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Got him back today 🥰 Genuine Skoda Motorsport S2000 Evo 2/3 bonnet Really happy with how the car is now pretty much perfect to me now. Not sure what to do next with it so think its time to just enjoy it for a while and have fun with it before deciding on the next stage of it.

Not sure haven’t seen it done and it’s based on a different platform. Easier to go with tried and tested stuff that you know fits unless you want to be the first to try. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363060427029

till I get better pics on Saturday

You can still buy them from Škoda direct that’s what I did if you look on page 14 there’s details there

Getting there also some pics from the weekend

Car dropped off at Raceworx hopefully the bonnet will finally get fitted Also vide of simon's focus from sunday

As long as it’s a 6J you can’t go wrong. The fabia vrs will fit too bit the Ibiza one is around 15mm wider. Mines off an estate too.

probably going to be a longish post so best to make some tea. First "competitive" event for the car since the 2 litre was put in, Always wanted to do one of these top speed events just to see how fast the car can go, event is a standing mile with speeds also taken at the 1/2 mile too. Looking at the logs from 1/4 mile runs i had a realistic idea of speed of 135mph with a hope of maybe touching 140mph. Managed to rope in my mate simon in his 700bhp Focus RS and Richie who had a monte carlo before but now has a 400bhp 335d. Since it was the first time at one of these events i know from experience just to build things up. First run i did was no meth, no hard launch and short shift to 5th and let it run out, hit a crosswind at 100mph as you can see in the video it weaves a little. Running a Vbox sport i had a live gps speed on my phone, looked at the speed and it seen 150mph. 150mph in my little diesel skoda in around 1 mile from a standing start. Couldn't help but have a giggle to myself at that one in the shut down area. Official timing had it at 147mph. Expectations already exceeded! Next run decided to go a slightly harder launch and rev it out abit more, keeping an eye on the gps speed i decided to hit the meth switch to give it a little push to maybe get to 150mph but the light didn't come on! No meth and it went through the timing beams at 149mph! No meth 149mph! All i could think was what on earth have Darkside built here. Had to work out why the meth didn't kick in, knew it had meth as even if the tank was empty the light will still show if the solenoid would still activate and a green light comes on in the car and if the tank is empty another light comes on to show its low and i had just filled it when we arrived. First thing to check was the fuses, all ok and it was 100% working the night before as i had a run in with a golf r in mexico. The system is activated via boost so when it reachs a certain boost level it kicks in. Checked the line on the manifold all good, traced it back to the switch and theres no boost line there. it had came off so fitted it back on and cabled tied it in so it couldnt come off again. Went to line up again for another run but it was lunch time so had to wait for afterwards Also as you can see parked outside the guys selling some race fuel got chatting to them and they gave me some stuff to try. Plan was to do as i did in the last run, run the car up get to 5th then when in 5th hit the meth switch, run was good and the car was hauling, hit the brake and looked over at the gps, 160mph, 160mph in a daily driven diesel hatch. Couldn't believe it and got abit excited at that. Went through the beams at 153mph Next run thought i would try and full meth run from start to finish and go for 155mph. Forgot i had the window down slightly so put it up when i was in 3rd but then hit the hardcut for a second before then going into 4th, lost some speed/time but at the 1/2 mile it was 3mph up even with that which shows how much the car was trucking along, got to 154mph on gps still not at the timing beams yet and we get limp mode, brown trouser moment for me as i thought i had broke it, thankfully ryan from darkside was on hand by email most of the day and was keeping in touch with how i was getting on. The car isn't mapped for meth its just an add on which you can turn on or off but i think full throttle for that long was abit much for it, as you can see the IAT's were over 60 degrees C. still went through the beams at 149mph and that wasn't me breaking but it coasting down in limp mode. Fault code reset i made the decision that i was going to do one more run as i need to drive this thing back to scotland over 200 miles and would rather drive it back than tow it back. Decided im not going to do a full meth run but run it till 4th then hit the meth so its on for 4th and 5th all the way through. set off and car was just freight training alone, kept it in again after the timing beams for as long as i dared before hitting the brakes look over and seen 162mph! Timing beams were 155mph! brakes really did get abit hot! @DarksideDevelopments have built me an amazing car, it's hard to describe just how all round this car is. I can drive it 250 miles fire down a runway at 160mph then drive it 250 miles home that isn't loud you can still have a full convo on the motorway and dont have to shout or raise your voice and no smoke. Thats something you'd expect from a top spec audi/bmw/merc diesel not a little diesel skoda ecohatch. And it averaged 51mpg. Through out the day there was loads of people commenting on how quick it was and that they didn't expect it to be putting in those kinds of speeds. Couple of guys also said it was the car of the day for them as with the supercars you'd expect them to be quick but not a little diesel hatchback and they were even more surprised to see it was stripped out or trailered down and i was going to drive it home. Safe to say i love this car, still my first car and its going no where ever.

Great day at Elvington. Expectations were a realistic 135mph with a hope for 140mph. He blew by that expectation!

Morning at Darkside catching up with folks and having a map tweak and some stickers

Mine gets realigned after every Knockhill track day due to the landings and still does this 🤭😂 just learned to live with it tbh but I get my tyres at cost price.

first of all sorry to @Schtum was in your neck of the woods and didn't prewarn you so you can come see the car 😅 One of my friends Simon who is a ford tuner (a car he has tuned is currently the fastest 1/4 mile fiesta st in europe and is closing in on the world record) is bringing his 701BHP Focus RS with him to straightliners this sunday so went up to pay him a visit today and we got talking about my gear ratios and speeds that i posted above. So he had the idea of sticking it on his dyno and see what speeds it gets, while on it he wanted to do some power runs. I trust simon's dyno as i've seen multiple cars on it that have been stupidly quick on the track and the cars he has built over the years have a proven track record. Graphs are in WHP as simon hates Flywheel hp and i calculated it using a 15% drive train lose. I know Darkside underrate thier cars as i've been to dyno days with bobby in his golf and its always made more and a couple of the other cars but here was the results. 2.3 bar of boost too. As you can see all constant too which shows how good their mapping is for the cars to be constant. In other news air con is fixed! just needed a regas.

Change the limiter in vcds did a quick launch in it tonight. First time on full power still no traction till 3rd

Maybe we share mot testers 👀 😂 still spaces if you fancy bringing the superb

You coming to York on Sunday

Thought i would post mine up few people might know it. My first car bought it from a main dealer a week after passing my test in October 2016 so my first drive in a car on my own was driving it back from Southampton to Glasgow with a couple of stop offs on the way. The car was the perfect spec, 2014 model with Maxidot, Amusden + , Red Seats, Underseat storage, Multi function steering wheel, Rear Parking sensors,ESP and Climate Control. Dealer also fitted Cruise Control, Arm Rest and rubber mats all round Car started off looking like this. From picking it up it was drove straight to Funk Motorsport in London and the fogs/drls were tinted yellow with Lamin-X. Then After that to Awesome GTi in Manchester who put it on the Rolling Road and to my surprise it didn't make the claimed 103bhp and 184 lb fts, It actually made 114.5bhp and 201.8 lbs ft, While there i also picked up a 25mm H&R Rear Anti Roll bar, Audi R8 oil cap , Porsche Coolant cap and TT Jacking points. Then when i got it home i fitted a red TDi badge that i had ordered for the front Next was one of my favourite modifications Nitrogen Gas Bonnet Struts, Keep forgetting others don't have them so i've found a few i've opened the bonnet on my mates montes or vRS's and let them go expecting them to rise up like mine but they just slam back down lol. Then went off to visit a mate to get some pictures with his fabia Then the following day it was off to take part in the Glasgow to Monte Carlo Rally. Then also a quick stop off here on the way back Next fitted was the Autolight kit with a Mk1 Yeti switch so all the lights stay skoda green Next was Briskoda Number plate holders when fitting the fronts i found that the dealer ignored the 4 pre drilled holes and thought they would make 2 more Thankfully they used the holes for the back but the plastic bungs couldn't be screwed in again so had to replace those Also some Skoda tyre caps Next thing was the popular sunglasses holder mod Then Team Heko Wind Deflectors Next was the big thing for me, New wheels, after long consideration i decided on MK1 Octavia vRS Spiders which i'm so glad i went with as they really set off the car. Then the bad luck started First 2 lots of punctures Dead Battery And what i thought was a fuel leak turned out to be the air con leaking Also wrapped the stereo surround Then started the LED Conversation Started off with number plates from Halfords DRLs Twenty20's Autobeam Interior kit Autobeam LED fog lights with Halfords 6k Sidelights Autobeam LED Red Tail lights (only LEDs in the car that bring up a bulb error) give it a nice deep red look. Autobeam chrome indicators (these aren't led but will be changed to led in the future as autobeam have just brought out ones that dont need resistors) Techmac LED Headlights with Lush lightings adaptors Also have currently on the way Autobeam LED red brake lights, white reverse light , Red rear fog light. And the most recent H&R 40mm Lowering Springs Very happy with how it looks and drives just now, In the future it will get Bilstien Shocks, CR177 turbo with an S3 intercooler Darkside Hardpipe kit and hopefully get over the 200bhp mark. Full Modification list Automatic lights with Mk1 Yeti Switch Cruise control Sunglasses holder Arm rest Autobeam Interior LED kit Nitrogen gas bonnet struts Lamin-X fog light tint by Funk Motorsport MK1 Octavia vRS spider alloys Audi R8 oil cap Porsche coolant cap Audi TT Jacking points Team Heko Wind deflectors Briskoda.net number plate holders Halfords LED number plate lights Techmax LED headlights with Lush lightning Adaptors Twenty20 LED DRLs Autobeam LED fogs Halfords LED sidelights Autobeam LED tail lights Autobeam Chrome indicators Autobeam LED Brake lights Autobeam LED Rear Fog Autobeam LED Reverse light H&R 25mm Rear Anti Roll Bar H&R 40mm lowering springs Mintex Fast Road Pads Current Power 115bhp @ 4600rpm 202 ftlbs @1880rpm 0-60mph 9.2 seconds Top speed limited to 117mph 1/4 mile 17.2 @84mph