matchmaker

A couple of pictures of "Darth" - my Star Performance remapped Octavia vRS - he has 216 bhp and 225 lbf. Taken when he was clean - a rarity!

RS Grant

Looks great, anything else planned for it??

How do you find the car behaves after the re-map... thats a huge increase in lf/ft over standard!!


Cheers,
Grant

matchmaker

Next step - sports cat, exhaust and a more aggressive remap. There is a huge difference in performance over standard - maximum torque comes in at 2000 rpm and stays at that level until 5800 rpm. The torque curve looks like Table Mountain!

Performance wise, from a rolling start, it could *probably* keep up with a standard WRX

RS Grant

Thats some claim to make on here..... I mean, some people dont even believe that a 172 Cup can keep pace with a Standard New-Age, never mind..... a Skoda?!

Sounds like it's got a few more bhp to go then!! I'll have to keep my eyes open if I'm ever around Stirling.


Cheers,
Grant

st3ph3n

Quality car mate. Looks good in Black. Would love to se them do a 4wd vrs though. I've never driven a bad car based on that shared VAG platform.

matchmaker

Cough! Tried to keep up with a WRX - managed

I do not mess with STi's - I'm not that daft

Rusty.

Not bad figures for a 1.8 litre! and sounds like there is plenty more to come

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

You could go further still and beat an sti. The ibiza has the same lump as your vrs. Not sure how much it would cost you though??

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Fizz

iTrader: (1)

How does yours handle 261... my mates standard one sets the traction control a glow in third!!!!!

matchmaker

216, not 261! It's still easy to get wheelspin at 40 in 2nd gear on a greasy road

scoobmeister

Some Skoda dealers were selling the old model Octavia RS a few months ago for £12,000 in preparation for the new model, surely the performance bargain of all time!

devowrx

Nice motor mate

PG

People who assign a gender and name to their cars worry me a lot !!

matchmaker

Assigned by SWMBO Because he/it is black and makes strange hissing noises

Bram

See pics were taken on hill road from Bridge of Allan to Sheriffmuir, what it like for handling on twisty bits?

RobHardy

hehe cool car mate. when i had my type r i had a go against one, not sure if it was chipped or not, but went bloody well! i only gained on confidence!

matchmaker

It's OK, but thats not the best road for fast driving in daytime - too much traffic and too many blind bends. Night time is different