Mickmartin

I seen you mentioned it in your build But I've never seen the option of a reduced supercharger pulley? I didn't think it was possible as it was a unique Eaton M24 charger VW produced, Rather than the usual M45 and from my thinking a smaller pulley would require a smaller belt?

Yeah, The only problem with our supercharger it uses maximum torque from start to finish, there isn't room to squeeze out any more power In the low rpm range. I never realised it took that long for the turbo to spool up, I thought it would be around 3500 rpm? when that turbo kicks in though...….What a feeling that must be

Plug yours into VCDS/ODIS etc and it'll give you the engine code from the ECU. and everybody ………..1...…….2...…….Breathe.

My guess would be that there isn't a ready available twin scroll turbo compatible with this engine without paying a fortune for what in reality wouldn't be a massive gain in performance, maybe 5% if lucky. In my opinion twin scroll is more adapted to a race setup rather than "street". Cant wait to see the graph either, Are we going for the 500 bhp as I know Voltan's made 480 bhp?

Throw in a rear ARB if you haven't already, Cheapest way of stiffening up the back end.

I have always copper greased bolts whether it be a wheel nut, strut bolt, drop link, lower arm etc, Simply for ease of taking them off next time. Particular anything on the underside of the car and with living in Scotland, The winter months & grit isn't too kind on bolts and nuts and there's nothing worse that having to cut/heat nuts & bolts off.

100% battery is dying.

I see you have a new engine/setup

It was Mot’d August then sorned, I’d imagine this was by the garage to avoid paying road tax. aprt from that it’s failed 2 mot’s for Nearside headlight not going dipped and a couple of tyres. There’s one concern that it had no oil in 2017, this could well be a coincidence and a lazy owner but I’d get that checked out if your going to view it.

If you've been searching for the combi/estate models you'll have probably noticed the rarity of them these day so they hold a slightly better value than the hatch. That sunroof is rare! I've only seen a handful of models with that extra in my time owning mine and none of them where the estate. Even with a private sale I'd expect to pay close to 4k for that as it seems a good example, again if it was a hatch version it wouldn't be over 4k private,70k is a fair mileage for the chain to be done so that's a bonus and as you said without the reg its hard to find out the history of the car. Ring/email the garage and notify them of your interest and request the reg and that way you can at least do a previous MOT history and see f its been off the road. Oil consumption is your only and biggest worry IMO as its a CAVE engine. Wear and tear such as the coils and plugs you can expect to change several times in your ownership as these eat them, Water pump I wouldn't get too worried about as its less than £70 part to replace if needed down the line. Cant say from the several groups mk2 fabia groups I'm on that I've seen it posted before however it does look a good example albeit the miles are higher than I would like myself,(Its been proven that these will run to 130k on the standard clutch and box if mileage isn't a worry) is it a daily driver and will you be commuting long miles?

Your choices are: 1. Rebuild your original engine with the revised oil squinters - rebuild and squinters easily £1500 minimum on an 87k engine 2. Purchase the newer lower mileage CTHE engine which rangers from £800-£1500 which will need also need coded in and labour, unless fitting yourself your probably not gonna get much change back from 2k

This is the reason I don't use locking wheel nuts....ever, And ive never had a wheel never mind a set of wheels stolen. In the past I've hammered a old socket over the locking nut to remove and if that doesn't work get the blow torch out however its almost impossible not to mark the bolt holes of the wheels with heat.

No need for a k & n, The old cave engines do that on Their own 😃

Its all dependant on the car & engine, If for example you've got a fabia engine with no leeway for extra power and your trying to push more horses out an engine between 50-70bhp by sticking a huge filter on it then of course your not going to notice any particular gains or noticeable gains. Run any sort of decent power and want to go further than stage 1 and there's not many company's that will advise a remap of the car without an upgraded filter. At peak rpm you will be strangling the car of air and eventually causing misfires. I've experienced this filter vs non filter on Audi's, Mazda's, Honda's and the Fabia hot hatches over the years and stick by my guns that they are beneficial, Its simply too large a market for it to be classed as fraud. As for heat soak, You would be referring to a cone filter. There are many other options available if you worried about heat soak.

If fuel consumption is something you worry about then I'm afraid you've picked the wrong car.😄

And like that! Took me a long while to source these ones, In the picture they are just test fitted at require a little modification.

£20 paintless dent puller removal tool with doo the trick.

Only a week before did I decided to get off my arse and do Scotland's Nc500, 500 miles in a turbo/supercharged fabia combi on scenic long roads by myself? Hell yeah! Sorry for the picture overload, I've kept the pictures as low quality as possible to try not kill your browsers. Lets have it! Loaded up the fabia will fuel and essentials and headed off, My first 3 hours would be spent just getting to the start at Inverness. Reached Inverness In no time and proceeded up the east coast of Scotland while visiting a few places on the way before reaching my accommodation( Bower Wig Wams) in Wick Dunrobin Castle, Golspie Second day seen me travel the whole breadth of the North of Scotland form east to west, I've seen most of Scotland before but this place will stick in my memories forever and I seen my first puffin! As you travel from east to west the beaches and views only get better. Dunnet Bay, Thurso. 2 miles of pure white and aqua blue water.....Best beach in Britain in my opinion. As you make your way across the north coast through the Bay of Tongue and towards Durness the beaches continue to be as spectacular however the landscape get a bit more rugged. Ardvreck castle from above Decided to camp up on Balnakiel Beach for the night, Had the whole beach to myself...... To my surprise I woke up to the sun splitting the sky and some visitors.......Yep its 7am and the cows are crossing the beach to reach a fresh water stream, Apparently a daily occurrence Leaving Durness Your pretty much in the most north westerly point in the UK, Visited a few places before heading south down the west coast and entering Wester Ross(Game of thrones fans will grin). Smoo Cave The landscape changes dramatically on the west coast, Huge rolling mountains start to appear as I headed south towards Ullapool,Gairloch and Applecross. After staying in Ullapool for the night I was off sharp in the morning for another spectacular drive south west, Passing the Kylesku bridge and hotel for some well needed grub! From here I continued south through Wester Ross at which point he NC500 heads to Applecross then Back to Inverness, I went off track and headed home via Skye, Fort WIlliam and Glencoe When reaching Applecross you encourter the "Bealach Na Ba" mountain pass, Regarded as one of if not the best roads in Britain with views of the Isle of Skye to the West and The mountain pass on the other. Deciding I could probably be home for midnight I cut my last day short and blasted the 6 hour journey home passing "Eilean donan castle" and the might " Buchaille Etive Mor" mountain in Glencoe. So nearly 3 tanks of fuel and 960 miles later I made it home, Car was awesome, Weather was awesome and the scenery was even better! Would highly recommend anyone to head up north and just do it, The road conditions are perfect and if you get the weather......I don't think may places in the world could top it. I'll hopefully have a drone vid posted up soon. Thanks for reading.