My dad got one as a courtesy car from the dealer today. Said it was pretty quick and quite nice. He didn't realise it was a 2 litre until he got out and looked at the badge. I've never heard of/ seen one before, thought the biggest petrol engine was the 1.4.

Got quite excited then looked at the specs and the bhp is 115 and 0-60 in 10 sec, so not exactly fast but must be a load of tunning potential there. 115bhp doesn't seem a lot for a 2 litre.

Anyone on here got one?:drive1:

I'm pretty sure the 2.0 is the same 8v unit in the Superb.

Neil - when I came to buy my fabia, the 1.4 16v was the "fastest" available - IIRC, the 2 litre had been withdrawn for Skoda to make some tweaks or something...

The 2.0 is the same engine as offered in the 'non turbo' Golf GTi (and MK 3 8v Gti) , so there should be plenty of engine hot-up parts for it.

Skoda's 0-60 times and BHP figures are well out anyway! The TDi is a good 1 to 1.5 secs quiker than Skoda says and suposidly has as much as 115 bhp! I suspect the car is slightly quicker and would be great fun. It is consitently in the back of Top Gear the 2 litre beats all the other top of the range superminis

I would have got the 2 litre if it had been available at the time...

Anyone got any ideas why it "vanished" for a while? (calling Big K...)

It's never vanished over here, but it's only available in Elegance spec at a price reasonably approaching that of the future RS.

Yes, it's "only" 115 hp but as it's an 8v it has a sweet amount of low torque, as opposed to modern 16v engines. These get their superior horsepower purely through delivering the same torque at higher revs. The 8v feels very punchy and you wouldn't tell it's only 115 hp in the useful rev range - or so I've heard.

Its a good engine with plenty of "old school " tuning potential but you'd only get it up to around 150bhp, unless you spend serious amounts of money.

Better off with a TDi really (but then i'm biased of course!)

old skool and 150 bhp, reminds me of the Black Primera GT I had, 150Bhp from a 16v block. I loved that car till these dam PD engines came out, still hand the handling over the Golfs, but sold her for the Octy...

Engines the same as in the 2.0 Octavia from 1999 onwards, I was pleased with mine its load of low down torque, and a good alrounder but it not a sporty engine. The 1.8T is a completely different story. The 2.0 engine first appeared in the Octavia then the Fabia followed by the Superb.

It used to be fitted in the Passat but that ws droped after a short period for VW's new 2.0 unit as fitted in the Audi I beieve.

The Enigine is that fitted to the original new beettle and extensively used in th US, It was probably used by Skoda as it meet the strict US emission regs. When introduced in the Octavia in late 1999 it replaced the non Turbo 1.8 20V in the Octavia.

John

The 2.0 litre was available when I got my TDI (June 2001)

I didn't fancy it due to higher tax / consumption etc etc, and the TDI was nearly as quick and cheaper too.

8v engines really are great, my old ZX 1.9 was really gutsy, struggled to find another 8v in 98, till I found the little Saxo VTR - knew that next time I would not be able to find an 8v head, so leapt to 20v (which, without turbo, is a really peaky engine) but the turbo replaces that low down torque I enjoyed with 8v engines.

Ok thats for the info guys, I'm going to see if I can get a go in one:drive1:

Neil,

Fancy trading the Micra for one and making it a 2 Skoda household?

Ermmm Ummmm...

Maybe. Can't see me selling the micra for at least another year, no real reson as its 4 yrs old this August, coming up to 20K and I've not driven a car that goes better around town, where I do all my driving to and from uni.

Been thinking waht I would exchange it for and it would almost certainly be VAG, ethier an Ibiza or Leon or the 2.0 Fabia. My favorite car at the moment is the Leon Cupra R, with the RS a near second, bit heavy around town though.:drive1:

Read this on Auto Express about the 1.4 TDi Fabia. I would be interseted to see how that car performs but it also comes with a CD player according to Auto-Express. It's about time that Skoda has woken up to offering CD players as standard! I can't believe heated seats are in the elegance but no CD! Fabia 1.4TDi

Its meant to be a cracking little engine the 1.4TDi.

Tried to persuade my mom to get one in her new Polo, but she went for the 1.4 petrol!

BTW Jabba can remap this engine too!

:offtopic: apologies neilrs!

Drove the 1.4TDI fabia hatch earlier this month in CZ its fun and performs well although a little noisy but it has 3 cyliners I believe. The Fabia RS was better though especially in 3rd gear

Only drove it on country roads - I expect its best on dual / motorways.

CD is probably a UK hangup - I saw a Fabia 1.9TDI Saloon with black leather and sat nav alloy wheels etc etc. now that was some motor - shame the UK get basic Fabia saloons as IMHO its the best proportioned of the bunch.

John

John,

Any more details about the Fabia vRS - unless you've already posted about it!

Thanks.

Originally posted by FabiaTDi in this post

John,

Any more details about the Fabia vRS - unless you've already posted about it!

Thanks.

Just about to post some pictures on another thread - was going to do it some time ago but my ftp to my Briskoada web space is out of action (reported to Colin), so gave up.

the Fabia RS is a great drive especially 3rd gear action as I mentioned, its 6 speed and the CZ model I believe had Xeons, iteriors nice reversed colour seats to Octavia RS - rear spoiler is only slightly larger than standard. Pics tell the story. IMHO yellow does not suit it I think it would have to be black.

John

Mmmmm.... Xenons!

Looking forward to seeing the pics you took.

John,

If you want some ftp space drop me a PM

My girlfriends got the 2.0L in her new beetle (2 wks old, but yellow-yuck!). I've also driven the 2.0L Fabia- bit quicker than the beetle due to the lack of weight I guess!

Anyway, Beetle goes well, but no where near as quick as the TDI in my Fabia. My sisters just bought a New beetle too with the TDI in it, be interesting to see how it goes in the heavier Beetle.

Do any men buy the Beetle thing? :p

Nick

Some men do.... but my girlfriend and I are quite happy with the Skoda

Anyway, Fabia 2 Litre - £ for £, I'd buy the 100PD any day.

The crucial factor in ease of tuning is having a TURBO engine - petrol or diesel.

Get lots of air and fuel in. up the boost, away you go.