I still think you need a bit more... I converted to the vRS from a remapped Octy 2L PD and was left a bit disappointed. When you can spend about £500 inc a years insurance hikes to get a decent stage 1 remap adding 20%+ more power, I found it a hell of lot better. As above the vRS is a good all-rounder but needs (as far as I'm concerned) a few tweaks to make it even better, and of course everyone has there own opinion on how to achieve it.

You can never have too much, the problem with modifying is that other bits need doing too ideally, so...

Remap: £400

Better Pads or Big Brake Conversion, say £350

Better Shocks, the standard ones don't damp enough and lower springs to help with the body roll. £700 (with fitting)

Anti Lift Kit (WALK) £200 (with fitting)

Rear anti roll bar £200 (with fitting)

Uprated front bushes, the standard ones flex a huge amount giving some very vague feedback at times £200 (with fitting)

Decent tyres £500

Wheel alignment £80

But once this is done then you will have a totally transformed car, which can handle the power upgrade.

Why not just buy a different car ?

The Octavia FL TSI VRS with 200 hp does 15 second standing quarters and over 150 mph, where law allow, and pretty good fuel consumption compared to similar powered cars.

Sits 5 in comfort and has a huge boot.

Tune the hell out of it and you probalby will not get it under 13s standing quarter. It is front wheel drive with a lot of weight over the rear axle.

Want a really quick car, buy something else. Elise, WRX or even a 4 wheel drive TT.

Waiting for the Superb to get a proper 5 or 6 cylinder engine, preferable the 5 cylinder TSI with 300-350 hp. Would be much better than the 3.6L and much better on fuel. 6 to 5.5 second 0-60 and 4 wheel drive, would be good.

Edited 29 May, 201214 yr by lol

It's not my car I'm talking about to be clear. I have an ED30 engine in mine (identical to the S3 variant pretty much) but the car in question has had an S3 engine fitted (I think his original engine failed, like mine). It's making 415bhp with a GT3071R turbo.

Yeah I know it's not yours, unless you've won the lottery recently. The S3 has a much stronger engine then the BWA but I'm still not sure how much torque the bottom end can take, but I've never heard of bent rods on one.

The Octavia FL TSI VRS with 200 hp does 15 second standing quarters and over 150 mph, where law allow, and pretty good fuel consumption compared to similar powered cars.

Sits 5 in comfort and has a huge boot.

Tune the hell out of it and you probalby will not get it under 13s standing quarter. It is front wheel drive with a lot of weight over the rear axle.

If you think 200bhp is enough for the UK then it's probably already too much: I'd sell it and get the diesel 1.6 and spend your money elsewhere. Otherwise, you could realise that for £400 or so you can transfer something that is fun into something mildly hilarious, but only if you have the maturity to realise that power isn't just about Vmax. Contrary to the popular Daily Mail demoghraph, "tuning" your car is not just for the baseball cap brigade.

Well I am 45 and this is the first car I have felt the need to tune.

Standard it did not feel like 197BHP.

Post remap it makes laugh out loud and the increased torque makes it much more flexible.

Most of the time I probably drive more steadily post remap. If you get the chance too goo our in a remap car you will see three ingest difference.

Not interested in 0-60. I am interested in 50 to 70. And that is where it is so much better

Thanks for all your responses. Certainly an interesting topic.

As for buying another, faster car instead of spending on a remap or other mods, it would be difficult to find something with the all round abilities of the Octy without spending so much more.

An S4 springs to mind, but the boot is smaller.

My family have also had two new Audis recently and both have given lots of problems.

I'll stick with mine & may remap once the warranty has expired & funds allow.

Just get it mapped ffs

See myself more as the a Brian O'Connor rather than Dominic Toretto or perhaps more as a Richard B. Riddick

Acceleration, thinking about something that does 0-170 in less than 15 seconds.

Yes 200 hp is about enough, but only in a motorcycle.

For a car, four wheel drive and more like a thousand hp is about right.

Edited 30 May, 201214 yr by lol

Just had my new CR remapped. After having a pre FL petrol the CR felt underpowered to me too, I agree with what lots of others have said, I recon its equal to the TFSI now. I think 200 to 220 is fine for NORMAL UK driving on a front wheel drive car unless your a real speed enthusiast. There is always something faster on the road. The torque is obviously the important bit. As for further mods the ones that keeps popping up is rear ARB, shocks and 4 wheel alignment. Is the factory wheel allotment that bad, have many people experienced issues with it as it seems a cheap thing to check and solve?

I can only speak for myself but the four wheel alignment I had done changed the handling of my car quite markedly. With the heavy Neptunes and general unsprung weight in the suspension it is still not good on bumpy surfaces but the handling improved by miles. I don't know whether it improved road-holding at the limit because I don't drive there but it feels really solid at normal fast A and B road speeds.

Ditto mine. Had a proper alignment done at Wheels in Motion in Chesham when the car was 6 months old due to a slightly off-centre steering wheel caused by poor alignment.

From that moment to now, the car drives much more smoothly and feels more stable. Steering wheel is now perfectly central too.

Whiteline anti lift kit , ups the ante , best mod i have made so far .....4 wheel aligment is a must. Usually get mine checked every 6 months or so. Having friendly wheel aligment garage really helps.

Back onto topic, 200 bhp is not really enough .......especially when vaxhaul corsa's , renault clio's and cars of that ilk are pushing around the 200bhp mark standard. VRs's should be able to at least keep up if not surpass those cars standard. The octavia's chassis can easily handle a stage 1 or stage 2 remap with a few choice updates in suspension. A good handling car is not powerful enough if you don't have to exercise a degree of caution when using that power. IMO of course.

Completely different cars though - with the Octavia you get a comfortable, spacious family lift-back saloon. A Corsa VXR is a properly quick car, but it's bone-jaringly harsh! And have you seen the interior of a Clio!?

You also have to remember Skoda's and in particular the Octavia vRS's place within the Grand Scheme Of VAG™...

Completely different cars though - with the Octavia you get a comfortable, spacious family lift-back saloon. A Corsa VXR is a properly quick car, but it's bone-jaringly harsh! And have you seen the interior of a Clio!?

You also have to remember Skoda's and in particular the Octavia vRS's place within the Grand Scheme Of VAG™...

Agree to a point but equally the VRS should stand out a bit more as it's not an "Elegance" after all so don't mind it being a harder ride, on bigger wheels etc... Similar to how a Corsa Life is a dullard economical car that Nun's drive and the VXR is completely different, should be the same with the different models of Octavia really....

Too true about different class of cars , but on the road, track ( if you do so ) it does not count for much. It's all about the traffic light grandprix or motorway hussle. Those of us who have bought VRs, bought it for all the practical reasons , but above all the perfomance. So it's important to be competitive with cars around the same sort of power or badge type. It's also nice to embarass cars percieved to be better or quicker. The Skoda badge still has a way to climb in the percieved hieracy stakes ...!

Too true about different class of cars , but on the road, track ( if you do so ) it does not count for much. It's all about the traffic light grandprix or motorway hussle. Those of us who have bought VRs, bought it for all the practical reasons , but above all the perfomance. So it's important to be competitive with cars around the same sort of power or badge type. It's also nice to embarass cars percieved to be better or quicker. The Skoda badge still has a way to climb in the percieved hieracy stakes ...!

which is where a remap is amusing. I'm sure most A4 / 3 series drivers believe their cars actually possess enough power to break free of the earths gravitational pull.

Not going to start a new thread but any recommendations of tuners around the Swindon area? Everyone says Shark but that is a bit of distance away!

With shark you can just get the sts, and install yourself! Look at the revo website to find your local dealer. Look at the performance section for others.