Using the VCDS you can avtivate the ABS pump which helps with bleeding the brakes and that's why it saves you lots of time

Another vote for 312mm brakes - my vRS vastly improved with them over the stock 288mm.

Perhaps a stopping distance test at the next track day to test Matty's and Daves

Another vote for 312mm brakes - my vRS vastly improved with them over the stock 288mm.

Perhaps a stopping distance test at the next track day to test Matty's and Daves

 

That's actually a great idea, provided you have the same rubber on that is

Dave can always give Matty his two back ones and vice versa!

Matty will have road tyres, not cheating track day tyres

Haha. Challenge accepted... but with no cheating track tyres...

Matty has the heavy tdi lump though, would that affect the test?

And a saloon rather than an Estate so Dave already has an advantage

Hatch back vs estate. They weigh about the same surely.

Can always stick someone fat in Daves car but I fear we are making this to technically accurate!

Both about 1200kg without driver and fuel I think so pretty fair.

Be interesting to see the results.

Hatch back vs estate. They weigh about the same surely.

Can always stick someone fat in Daves car but I fear we are making this to technically accurate!

Pick me

we'll have to have a chat at coomb If I suffer, and you don't then its directly the fault of my fluid! I may change it before coomb though

 

 

thanks for the input mmmracer, let me know how your next track day goes have you upgraded the fluid?

 

I have been using Penrite Racing brake fluid since I first upgraded my brakes and Penrite Enviro+ oil for the engine.

 

It would nice to run on your tracks over there. On average the tracks here in Oz are narrow and mostly made up of slow speed corners.

I have been using Penrite Racing brake fluid since I first upgraded my brakes and Penrite Enviro+ oil for the engine.

 

It would nice to run on your tracks over there. On average the tracks here in Oz are narrow and mostly made up of slow speed corners.

the last one where my brakes suffered was blyton park.... only 2 point something miles long, BUt three stops from over 100mph to sharp corners... that was tricky....

 

doing castle coomb and nuburgring next month.... coomb has one straight thats about 120mph slow down... and the ring is about 130 mph at some points!

 

doing my fluid soon! lol...

I really would suggest changing the fluid before Combe Dave, it should stop any pedal fade if it's not a pad issue.

Better to test it at Combe than wait intil the ring, IMO.

lol... true. I've ordered the parts, as long as bleeding brakes is the same as it used to be "in the olden days" I will get it done

Did you too both **** the bed or something?

You do know it's Saturday?

Got to get up early to catch the FGFs before they are snapped up!

I'm, at work sparkly, just got in now 22;17 hows that for a bloody long day?! no weekends or bank holidays for us in the emercancy services :(

 

anyway, my wierd blue brake fluid arrived today

 

not convinced my car is right though.... just feels  'off' ... hmmmm

 

anyway.... on cold start there is NO hunting of revs (which there always was aslong as I can remember) and none of the "race car" burble on start up, just starts, and runs smooth at about 1,100 revs until its warmed a bit.....

As far as I know you shouldn't pump the pedal when bleeding the brakes on these cars. (The mk1 in particular) it can damage the seal on the master cylinder. Happened to chris's octavia

:0 dont tell me that! so it HAS to be done by VCDS (or whatever the initials are!)

 

 

but then the fluid says "not to be usedon road cars" lol....

:0 dont tell me that! so it HAS to be done by VCDS (or whatever the initials are!)

 

 

but then the fluid says "not to be usedon road cars" lol....

Believe it is entirely legal, it just needs much more frequent changes.

I'd recommend a VCDS fluid change, saves the master cylinder seal and also makes sure the system is clear and you aren't mixing your fluids.

Believe it is entirely legal, it just needs much more frequent changes.

I'd recommend a VCDS fluid change, saves the master cylinder seal and also makes sure the system is clear and you aren't mixing your fluids.

VCDS and an Eezibleed iirc

When chris changed my fluid we just used an eezibleed.

The only reason super blue isn't strictly road legal is because of the blue colouring they use.

And being blue you know when it's bled through completely

sharkrider,   there is an issue if when you start it from cold & it does not go to 1,100 & drop to 800 rpm within 40 seconds.

 

 

Toxicvrs,

 re Published weight, hatch and estate.

 

Skoda and Salespeople & Motoring Journalists, told you in 2010 that the estate was 5 kg lighter than the hatch. (published kerb weight.)

Hatch 1,243 kg,  Estate 1,238 kg for both as the Kerb Weight.

 

then they corrected that in 2013 for the Estate and it turned out to be 70 kg heavier. 1313 kg.

Now they republished & revised the Kerb Weights of the Hatch and the Estate in 2014, and they made the hatch 1318 kg,  

again 5 kg heavier than the Estate.

 

Actually if you have an Estate & Hatch sitting Fueled and side by side, but take the rear Ballast weights off the Hatch,

it will be 95 kg lighter than the Estate.

Edited 24 August, 201411 yr by goneoffSKi

it does exactly what your first line says george,,,,, and its smooth now, not lumply like it always was before....

 

I'll do the fluid the old fashioned way, dont want to be stressing Jason with it on the morning of castle coombe, I'm sure me and swmbo can cope without knacering it up, not like we are going to snap bleed nipples off right?! lol...

Better keep those nipples not bleeding