Hi everyone how can I make my car go faster,it's a diesel octavia vrs,it has already had a bluefin fitted,just wondering if there's anything else I could do to improve performance. Cheers John. .

Read the "Racing and Advanced Driving" sub-forum above?

What kind of Faster?

 Better Acceleration, higher top speed, & for the track or the road.

 

Cheapest performance modification is make it lighter.

Easiest way to go faster is put the throttle down and do not lose traction, it is probably already good for 120 mph plus

if the engine is all serviced and running well.

Request to Mods to move it to the relevant Octi section where there are probably lots of suitable threads already.

Weight reduction will net you massive gains, other than that you are getting into the dark and murky world of turbocharging, possibly an upgrade and a decent map plus more efficient intercooling could do the trick.

Drive a very underpowered car for a week and then get back in the vRS.  It'll feel like a rocket ship in comparison.

Hybrid turbo / bigger turbo

Fmic

Uprated clutch

Decent exhaust

Remap

Look into darkside developments.

Or an easier route would be to sell up and buy a 330/335d bmw or an audi 3.0l tdi of some sorts

Fit a vRS TSI engine and get it mapped LOL......

It all depends how deep your pockets are.

Ad if you've got bottomless pockets, lend it to Bossfox for a year.

My car is used for driving on the road,it's some polish fella who thinks he's the bees knees in work with his seatleon cupra..just want to kick his arse lol..might need to get a different car..does anyone wwon't to swap 2012 octavia blackline white diesel 19000 miles dsg.

easiest weight reduction technique is fold the back seats flat.... All about load per square centimeter

My car is used for driving on the road,it's some polish fella who thinks he's the bees knees in work with his seatleon cupra..just want to kick his arse lol..might need to get a different car..does anyone wwon't to swap 2012 octavia blackline white diesel 19000 miles dsg.

We're not going to advocate street racing (against site rules, and common sense) but if you want a better power/weight than a Leon Cupra, the fastest, cheapest and easiest way is to buy a different car.

My car is used for driving on the road,it's some polish fella who thinks he's the bees knees in work with his seatleon cupra..just want to kick his arse lol..might need to get a different car..does anyone wwon't to swap 2012 octavia blackline white diesel 19000 miles dsg.

 

Being a 2012 you have the CR engine, so a remap will see around 210bhp and a dpf delete and a few little other mods might see 230bhp or so.

Over that it's going to get very expensive, so upgrading to a faster car is far more cost effective.

 

You have to remember what the Octavia VRS diesel is, an A road/M way family car with a bit of extra zip.

A Cupra is designed to have much more zip as standard and is easier to modify to make it quicker too.

Racing stripe

 

http://www.buysend.com/product/29891/3mm-single-stripe-white-10-metres-long-racing-stripes-auto-car-go-faster-tape

 

Paint it red, red ones are faster.

 

And according to one Corsa fanboi, put your rear seats flat. Makes 'em lighter apparently. Obeying the laws of physics are optional in Vauxhall world.

DPF delete would make it MOT failure though?

Thanks for the reply lads ,I'm going to have a look at a cupra r.c if the wife will let me swap.

Another option is to "race" on your terms. Instead of just being faster, make the race about who can get a load from one place to another the quickest, then make sure the load is just slightly too large to fit in his car.

The point being that your car may be slower, but it's has more capabilities. Acknowledge and appreciate it for what it is. If you replace the car for a faster one you are just admitting that his car was the better one.

Anyway, for a faster car:

1. Make sure all systems (engine, gearbox, suspension, brakes) are repaired, maintained, working well, and are capable of meeting the demands placed on them (ie, no cheap brake pads on the track). On an older car this can make a bigger difference than thousands in mods.

2. Good tyres. Even in a drag race, good tyres will improve your performance, and on a road track they are your best value mod.

3. Lose weight. Remove anything you don't need (provided you can put it back without much fuss). Be careful if you decide to remove seats or interior panels as they may contain airbag components.

4. Bolt-on engine mods. Intake, exhaust, tuning, boost increase.

5. Bolton suspension mods. Springs, shocks, small geometry changes.

6. Major surgery.

In addition to No. 4 -

Plastic Bucket Forced Induction Kit from a Clio instead of standard Airbox??

 

Couldn't resist throwing that in too!

In addition to No. 4 -

Plastic Bucket Forced Induction Kit from a Clio instead of standard Airbox??

 

Couldn't resist throwing that in too!

Yeah, of course, but he said bolt on mods not shove on.

I always find if you remove the aerial from the roof it will make the car go about 2% faster due the the wind drag not hitting the aerial and slowing the car down.

 

Also, weight loss is quite good so get some Slimfast drinks poured down the nozzle with your next fill up of Diesel V Power.

 

 

 

 

P.S

 

Don't forget to take of the dust caps to reduce a little more weight

I always find if you remove the aerial from the roof it will make the car go about 2% faster due the the wind drag not hitting the aerial and slowing the car down.

 

Also, weight loss is quite good so get some Slimfast drinks poured down the nozzle with your next fill up of Diesel V Power.

 

 

 

 

P.S

 

Don't forget to take of the dust caps to reduce a little more weight

And remember that air weighs too so let all of that out and you'll be flying.

And remember that air weighs too so let all of that out and you'll be flying.

Also empty the diesel tank and take of the taxi signs as they weigh too

And remember that air weighs too so let all of that out and you'll be flying.

And as discussed somewhere on here previously - only fill the tyres with v-power air. None of this standard air nonsense. ;-)

Aero wiper blades add at least an extra 5mph to the top speed too.