Does the regular Fabia TSI have the same suspension as the vRS?

Or does the vRS have the "sport chassi" that you can add to the Fabia TSI?

Does parts for the suspension/anti roll bars from the vRS fit the TSI with/without sport chassi?

What is the real difference between the regular chassi and the sport chassi? Is it just diffrent springs or is the whole shocks absorber diffrent?

The chassis is identical, the vRS gets the sport suspension that you can add to the TSI. Lower and slightly stiffer springs, and firmer dampers.

And yes, you could put the vRS springs, dampers and roll bars on a TSI

Edited 16 November, 201213 yr by Mike Wrightson

The chassis is identical, the vRS gets the sport suspension that you can add to the TSI. Lower and slightly stiffer springs, and firmer dampers.

And yes, you could put the vRS springs, dampers and roll bars on a TSI

Ah thanks for the information.

In that case anything that fits the vRS can be bolted onto the TSI. I added the sport chassi to my TSI so lets see how it feels..

I will have half the power of the vRS but i hope it will feel somewhat like a gocart

Wouldn't get your hopes up too high, the standard vRS chassis set up in my opinion is a little woeful, not utterly terrible but way behind the best hot hatches; the engine, gearbox and general packaging did enough for me to make up for it.

Still to be fair the 1.2 TSi (assuming 105ps) has 75ps less so probably won't overwhelm the chassis anything like as much.

Wouldn't get your hopes up too high, the standard vRS chassis set up in my opinion is a little woeful, not utterly terrible but way behind the best hot hatches; the engine, gearbox and general packaging did enough for me to make up for it.

Still to be fair the 1.2 TSi (assuming 105ps) has 75ps less so probably won't overwhelm the chassis anything like as much.

Yeah ive understood that from reading around here on the forum.

But as you also say i even have the small TSI engine with less than half of the power of the vRS and im not a F1 driver either. So i think the "sport chassi" will be good enought for me for some time. But its always nice to know the options if i want to chane anything

To be fair, I don't think Skoda were ever aiming to beat the best hot hatches, those cars tend to be very focussed and can be very uncomfortable to live with every day. What Skoda built was a small fast hatch that was comfortable enough to live with, and they are very good at doing this.

The 1.2 would be great fun with the sport suspension and some decent tyres, in fact my "custom built" car would be an 1.2 TSI 105 SE with sport suspension, 16" wheels, decent tyres and front seats from a Monte Carlo. DSG if you must, but even manual goes well

As you can see, it holds its own against a stock Mk1 vRS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4zlgs-k9nc

To be fair, I don't think Skoda were ever aiming to beat the best hot hatches, those cars tend to be very focussed and can be very uncomfortable to live with every day. What Skoda built was a small fast hatch that was comfortable enough to live with, and they are very good at doing this.

The 1.2 would be great fun with the sport suspension and some decent tyres, in fact my "custom built" car would be an 1.2 TSI 105 SE with sport suspension, 16" wheels, decent tyres and front seats from a Monte Carlo. DSG if you must, but even manual goes well

As you can see, it holds its own against a stock Mk1 vRS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4zlgs-k9nc

I totally agree with you. If you look at the price for a vRS and the fact that you actually can drive the kids to school and go shopping in it, while also going for track days makes it a very good allround car. Sure there are better cars focused on track days but they surely loose in other fields.

I actually added both the sport chassi and the sport package. My car will have the monte carlo seats except the red stiching.

I might go for a remap spring 2013 if i feel like i need more power. But i think this will be OK for quite some time.

My previous car was a Saab 9000 2.3T A50 with 250hp, but it also weighed 1500kg. But now i wanted a smaller, more economic and newer car and thats why i bought the fabia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4zlgs-k9nc

Can I ask where that road is?

It's the climb up to the Hartside Cafe near Penrith in Cumbria

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=A686&daddr=A686&hl=en&ll=54.743352,-2.579041&spn=0.07293,0.155354&sll=54.760838,-2.5599&sspn=0.036449,0.077677&geocode=FTQXQwMdCkvY_w%3BFRi6QwMdEBLZ_w&t=h&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=14&z=13

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I've got a question. Since the regular TSI chassis is identical to the vRS, TSI parts should fit the other way around. I'm thinking of getting another set of dampers as I, as many others, find the standard suspension lacking. 

 

I know a lot of people have gone the B8 route. My goal is ride comfort, less crashiness as the roads around here are horrid. A lower, stiffer car isn't what I'm after, I rarely or never really push the car to its handling limits and I'd rather never have worry about ride height over bumps. I just want dampers that absorb better, so B6 or even B4? 

 

I've looked at the online catalogue, and it only lists B8 dampers for the vRS, but after finding this thread I should be able to order B6 or B4 dampers for a 1.2 TSI. Right?

 

Also, are the springs part of the problem, or should better dampers and OEM springs make it ride smoother?

 

I apologise if I'm incoherent, my son thought the day started at 03.40. Should probably wait until I've fit the 195/55/R15 winter wheels and see if it's the 205/40/R17s that messes my day up.