who lives nearby and has a "super quick" (cough cough) cheaply tuned clio sport 182. sorry, i kmow its childish, but i'm now part of the DERV brigade, and need to show the boyracers that diesels have potential!! i'm going to see ellie after xmas and have a chat with her, fit my a panel filter with uprated induction, leave the cat on and just have a nice exhaust, purely on a nice exhaust tone basis.. i'll have to get together with you CB to discuss what you have done, and maybe take some pointers??

andy

 

I'm at w*rk in Wakey overnight all w/e. Sat or Sun night after 7pm would be best for me if you're interested. I'm 2 minutes from the Rhubarb Triangle pub. Let me know.