[Long vs Short Ratio Gearbox]

I had a short ratio in mine and never had any problems

 

I've heard a lot of people say that the jump from 3rd to 4th in the longer ratio boxes is quite drastic and makes the car feel slower.

[SOLD 300Bhp Fabia vRS Mk1 Special Edition #899 - £8000]

Can this be removed or locked please

 

Car is now split and only shell & turbo left

[SOLD 300Bhp Fabia vRS Mk1 Special Edition #899 - £8000]

14 hours ago, DAZZA66 said:

What a shame it had to be broken up mate.

I know 😞

 

Made really good money back and literally only have the shell, front brakes and turbo left now so I'm happy lol

 

Keeping the Recaros for the next car 😎 

[Rob's VRS Special Edition - 300Bhp / 380FtLb]

Not a lot left now

 

Engine

Turbo

Front Brakes

[230BHP Dad Wagon]

Lol just had a read and saw the WGMotorparts business card in the HEL lines, I made those lines at work haha

 

Small world

[Rear axle bushes how do I know the size?]

The 72.5mm bush has been removed by Powerflex and they now only offer 69mm, I assume they are all 69mm and your measurement sounds about right

[Rob's VRS Special Edition - 300Bhp / 380FtLb]

Stripped down to the shell with all panels, may have a buyer for the shell that will be rebuilding it with their own parts.

 

Worst case all panels will be sold and I will have to try and get the plate off to sell, not sure how that works as it's the original plate.

[Rob's VRS Special Edition - 300Bhp / 380FtLb]

Splitting has begun 😞

 

List of parts left:

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q9-GIi6TL-hJI-efWzZLcmTuyN9aV4D0ihTSEFEVelY/edit

 

This will update with other parts as I get round to it as well

[SOLD - Fabia VRS SE 2007 - Spares/Repair £950]

Interested if still available?

[SOLD 300Bhp Fabia vRS Mk1 Special Edition #899 - £8000]

Still here, seats and shifter and some other parts most likely will be removed and price lowered soon.

[Rob's VRS Special Edition - 300Bhp / 380FtLb]

Never thought I'd see the day but the car is now for sale 😭 : 

 

 

 

 

 

[SOLD 300Bhp Fabia vRS Mk1 Special Edition #899 - £8000]

I've had this car for the last 5 years and spent a small fortune on it (more than some people even believe), the Recaros, Quaife LSD and clutch come to almost 5K alone. Thousands of hours have gone into building this to how I wanted it but time has come for a change 😞

 

My build thread is on here but it's not completely up to date: 

 

 

Fabia vRS Mk1 Special Edition - MY07 VRS Original number plate from factory

 

Shell is on 135K but clean for it's age, engine is on 117K.

~300Bhp / 380LbFt
Recaro Pole Position seats - Leather / Alcantara
Garrett GTB2262VK - Rebuilt by Turbo Dynamics
Colt Stage 3 Cam
Firad race injectors +80%
Darkside Developments tubular manifold
Darkside Developments inlet manifold
Darkside Developments shallow sump
Darkside Developments front mount intercooler
Darkside Developments hardpipe kit
Darkside Developments GTB TIP intake kit with AEM filter
Darkside Developments wheel stud and nut kit
Darkside Developments Mocal oil cooler - thermostatic
Darkside Developments ARP head studs
Sachs SRE organic clutch kit - Single mass flywheel
4H-Tech Short shifter (Gearbox side)
CoolerWorx Short Shifter
Quaife ATB LSD with Darkside Developments steel selector forks etc
Vibra-Technics engine, dog bone and gearbox mounts
Polybush front Wishbones
3" Downpipe
Piper catback exhaust 2.5"
Brembo GT 4 Pot Calipers - Ferodo DS3000 / MTEC 323mm discs
256mm rear brakes - PBS ProRace pads / MTEC discs
Bilstein B14 coilovers
Jabbasport RARB
Gloss black powdercoated Seat Sport strut brace
Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2
Michelin Pilot Sport 4
Gloss black powdercoated Jabbasport RARB
HEL front braided lines
HEL custom rear braided lines
HEL Braided clutch line
Depo Xenon headlights - Black inserts
Newsouth Performance boost, oil pressure and oil temperature gauges
Prosport EVO EGT gauge
Enhance performance custom rear strut brace
AEM Water Methanol Injection kit - Not yet fully fitted
Enthuse Engineering geometry set-up with custom shims to add 2.4 degree rear camber
SuperSkoda bonnet lifters
Gloss black powdercoated slam panel
Professionally detailed and ceramic coated

Lots of other small bits done, just too much to list!

Most will say it's not worth this sort of money, but if you're looking to get your own to this spec then this is an absolute bargain, I'll split the car if no one takes it.

£8000 ONO

 

Could possibly arrange a deal on this without the seats and I'll source factory leathers or even sell without seats at all. I plan on getting the same Recaros for my next car (Mk3 Megane RS)

 

If you have any questions or want any more images / info, please message me

 

[Brembo GT 4-pot brakes upgrade - fits Fabia 1 vrs, Octy 1 vrs ** £200 ** - Sold]

Hope not, I want dibs haha 😂

[Brembo GT 4-pot brakes upgrade - fits Fabia 1 vrs, Octy 1 vrs ** £200 ** - Sold]

I want them 😥

[Brembo GT 4-pot brakes upgrade - fits Fabia 1 vrs, Octy 1 vrs ** £200 ** - Sold]

PMd

[Lofty's Sprint Yellow Fabia vRS Mk1 - "Project Daffodil"]

That will still mark the paint where it sits on the top edge. I cut the tail off of mine and just hold it or rest it on the pump when I'm filling up.

[PD150 custom remap?]

Go elsewhere, if they can't map a simple PD150 turbo then they're definitely into the flash and dash mapping

[1. Brake lube 2. Performance pads]

Ah, completely missed the rear 🤣 Yeh rears just use OEM or euros cheap pads! 

[Lofty's Sprint Yellow Fabia vRS Mk1 - "Project Daffodil"]

I was going to say ramps or a tyre rack?

[1. Brake lube 2. Performance pads]

Lots of people seem to think performance pads are awful from cold but it's not the case, I've ran Ferodo DS2500, DS3000 and DS1.11 on the road and they are all perfectly fine even from stone cold. 

[Alex's red Mk1 Fabia vRS BMN/BLT 16v hybrid - GTBvklr]

Can't believe it's been this long without an update  I do hope this is still happening

[Fabia vrs mk1]

Standard exhaust is fine to roughly 220 - 230Bhp before becoming a restriction

[Rob's VRS Special Edition - 300Bhp / 380FtLb]

Mines a 3" de-cat to Piper straight through now and sounds nothing like that haha, I have no idea what causes the owl sound but it's not my taste!

[Rob's VRS Special Edition - 300Bhp / 380FtLb]

4 hours ago, Dark_Hero said:

Isn’t that the exhaust that makes the owl/ pigeon noise?

Not 100% sure if that's what he's referring to but it could be?

@Jase009

 

[WiloBach's Old Fabia VRS SE No.140]

Definitely following this, very good spec car and your plans look great