Hello All,

Make sure you check out EVO magazine and read about the worlds fastest Skoda at Bonneville.

227.080mph record taken in a 2.0 TSI Octavia!

Enjoy!!

Old News

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Old News

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It might be 'old news' although it looks like it is the owner of the Bonneville car who has made the post so don't knock him!

Any more info that can be posted without reading the mag itself?

My dropped on the mat yesterday - not read it in detail but it looks to be a great article.

Yep, read my copy of Evo yesturday, Also an end of tearm report on there Yeti.

Has anyone watched the video ? , its awesome to hear the wheels spin up when the boost arrives in each gear

Octavia Vrs is a bit misleading. Vrs body with the rest changed for high performance parts. You could have styck those parts in an Austin Allegro & done the same speed! Not knocking the Vrs but its hardly a perfirmance car, just a mildly powerful hack that is cheaper than the rest.

Octavia Vrs is a bit misleading. Vrs body with the rest changed for high performance parts. You could have styck those parts in an Austin Allegro & done the same speed! Not knocking the Vrs but its hardly a perfirmance car, just a mildly powerful hack that is cheaper than the rest.

Actually most of the parts were changed down for the Greenline parts, gearbox, wheels, brakes etc.

The upgrades were the bigger turbo and the second fuel rail etc.

Body on the Facelift Octavia is one of the most aerodynamic in the VW stable (lowest Cd). Octavia2 FL makes 150.5 mph (242 kph) as standard (200 hp)which is quicker than the 210 hp variants in Golf, Leon, and A3 with 210 hp becuase the shape is better and therefore more suited to the Bonneville speed record attempt.

A standard TSI VRS can be remapped, costing around £500, to hit a geniune 160 mph (between 165 and 170 mph with a really good set up one). Not bad for a car that costs less than £20K include the mod.

All "family" cars of less than £40K are relatively slow accelerating compared to "proper" performance cars which need 400 hp plus to be proper quick ie 0-60 in 4 seconds or less. Averagely wealthy people can do the working man thing of having a motorcycle and have 0-60 in 3.5s for £5K.

Edited 16 September, 201114 yr by lol

Actually most of the parts were changed down for the Greenline parts, gearbox, wheels, brakes etc.

The upgrades were the bigger turbo and the second fuel rail etc.

Body on the Facelift Octavia is one of the most aerodynamic in the VW stable (lowest Cd). Octavia2 FL makes 150.5 mph (242 kph) as standard (200 hp)which is quicker than the 210 hp variants in Golf, Leon, and A3 with 210 hp becuase the shape is better and therefore more suited to the Bonneville speed record attempt.

A standard TSI VRS can be remapped, costing around £500, to hit a geniune 160 mph (between 165 and 170 mph with a really good set up one). Not bad for a car that costs less than £20K include the mod.

All "family" cars of less than £40K are relatively slow accelerating compared to "proper" performance cars which need 400 hp plus to be proper quick ie 0-60 in 4 seconds or less. Averagely wealthy people can do the working man thing of having a motorcycle and have 0-60 in 3.5s for £5K.

I've heard that a remapped vrs is still pulling at 160 too!

I've heard that a remapped vrs is still pulling at 160 too!

I guess you mean indicated, so could be 'flat out' at indicated 170-175mph which could be about 160mph genuine.

Octavia Vrs is a bit misleading. Vrs body with the rest changed for high performance parts. You could have styck those parts in an Austin Allegro & done the same speed! Not knocking the Vrs but its hardly a perfirmance car, just a mildly powerful hack that is cheaper than the rest.

Why an Allegro :think:

I watched a great documentary a couple of nights ago about the Arfons brothers land speed attempts at bonneiville in the mid 60's. One of the brothers Art got hold of a trashed jet engine from a airforce bomber, fixed it in his shed, build the green monster car in his shed and then took record at 601mph. Crashed on his last run @ 610mph and walked away... Amazing worth a YouTube search

I watched a great documentary a couple of nights ago about the Arfons brothers land speed attempts at bonneiville in the mid 60's. One of the brothers Art got hold of a trashed jet engine from a airforce bomber, fixed it in his shed, build the green monster car in his shed and then took record at 601mph. Crashed on his last run @ 610mph and walked away... Amazing worth a YouTube search

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Awesome! Those guys knew no fear (or if they did they were man enough not to let it show). Art's Green Monster only failed due to the wheel bearing failing and melting to the axel resulting in complete wheel distruction. Well I guess it was only designed to do 400mph and that's what happens if you do 600+. Apparently they found parts of his car 4.5miles away from the crash site!

So amazing that he survived that unscathed. One truly lucky guy.

As usual what is thought to be brave by a car driver is dwarfed by the bravery, some would say insanity, of the motorcycle speed record attempts.

See this and wonder just how cheap life was to some. Death or Glory....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rollie_Free,_record_run.jpg

Edited 20 September, 201114 yr by lol