amateurstuntman

Yeah Des, thanks for all the help, time for a change. What's next for you? You've had an Evo haven't you?

Sold pending etc.

So, I am putting my vRS up for sale. Don't get me wrong, I love it but I am at the stage now where significant gains will cost a lot of money and I feel like something a bit more interesting/unusual There is a build thread here: http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/132228-octavia-i-vrs-going-for-a-stealth-look/ It stops just over a year ago because my mother-in-law (who I loved like my own mother) died just after my last post and I lost interest in everything. In short the car has: Engine Compbrake recirculating valve Jetex panel filter 3" De-cat down pipe (CEL mapped out) Super sprint back box Drivetrain G60 Flywheel Sachs clutch Quaife automatic torque biasing differential Handling Weitech Hicon GT coilovers TT wishbones S3 upper and lower strut braces R32 front anti-roll bar Whiteline adjustable rear anti-roll bar S3 steering rack (just like the R32, 2.5 turns lock to lock) All round polybushes except the TT wishbones (which have TT bushes) and the steering rack (I have the bush I just haven't fitted it) Interior MFD Sat-nav/6CD changer Parking sensors B & M short shifter Otherwise, standard Exterior MK4 Golf aero wipers fitted Spoiler deleted Rear wiper deleted, hole filled with glass circle Wheels powder coated matte black Radiator surround painted matte black Debadged except for classic Skoda badges and vRS wheel centres There might be other things but I forget. Bad Car is 9 years old and has lots of little dints and scuffs on it Bonnet, boot lid, doors etc. 108,000 miles - not as bad as it might seem, this mileage is bang on average and it has had an oil service every 6 months while I have had it Driver's seat bolster is a little tired White bits of the seats have a few stains Car was a Cat C write off, front left damage, all repaired before I got it. Good 4 good Toyo T1-R tyres in 215/45/17 2 spare spider alloys (bit scuffed in silver with OK tyres) and 2 good unmounted T1-Rs in 205/50/17 All mods and servicing carried out by Mike from Impossible Performance Plenty of meat left on the brakes Toad Ai 606 alarm with dual zone microwave and glass break sensor, the car only came with one key but the Toad bypasses this and now there are 2 fully working key fobs Although the engine has done 108,000 all the drive train stuff has been done in the last 10K Kind of hard to prove, this one - I'm not a boy racer, I'm 33 This one taken before the B & M shifter was fitted This car has been set up for the joy I get when I perfectly judge a corner and I think it handles very well, there are a couple of other forum users who have driven it, oet is one, he liked it. This car is available in two ways: 1 Car comes as-is, all mods and whatever related spares I have included. Will be serviced, timing belt (which is due next year) done, 1 year MOT, on the road mapped to approximately 230hp by Mike from Impossible Performance £3000 2 Car will have the flywheel, clutch, and diff removed and replaced with stock items Timing belt will not be done, it will be serviced and have a 12 month MOT though It will be returned to a standard map (should be about 190 with the filter and de-cat) £1500 Feel free to ask me any question, request particular pictures etc. I will consider P/X for a small, cheap diesel like a 106 for the wife (money my way) or will consider an RS EVO 4,5 or 6 an AE86 corolla, MK2 Escort or similar, if you know these cars you will know if yours is similar (money your way) Car is located in Rochester in North Kent Mobile number is *edit* no longer here *edit* Name is Andrew

That looks like a bit of a flat tyre there mate. I'd check the pressure on that one...

Got mine today, smells lovely. Thanks for the effort.

Mine came off a 225hp S3.

Awwww shucks. Nice of you to say, I had a nice time. Sweedish is a really nice bloke too....

Not quite. Yet. I haven't fitted the wishbones yet but I have got the other obvious bits. I'll be there (probably) in October and definitely tomorrow.

No it does sound write it just doesn't look write. Damned homophones.

Thank you for all the comments... I've got the B&M shifter in black, mostly for the solid bearing. It feels really nice and is a very nicely machined lump of alloy. The brakes I am looking at are the compbrake 6 pot 335mm ones. The brakes are good as standard for a few stops but they do fade after a while and the new ones should cope better. I will recoup a bit of the cash by selling the old ones, just need to find myself a Fabia owner who wants them... Yeah, I'd love to meet up at some point. let me know when you are going to be around here...

Thanks mate. I guess the major problem was that I didn't have any kind of 16mm spanner, they just seem to needlessly use non-standard sized fixtures on these cars... On an unrelated note, I took the car up to my "control" roundabout this week. With the Quaife diff fitted and the ASR off I can now get round the roundabout at 37 miles an hour. That's an 11mph increase on what it could do when I got it. That's 42% better than stock for only a bit (well, actually quite a big bit) of money.

I got the superpro one a while ago and it is brilliant. I don't have any problem with vibration or harshness. If anything I would like it to be stiffer, I might get the old vibratechnics engine mounts...

Mine has 3...

I took mine off, I still have the whole assembly if anyone wants it...

YES! Got the car back last night. In the end I had to buy a whole new gearbox because the crown wheel and pinion were damaged while Quaife had the 'box. Skoda wanted £370 + VAT for a crownwheel and pinion set so it worked out cheaper to buy a whole second hand box (thanks westallc), happily the new 'box has 40,000 miles less on it than mine did. The short shifter is sexy and the clutch is so light it feels broken but the feel through it is brilliant and it bites well. No more rattles or clanks coming through, Mike fixed the exhaust while he was at it (the centre section had to come out to fit the short shifter) and I haven't noticed anything from the clutch. I am stoked to bits with this car now. Big brakes next I think.

I vote for Mike at IP. I don't know what he would charge but I can bet it would be fair and he really lookas after you. Don't be disheartened though if you have to phone a few times to get through.

Don't want to start a fight but the re-map is pretty much at the bottom of my list, I can't get down the power I have in the corners as it is, so it's all about the handling.

More like the engine slowing down. When you lift off the gas it takes longer for the revs to drop down.

I won't be there since I have only 95% of a car and unfortunately the 5% that is missing is the bit between the engine and the wheels. Sorry. See you in September...

Well, he's looking at things, he doesn't have to move but he could. If he does come back up this way I'll be there all the time. There's one incentive for him not to move anyway...

I'm glad it worked for you but I have no idea why it did... I'm miffed that mine was done by hand now.

Well as far as I know the pelican works on the same basis as a quaife which isn't an LSD, it is an ATB. Instead of locking the two drive shafts together under slip like an LSD it sends torque to the wheel with the most grip, that way the diff should still act as a diff under those circumstances. i.e. there should be no need to do any of that. I'd know for sure if I had my car back but I don't.

Well, my gearbox is knackered in a way that nobody can understand. By process of elimination it must be the new diff that is wrong but we will check by putting the old diff back in and seeing if it is still noisy. Then we will have to buy a second hand gearbox and replace one part at a time until we find the broken one. No car for my holiday...

Oh, you know that road eh? I work right round the corner from there. OK, come off the Wainscott bypass but go left up Four Elms hill towards Hoo. Left just before the brow of the hill into Chattenden. Second left. That will take you to a roundabout, this is now a military road. That is my "control" roundabout. Take the first left off that one (or go around it 30 times then take that exit). Follow that road to a cross roads, turn right. Follow that (non-military) road all the way, taking the right where it forks and there are a couple of quite taxing turns on that road. That brings you out on the road that goes down to the tunnel and the industrial estate. It is a bit longer than your road and a bit more fun too. Also the road that connects Hoo and Upper Stoke is a corker.

NOOOOOOOOO! What is the point when on my "favorite" corner I wash wide and burn all my power away spinning the inside wheel with what I already have. Handling>Brakes>Power. I'll do an intermediate map before I fit the (slightly) big turbo. After the brakes some time.