Rob's 2004 Octavia vRS

[RobClubley]

I LOVE the diff - should be standard.

The turbo - it has more power but it's still not tuned properly - a combination of Ben being really busy and me not having time/balls to do 3rd gear logging runs

Just floored it past a Jag from the lights and it set off, held back, traction control flashed, big bang and it set off like a rocket.

Not sure if that was the traction control getting confused and cutting power or the turbo stalling or something :( I couldn't repeat it anyway.

[Lady Elanore]

I stand by earlier comments. I think the only bit of you car that is still a Skoda is the badge and even then I'm not sure it's still OE

 

Hope all this whizz bang doesn't scare the baby Kiwis

[skud vrs]

Has he raised the limiter. I know mine will do around 125mph in 3rd now.

Glad its running well.

[RobClubley]

Result! I just discovered that there's a local place (36km from me) who can tune my ECU, have a dyno and seem to know what they're doing.

I would love to stick with Shark if possible and really appreciate Ben's time and effort but this is a much more practical option given time zones, legality of logging runs etc.

 

Went and had a good chat with them today. Snapped this on the way:

 

[TERKIN]

I LOVE the diff - should be standard.

The turbo - it has more power but it's still not tuned properly - a combination of Ben being really busy and me not having time/balls to do 3rd gear logging runs

Just floored it past a Jag from the lights and it set off, held back, traction control flashed, big bang and it set off like a rocket.

Not sure if that was the traction control getting confused and cutting power or the turbo stalling or something :( I couldn't repeat it anyway.

ive done tht a few times when i forget to hit the asr button lol bang is massive lol so normal

 

and some good new on the mapping

[RobClubley]

Close!

 

[TERKIN]

i never noticed your fake wide mouth before :wonder: looks amazing why am i jealous mines red to :think:

[RobClubley]

i never noticed your fake wide mouth before :wonder: looks amazing why am i jealous mines red to :think:

 

Yeah I had to take my Germanplates.com Euro plates off as they're fining people for having them. Basically NZ Plates have a monopoly and you have to go to them and pay about 250 quid just to get your plate in a European style (it costs them 25 quid to have them made).

It didn't look right half red and half black:

 

[Cossie1]

i never noticed your fake wide mouth before :wonder: looks amazing why am i jealous mines red to :think:

 

No, yours is Pink

[TERKIN]

Yeah I had to take my Germanplates.com Euro plates off as they're fining people for having them. Basically NZ Plates have a monopoly and you have to go to them and pay about 250 quid just to get your plate in a European style (it costs them 25 quid to have them made).

It didn't look right half red and half black:

 

ah ok, looks good

[TERKIN]

No, yours is Pink

i already proved its red!!!

[Cossie1]

i already proved its red!!!

[TERKIN]

god dam troll

[RobClubley]

Hmm now what?

 

[Lady Elanore]

This is going to sound a bit weird, but when I first saw the picture on my teeny laptop screen I though I was looking at 3 bags of a certain herbal substance Where's me glasses?

[RobClubley]

This is going to sound a bit weird, but when I first saw the picture on my teeny laptop screen I though I was looking at 3 bags of a certain herbal substance Where's me glasses?

 

Haha yeah I can totally see that, looking at it again on my laptop screen.

[Dark_Hero]

Any problems give me a shout

[RobClubley]

New rear seats arrived today. They're Recaros out of a V6 4Motion Golf. Only disadvantage is that they have a lap belt in the centre instead of a 3 point belt.

 

 

When I opened the package I was a bit concerned.

 

 

 

I broke out the old IKEA leather cleaning and feeding kit.

 

The came up lovely!

 

[mitsakosgt]

Good job Rob!!!!

I an now cleaning mine prior installation....

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[RobClubley]

Ohhh this is hilarious. A mate is looking to get some LCR Brembos and has found some with no discs or carriers.

He got these prices from the local dealer:

 

 

I've heard back from spain and they are ridiculously priced.

The prices are retail excluding gst. I can give 15% off these only as we don't get much to work with

on seat parts. They must be super special.

Disc 1ML615301     $3927.00 ea

Carrier 1ML615421     $3535.80 ea

 

Disc 1ML615301     $3927.00 ea = 2027 GBP (100 GBP each at Euro Car Parts)

Carrier 1ML615421     $3535.80 ea = 1,825 GBP (300 quid a pair on Ebay)

 

What are they smoking?

[RobClubley]

666 Likes on the Facebook!

 

[mitsakosgt]

666 Likes on the Facebook!

 

 

 

I wish I had a facebook account so I can give you one more.....Its worth it!!!!!

[RobClubley]

South Island in the background.

 

[group1rs]

Any regrets about emigrating ? I doubt it !

[RobClubley]