Hi guys....my names Phil and i have just got myself a nice wee fabia! I'm 22 and from Aberdeen in Scotland, thought i would come and introduce myself to you guys and let you see my previous cars

Firstly started with a 1.0 litre mk5 polo, which was swiftly written off so then i went and got myself another mk5 polo, but this time a 1.4 8v......buuuuuut the engine was equally crap, so bit the bullet and me and the old man carried out a full GTI conversion on her, Loved this car and miss it loaaaaadds :thumbdwn:

Heres the Polo

Then i bought a Corrado VR6 (which just got sold on sunday ) Loved this thing, but i cant lay any claim to the styling of it,was done by a lad jamie over in northern ireland

Heres the Rad

And then, well i always wanted to try something jap! so i turned to the dark side and got myself an MR2 Turbo imported from Japan....the thing is a bit of an animal i have to say. Not too much done to it to be honest, RR'd at 250bhp and ran a quarter mile time of 13.5secs extremely quick car as standard....0-60 of 5.2secs. Was going to concentrate on this, but it just wasnt practical enough and wasnt getting the use t deserved pottering to and from work etc Still got it, but it should be gone this friday i would imagine.

Heres the MR2 :P

Soooooo now this leads me on to the new fabia! I'm sure most of you will know the car, I done a straight swap with Stuart Hatch....my corrado VR6 for his fabia I just needed something that was economical and wasnt going to cost a fortune to run....but i still wanted somethng that looked good!

There we have it.....future plans?? welllll..... going from a 250bhp mr2 turbo to a 65bhp skoda fabia, i have noticed its a little bit too slow for me :P So this year will hopefully see a cheeky wee engine conversion will keep things simple, most likely a VRS engine/gearbox to the tune of about 180bhp should suffice.

Cheers for reading guys and hope you like

Edited 18 August, 200916 yr by Dee-vub

Can i just ask why the picts dont come up on this forum? just comes with the link??? kind of annoying :S

Cool looking motors mate ,and welcome to the site .

i can see them fine:confused:

nice history and you have a very nice fabia too,but don't do a vrs conversion,that fabia deserves way more than diesel miediocrity,20v it

Welcome to Briskoda

Any thoughts on lowering the Fabia at all ?

i can see them fine:confused:

nice history and you have a very nice fabia too,but don't do a vrs conversion,that fabia deserves way more than diesel miediocrity,20v it

Can you??? Oh :confused: Everywhere iv looked on the forum, all i can see is the link....the picutres arent automatically appearing. Maybe just me :thumbdwn:

Yeh well i was thinking 20vt, i'v always been keen on doing it to a wee hatch.....but im not sure how difficult it would be :S Being a diesel n all...what complications are there from doing a diesel to petrol conversion?? And how hard would it be plumbing in a 20vt? Thats why i was thinking on just going down the vRS route, its diesel and will just drop straight in very easily

@ brimma, could do with a couple more mm i have to say eh :P

Welcome to Briskoda

Davy

Very nice, both past & present! What about lowering it a little more and adding a snow plough attachment? That way, you could go straight thro any speed ramps!

Very nice, both past & present! What about lowering it a little more and adding a snow plough attachment? That way, you could go straight thro any speed ramps!

Aw yeh, i forgot to mention that bit in my 'future plans' :P

Welcome

This Fabia is crying out for something special to be dropped in the engine bay! Do us all proud and go with the 20v!!

:happyface Lol. Well, good luck to ya.

Look forward to seeing the development piccies on here. :bigshock:

:rice:

This Fabia is crying out for something special to be dropped in the engine bay! Do us all proud and go with the 20v!!

Ditto! :thumbup:

20vt should drop in pretty easy dude, same as the polo gti / ibiza 1.8t

Few more pics:

How it all started:

wow stuart....scary to see how much its changed!!!!!!

With regards to the 20vt, is the platform of the ibiza and polo the same ie, would it be same engine and gearbox mounts?

what would be required, flushing of tank and lines of deisel, obviously change the fuel pump, engine, gearbox, loom, ecu, clocks? just regular stuff??

I would rather it was all just plug and play so i can just do it all myself....like when i converted my mk5 polo 1.4 8v to GTI, it was all drop in and plug n play....all i had to do was get my key coded at VW....job done.

Thanks for the kind welcome peeps, really really happy with the car

Yeah, same platform. Skoda were given it first to showcase what they could do. And of course it won all the awards when first launched back in 2000.

Oh.....and welcome to Brisky! Lol

Edited 18 August, 200916 yr by Beryls Chief Pilot
typo

Welcome :wave:

Nice history, liking your taste

You've bought a stunning looking Fabia there - look after her

Steve

Coming to Max Power soon...

I think Stuart got the best deal... mmm... 'raddo VR

Hullo mate.

Pictures usually appear fine for me; I'd suggest checking your browser down-load settings.

Oh and be sure to check out the Scottish members' section.

wow stuart....scary to see how much its changed!!!!!!

With regards to the 20vt, is the platform of the ibiza and polo the same ie, would it be same engine and gearbox mounts?

what would be required, flushing of tank and lines of deisel, obviously change the fuel pump, engine, gearbox, loom, ecu, clocks? just regular stuff??

I would rather it was all just plug and play so i can just do it all myself....like when i converted my mk5 polo 1.4 8v to GTI, it was all drop in and plug n play....all i had to do was get my key coded at VW....job done.

Thanks for the kind welcome peeps, really really happy with the car

i'm currently doing a mk2 20v conversion,i will let you know how easy it is when i'm done doesn't appear to be too hard,and with the fabia the platform allready has a model with that engine in so should be very simple.........in theory:D

i'm currently doing a mk2 20v conversion,i will let you know how easy it is when i'm done doesn't appear to be too hard,and with the fabia the platform allready has a model with that engine in so should be very simple.........in theory:D

Nice one! That would be great if you could keep me updated with regards to that! Maybe stick up a progress thread on it so i can keep tabs on it :P Not too much to ask eh