Dan's 20v 1.8T Fabia Estate

[Toxicvrs]

Indeed that will be the abs sensor wires

Ohh well I've cut mine off now

[benjen]

Ohh well I've cut mine off now

Abs is overrated anyway does the fabia have it?

[Toxicvrs]

Abs is overrated anyway does the fabia have it?

Yes mine did :P

[benjen]

I ment Dans lol but nevermind. Mine never had it to start with so was easier to keep it that way

[DanHarper]

Abs is overrated anyway does the fabia have it?

 

Hmm good question. I hope it does or I'll have to retrofit. The hubs axles/hubs are being switched over anyway, so I guess it will just be the pump and loom to do.

[Toxicvrs]

Just turn the light on the dash off :P

[DanHarper]

Just turn the light on the dash off :p

 

I actually want the ABS to work in a 200+BHP tin box thank you, it may save my life one day

[BossFox]

I actually want the ABS to work in a 200+BHP tin box thank you, it may save my life one day

 

Ballast.

[Taylor93]

I actually want the ABS to work in a 200+BHP tin box thank you, it may save my life one day

but abs doesnt stop it any quicker just gives you control yo steer while braking and obviously not locking the wheels.

Im ny mk3 fez abs was my right foot

[benjen]

but if the truth was to be told if you find yourself braking and turning the situation is already got tits up anyway. still you will have your ASR if you fit the abs. you will want the brake booster and all the lines from the ibiza before you scrap it

[DanHarper]

If you guys want to run without ABS and do it yourself that's ok too... I'd just rather the car did it for me in a panic situation

 

but if the truth was to be told if you find yourself braking and turning the situation is already got tits up anyway.

 

Driving in Bradford the situation defaults to 'tits up'.

 

still you will have your ASR if you fit the abs. you will want the brake booster and all the lines from the ibiza before you scrap it

 

If it detaches, its coming off Don't want to leave something I later need... I can always bin the excess parts after I've got the Fabia running.

[Toxicvrs]

Mine didn't work in the first place:)

[Taylor93]

If you guys want to run without ABS and do it yourself that's ok too... I'd just rather the car did it for me in a panic situation

Driving in Bradford the situation defaults to 'tits up'.

If it detaches, its coming off Don't want to leave something I later need... I can always bin the excess parts after I've got the Fabia running.

Wise choice

[BossFox]

Make sure you get absolutely everything you may need off the shell.

Nothing worse than getting it taken away only to find you need something when fitting everything to the Fabia.

[benjen]

thers no right or wrong way just driver preference 

[mannyo]

if you intend to use a car on the highway and it had ABS when it left the factory, that ABS must be fitted and working to get an MOT pass. This includes the instrument cluster lamp which must operate to the prescribed way when the engine is started.

[BossFox]

if you intend to use a car on the highway and it had ABS when it left the factory, that ABS must be fitted and working to get an MOT pass. This includes the instrument cluster lamp which must operate to the prescribed way when the engine is started.

 

Exactly.

So if the Fabia shell you are putting it in had ABS, then it must still have it after the conversion.

[DanHarper]

ABS stuff is settled, its staying or being retrofitted :p Edit: Car has ABS, no retrofit required which is a bit of a relief

 

Any opinions on tyre choices?

[benjen]

round ones  :p

[BossFox]

ABS stuff is settled, its staying or being retrofitted :P

Any opinions on tyre choices?

Federal RS-R ?

[DanHarper]

 

I'm thinking either running RS-Rs for summer and some all seasons for winter (6/6 split). If I want to do some track days I don't want to kill my road tyres, but I don't want 2 spare sets of wheels/tyres around all the time. The other option is get some good summer tyres that will cope on track (e.g. not Rainsports) and just take the hit on the occasional track days, then run full winters as the second set on an 8/4 split (where I live not having all seasons/winters isn't an option for me... I'm right on top of the hill).

 

How long can you run RS-Rs before it gets too cold?

[DanHarper]

Some progress:

 

 

Internal loom ready to come out this weekend and then I'll need to get it outside to strip the axles/exhaust. Then on to the Fabia...

[benjen]

decent size garage mate, looking good. done more than Jack already  :p

[mannyo]

Coming along nicely.

[DanHarper]

decent size garage mate, looking good. done more than Jack already  :p

 

Not big enough sadly, finding it a little cramped doing this job with all the bits I need to store... won't have enough free space in front to do the Estate in there.

 

Garage was last years project, wish I'd gone another meter or so in to the garden.