Thought I'd nip out and get some video

Quality is shocking but those who know the car will know gearchanges/Vs speed. The 12 o'clock point is the 60mph mark, and I shift just under that out of 2nd. The last run is done in 3rd.

Throttle on each occasion is fed in smoothly, and all acceleration done on WOT without a care in the world for any smoke being chucked out.

YouTube - 260bhp+ Skoda Fabia speed testing with water methanol

(click on watch in high quality )

I did a rough calculation and I make the first run 30mph to 80mph in about 6.5 seconds, through 2nd and 3rd gears. (8 seconds if you include change into 4th gear and bit of a burst to 90 then stop) The power doesn't half feel strong though.

Edited 19 September, 200817 yr by devonutopia

Ouchy - Been waiting alongtime to see that Jas!

Good video - Car sounds so beefy!

looks quick jason

Feck me Jas! thats a beastie mate. I presume your well chuffed with the results lol

p.s. sort that cell light out lol lol lol

nice one mate.

Rather rapid rise of the righthand needle...

I tried a bit of WOT on mine the other night, and tbh mine is now actually scary-fast ...and this with only 15% ethanol and at 36 deg C ambient....

If its "scary fast" to you bas, then it must be mental lol

yeah cool but why's ya engine warning light on?

yeah cool but why's ya engine warning light on?

I'm guessing EGR bypass mod.....could be wrong though.

That thing bloody shifts though. Watching that video coming from a standard car, to a mapped car, then seeing that needle rise in that fashion - that's quick but smooth too.

As you say, if you know the vRS it gives you a better feel for perspective.

Makes you wonder why water/ ethanol injection is not used more widely by manufacturers themselves? If it can reduce intake and exhaust temps to such a degree surely it's good for emissions as well as power?

I'm guessing EGR bypass mod.....could be wrong though.

Yup - And hopefully it will be mapped out on my next mapping session.

Bear in mind that this video is done with my car "not running right" - Has a circa 2000rpm off-throttle misfire, and still smokes bad.

Looking forward to tomorrow's dyno run though.

its a second rev counter lol, seriously how much more bhp do you reckon thats given you?

That wastegate noise sounds sweeeet! I want mine to sound like that!

Guess I would need to be running that sort of power first though!

OEM WI systems: "It surfaced again in the 60's when GM used a system on the OEM turbo Corvair. It was used effectively in Formula 1 before being banned for adding too much power"

1983 volvo offered it as an OEM option: 1983 Volvo 242 Group-A Turbo

Thing is for your average driver, needing a tank of water/alcohol every time you fill up with fuel, would be a bit of a pain....

seriously how much more bhp do you reckon thats given you?

Well, from the feel of it, bearing in mind no NOS is being used in the video, I reckon I have gained about 25 to 30bhp.

Shall find out for sure tomorrow I suppose as I rough guess that my car was around the 240bhp mark before I installed the water/meth.

So with NOS and water/ booze - what's your guess?

So with NOS and water/ booze - what's your guess?

I'm going to say 270bhp. I'm seriously considering running it without the NOS to get a real-world power output idea.

That's....not slow!

Nice.

I'm going to say 270bhp. I'm seriously considering running it without the NOS to get a real-world power output idea.

How laggy is that kind of power? Getting visions of huge amounts of boost that doesn't kick in till 3,500 rpm.....

Bet it's fun though, either way.

Dunno about Jase's, but on mine - not at all laggy. If anything, it seems that the turbo spools up faster.

With the controller starting its 15% flow at about 0.8BAR and ramping it up to 1.8BAR (max spike 2.1BAR) it's just an uber-smooth rush of power. It comes in with boost, regardless of the rpm.

It's pretty sluggish below 2000rpm. You can see from the vid that I start off around 20mph and feed in the throttle. Once at 30mph in 2nd I'm over 2000rpm and that's when I hoof it WOT and it picks up very nicely. Nowadays I try to pottle along at 1500rpm generally. The car pulls fine at that revs, but if I need power for some reason, it needs to be knocked down 2 cogs to get the most. I would say 2500rpm is the kind of revs I like to use WOT from - very little lag and the start of my serious power too.

Heheheh. I'm usually changing UP at 2,500!

if a 250bhp car is scary fast to you Bas then god knows how you'd cope with a proper car!!

would it be worth fitting one these kits to the standard SMIC?

if a 250bhp car is scary fast to you Bas then god knows how you'd cope with a proper car!!

now, now matey - be nice:). Your opinions on anything Fabia are well-known..

Perhaps "mental" is a better description.

Have handled my share of powerful cars in my time...

looking good jase.... the speed of movement of that right hand needle is very impressive.....

now, now matey - be nice:). Your opinions on anything Fabia are well-known..

Perhaps "mental" is a better description.

Have handled my share of powerful cars in my time...

i didn't say anything about the fabia :P