Hi guys,

I'm a long time skoda fan and have owned 4 Fabia VRS in the past and love them to bits! Looking to buy my 5th now and finally have some fun on it with remaps and stuff. So I have a couple of questions for those that have experience in this area. Looking for the custom remap to get as much as I can out of it. From what I can see Jabbasport seem to be the make of choice and are offering up 170-180bhp custom remaps, with the torque going up to around the 300 mark.

1) First off, before I take the plunge what is peoples' experience with the remaps?

2) How does it affect fuel economy from stock? I'm quite an enthusiastic VRS driver so its not going to be driven softly....

3) Any comparisons between it to the Octavia VRS 170bhp CR diesel in terms of power and general feel?

Cheers

having driven my brothers Jabba mapped Fabia vrs, 176bhp, it goes well, and the fuel consumption is as good as standard if just driving normally

No change in mpg. Been in a jabba mapped one and that was nice. Pulled to the red line. Same with revo. Only thing to consider is the clutch and flywheel.

Only thing to consider is the clutch and flywheel.

And the turbo. Even the most recent vRS's are now pushing on towards 3 years old and although I have read about people who have remapped higher mileage cars without issues, more often you read about clutch, DMF and turbo failures.

Given the truly stupid used values of vRS's I'd be tempted by an Octi II vRS rather than a Fabia vRS as an '06 with about the same miles on aren't that different in price these days.

I have a standard fabia vrs, my mate has an Octavia vrs cr170 and we both agree that there is next to nothing in it performance wise ( although as a place to sit on long journeys I would choose his Octy all day long ) I would have thought that a re-mapped Fabia vrs would out perform a standard Octavia vrs cr170, but I stand to be corrected on that!

Kirk

assuming I was to chip an 07 fabia with about 30k on it - worst case scenario I blow the turbo, clutch, etc.... what sort of ££ damage is that to fix?

assuming I was to chip an 07 fabia with about 30k on it - worst case scenario I blow the turbo, clutch, etc.... what sort of ££ damage is that to fix?

turbo repairs can be upwards of £1k to repair, depending on the damage caused, but if you do regular oil changes and let the turbo cool down after a run it should last longer, may not even fail at all, there have been remapped cars on here with over 100k miles on them

clutches and flywheels have come down in price recently, still relatively expensive though, but these can also last too, if you drive sensibly and not use full power at silly low revs, then clutch slip shouldn't occur, obviously you could ask the remapper to restrict the torque, thus lessening the risk to the clutch

I have mine jabba mapped and its awsome there rearly good guys there, well pleased with my remap but as people said above about the probs that can happen after mapping (which tbh is no surprise running the extra power)

And a mapped fabia will leave a standard octy diesel for dead lol due to the weight etc lol

Edited 31 December, 200916 yr by chrisw_vrs

My remap was done by Angel Tuning. It does give quite a bit more shove and it seems to like revving higher. In real world driving it doesn't seem much more nimble off the lights but for overtaking, in gear acceleration etc it's great. Had one or two times when I stuck the right foot down and the clutch seemed to slip (so all the people here who say you need to consider an uprated clutch as part of the remap costs are right). MPG has not been affected as far as I can see. Mine also seems to wheeze a bit when doing high revs at higher speeds, almost as if it's running out of air.

But overall, glad I did it, I was getting a bit bored and looking at changing the car, the remap was a cost effective way of getting the thrills back

Edited 2 January, 201016 yr by PeteVRS

On a remap of 170-180bhp/300lbsft you will not damage the turbo as long as you treat the car properly............

• Warm the car up to start with. Remember that even though the temp gauge may say that it has hit warm, the engine oil will not be anywhere near up to optimum temp.
  
• You must stay off boost when the engine is cold. This is where fitting a boost gauge comes in very handy.
  
• Do not give it the beans at low revs. You should be ideally above 2200rpm before flooring it, otherwise change down a gear.
  
• Ideally you could do to cool the turbo down. This just means staying off boost for the last few minutes of your journey.
  

Follow these rules and you can drive it like a complete slag the rest of the time without fear of causing damage (unless you are extremely unlucky)!

With regards to your clutch it will depend on the map. The higher the torque, the more likely the chance of slippage.

I'd highly advise getting a remap as it honestly gives the vRS a new lease of life. The amount of mid range power is awesome and will bring a smile to your face every time.

Fuel economy, even on mine (overfuelling due to larger injectors), is still very good. I see 50+mpg on a motor way run and 30+mpg on town driving at normal speeds. Foot to the floor this drops considerably though!!!