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What time will my run be approximately? I can understand the desire to keep the best till the last , but I have to be in Nth London late afternoon and this might put my participation in doubt.

Just for comparison, I used to run my old Fabia Vrs a lot at Santa Pod. Standard the best time I got was 16.01 secs. With a tuning box on that came down to 15.7 secs. Most hot hatches(Clio 172/182, Fiesta ST et al) would have a hard time beating me, but their cars were faster, just that that they weren't being pedalled quite as brilliantly. I could launch very well, but above 60 they would start clawing back at me, Not by much, but they were gaining consistently. The Fabia was quick in day to day driving simply because it had the torque to accelerate at will, pretty much whatever the gear. But ultimately on the drag strip, I could see that it wasn't that fast. p.s. 16secs on the 1/4 mile equates to about 0-60 in 7.5secs give or take a tenth or two...

Yes you probably do, I'm on A8Parts too. I'm the former owner of a 2002 Avus Silver S8 that went to another member on that forum recently. Oh and yes the Mercedes is RWD. No Jason, no nitrous. You might recognise your car in the background of the first photo by the way. My Old Fabia My Old S8 The Merc

Am I allowed to bring a non-Skoda? I am a former Fabia Vrs owner and attended the first couple of rolling road days at JKM in the distant past. I think the photo's of my old silver Fabia are still on the JKM gallery page. It made 144bhp standard first time and second time around it made 163bhp & 318lbs ft with a Dragon Digital tuning box working on it, I now have a C350CDI that I'd like to know how much grunt it has, in theory it should have 280bhp and 480lbs ft.

Oh well, it was a nice thought. Mine is Torsen diff hence its a no go.

Are the rollers for 2WD only still? Brought my Fabia to a couple of rolling road days there back in '07. Wouldn't mind giving my latest toy a run, buts its permanent 4WD.

After numerous trips to the Pod, my best time with my vRS in standard trim with everything still in the car was 16.03secs@84mph. Took a lot of practice and a exceptionally good track, but I would run 16.1 - 16.3 secs all day every day. Drop your tyres pressures a bit, 18psi was my preferred. Launch at about 1600-1750 rpm, hold the clutch on the biting point when you can feel it just start to drag a bit, then quickly out with the clutch, don't side step, you should hear the tyres squeal a bit, but wheelspin should be avoided. Go for the change to second early, 3500rpm, otherwise you bang straight into the rev limiter, be quick but smooth on the 1st/2nd change otherwise it will spin the wheels. After that change at 4250rpm and keep your foot planted. That's the theory. Putting it into practice is a lot more tricky, but when you get it right, the car just flies.

I had my old car rolling roaded at JKM with and without a dragon box. Check their website for the maps, my car was a silver Fabia 05 model year. Figures went from 144bhp/255lbsft upto 163bhp/318lbsft....

Don't buy it from the dealer, its a huge scam the prices they charge. The

Mine was a little rougher at idle too. But nothing that bothered me to be honest. The 318lbs ft of torque made up for that.

Yes V-Power works. You need to run it all the time, and you'll notice a difference. Easiest way to tell, is to use humdrum diesel after 3 tanks of V-power, all the performance disappears. On V-power the car certainly feels better in the mid range, and it revs out a whole lot better. Fuel economy doesn't change, well mine didn't, but then I used the extra urge more often. Only problem I have is going away from London I struggle to find V-power at the moment.

I've ****ed a clutch, have burnt through my front tyres, plus I have a gearbox that needs replacing and Skoda won't do it under warranty. Or at least that's how I read it. 2005 SKODA FABIA VRS TDI PD 130 SILVER on eBay Skoda, Cars, Cars, Parts Vehicles (item 250144864952 end time 29-Jul-07 12:25:30 BST)

Yes he could be Spanish, but don't confuse a Spaniard with a Catalan, they don't like that much. A Catalan would have a Donkey sticker......... Spain = Bull Catalan = Donkey

Hmm Brekkie....... See you at 8am, blearly eyed and knackered

1. Makefish & possibly SWMBO 2. Hedge 3. Babs (not working then, so should be able to make it this time!) 4. Reffro (but not in a Skoda anymore......)

AVOID THE A43!!! Don't forget the British GP this weekend. Oh and I can't now make this event. I've agreed the sale of my car, so I'll not be able to rag the t*ts off it anymore.

I know a lot of petrol car drivers who are driving around with less power than they reckon they have. All BMW 6 & 8-cylinder engines have their power figures quoted using 98 ron. All VW FSI engines are designed to work best on 98ron, using 95 results in lower power and economy.

1) Chris. 2) Octygone plus one at least 3) Stu & Chrissi 4) Xav (maybe) 5) Hedge 6) Makefish ? 7) WW_VRS (hopefully) 8) smstext (95% chance) 9) HarryH 10) Babs 11) Duggie (most likely) 12) Hayley (don't have the rota yet but will if I can) 13) Chorsley 14) MrkyMrk (hopeful) 15) Reffro

For the best bang, try Shell V-Power Diesel and Millers Sport 4. My car is absolutely flying on it.........

Well after having the car for 2 full days to do with as they see fit, the dealer came up with a big fat zero.............. They can hear the noise, but they don't know what's causing it. Their answer which made me smile, 'wait for it to get louder and we'll try to find what's wrong again'................I replied that I might as well wait for it to break first. So all in all a crap performance by the dealer. Still at least the symptom has been noted. I just hope whatever it is fails whilst I still have a warranty.

Rolling Road List: 1. devonutopia + hotel/evening before 2. Jonny5ive + evening before (will consider moving to spectator if enough demand for RR) 3. Hedge 4.Chris (will move to spectator if high demand) 5. WW_VRS - hotel is an option but not sure yet depending on cost/situation 6. Reffro - I'll be driving down on Sat. morning. 7. Leeboy (lives

Take off the engine cover. Look to right hand side of the engine block there is a big connector with a screw fixing. Unclip the red clip that prevents you undoing the connector, then unscrew and remove the connector. Connect the now loose connector onto the Dragon loom, make sure you line up the connectors, there are white marks to show you where to aim. Connect the other end of the Dragon loom on the engine block connection. Then just connect the power connectors on the top of the battery terminals and you're ready to go. Test it works by starting the engine, and if everything is OK, tuck the box like I have done behind the headlight, next to the battery. Oh and don't expect a sudden big increase. The box will subtly increase the power over about 2 full tanks of fuel.

I can't recommend anyone, but I could have told your brother to avoid Barkers at all costs. They exemplify everything that is wrong with some of the new breed of Skoda dealers. I used to have a Citroen that I had serviced one time at Barkers Grimsby (multi-franchise dealer), the car felt worse after the service. They are a disgrace. If he wants a better dealer service try Hasleden in Donny.

There's a good chance that I'll pop along tonight also, it depends on how I'm feeling, as I have a bit of a cold. I should be there by 6:30pm if I do decide to come. 1. Makefish 2. Miss Kia 3. pgiles 4. Stuart 5. Babs 6. Bottler 7. Stu 8. Leeboy 9. Cheezemonkhai (possible) 10. Chris 11. Duggie 12. Octygone (maybe even MissPiggy as well) 13. myfatcow (mabey) 14. orinj 15. Cupra_power 16. Hedge (very probable, especially if there are lifters around) 17. smstext (maybe) 18. Reffro (under the weather but will try to make it)

If the turbo has shot it oil seals the oil gets pumped up from the engine and into the turbo. Check to see if there is any oil in the Air intake, as vapour of the oil that wasn't burnt off by the turbo will collect there. MY local dealer had just such a thing happen, seals went, oil was burnt very quickly, residues of the oil collected in the intake via the breather hose, and caused the engine to continue running on the vapours even after the igniton had been turned off. That destroyed the whole engine.