5 hours ago, AMD87 said:

To be honest if the money was there I’d fit a dsg. 

 

£2k for a DQ500 which will handle 600 Nm as standard and which Darkside say can cope with up to 1000 Nm with uprated clutch packs and a software remap, if you can persuade it to fit into the Fabia....

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Transporter-2-0-TDI-Gearbox-DSG-7-Gear-DQ500-MXZ-CAAC-CAAE-CCHA-CCHB-CFCA/303837708843?hash=item46be23822b:g:xWsAAOSwSxBf9aBv

6 hours ago, Schtum said:

 

£2k for a DQ500 which will handle 600 Nm as standard and which Darkside say can cope with up to 1000 Nm with uprated clutch packs and a software remap, if you can persuade it to fit into the Fabia....

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Transporter-2-0-TDI-Gearbox-DSG-7-Gear-DQ500-MXZ-CAAC-CAAE-CCHA-CCHB-CFCA/303837708843?hash=item46be23822b:g:xWsAAOSwSxBf9aBv

Then you’ve got things like the shafts, starter, mounts, tcu etc

 

looking at the best part of 4.5-5k

On 24/03/2021 at 08:11, AMD87 said:

Then you’ve got things like the shafts, starter, mounts, tcu etc

 

looking at the best part of 4.5-5k

Let’s be realistic here mate , what kind of power and torque you gonna get from anything else than that Skoda you have it’s an absolute machine just imagine it with dsg Kevlar clutches and launch control ... would be rs3 territory and your looking at 40-50k for one of them new , guess if you wanna let me have the fastest Skoda fabia mk2 (in the uk) on here then be my guest  would say 4-4.5 k is silly , surely you can fit a mk2 vrs seven speed in it as the mountings will be the same etc ? LGM off here is selling all the bits off his vrs mk2 at reasonable prices 

DSG wont solve traction problems at 300hp.

If chasing BHP is your thing honestly your next 'Racer hot hatch' needs to be a 4WD, you could have have probably had an AMG A45 tuneable up to nearly 600bhp.

 

 

6 minutes ago, thomasaspin said:

Let’s be realistic here mate , what kind of power and torque you gonna get from anything else than that Skoda you have it’s an absolute machine just imagine it with dsg Kevlar clutches and launch control ... would be rs3 territory and your looking at 40-50k for one of them new , guess if you wanna let me have the fastest Skoda fabia mk2 (in the uk) on here then be my guest  would say 4-4.5 k is silly , surely you can fit a mk2 vrs seven speed in it as the mountings will be the same etc ? LGM off here is selling all the bits off his vrs mk2 at reasonable prices 

The DQ200 would destroy itself as soon as I put it into gear with the amount of torque I have. 
 

4.5k might sound silly but it’s realistic. 

6 minutes ago, Kobayashi said:

DSG wont solve traction problems at 300hp.

If chasing BHP is your thing honestly your next 'Racer hot hatch' needs to be a 4WD, you could have have probably had an AMG A45 tuneable up to nearly 600bhp.

 

 

Exactly traction is the issue even with a diff. 
 

A45’s have struggled with it in the past 

 

1 hour ago, AMD87 said:

The DQ200 would destroy itself as soon as I put it into gear with the amount of torque I have. 
 

4.5k might sound silly but it’s realistic. 

Exactly traction is the issue even with a diff. 
 

A45’s have struggled with it in the past 

Big massive drag radials when?

7 minutes ago, DieselMonte said:

 

Big massive drag radials when?

Do nothing at crail. 

Just now, AMD87 said:

Do nothing at crail. 

I know, but think of the quarter mile times...

On a slightly more serious note, is it possible to run more tyre under your car? Be it from running a different offset wheel to get more room or having a slightly oversquare setup to have a fatter wheel in front surely it would atleast help matters. Then again too much grip would just snap driveshafts and what not.

19 minutes ago, DieselMonte said:

I know, but think of the quarter mile times...

On a slightly more serious note, is it possible to run more tyre under your car? Be it from running a different offset wheel to get more room or having a slightly oversquare setup to have a fatter wheel in front surely it would atleast help matters. Then again too much grip would just snap driveshafts and what not.

Could probably do 225 but that would be at a push. 

9 minutes ago, AMD87 said:

Could probably do 225 but that would be at a push. 

Every little helps.

11 minutes ago, DieselMonte said:

Every little helps.

A rear diff would help more

Small update

 

 

2 hours ago, AMD87 said:

Small update

 

 

Were you able to reuse the lsd from your old Gearbox and put it into this one? 

How hard was the 6 speed conversion?

16 hours ago, DieselMonte said:

Were you able to reuse the lsd from your old Gearbox and put it into this one? 

How hard was the 6 speed conversion?

Nah can’t reuse it but hopefully selling it will go towards getting a few one. 
 

my mate was able to do it in a few hours. Around half a day but everything was different even down to cable brackets and driveshaft bolts. 

36 minutes ago, AMD87 said:

Nah can’t reuse it but hopefully selling it will go towards getting a few one. 
 

my mate was able to do it in a few hours. Around half a day but everything was different even down to cable brackets and driveshaft bolts. 

How much for your 'lightly used' 5 speed diff? Asking for a friend....

8 hours ago, DieselMonte said:

How much for your 'lightly used' 5 speed diff? Asking for a friend....

Probably around £750, still to see if its damaged though

This is going to be a long post!

 

Finally got to splitting the 5 Speed box to finally see what the damage was and there was nothing left of 4th gear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So began the hunt for parts

 

 

LNK 0A8 sourced from Vee-Dubs in Newcastle

 

 

Sam Levett sorted me out with driveshafts, Cable ends, Starter, Gearbox mount.

 

 

 

 

My friend Greig sort out a clutch and pressure plate from his Fabia that only had 200 miles on it, Also gave me a spare set of drive shafts, spare set of mounts as well as a the dog bone mount and a gear cable bracket.

 

 

 

 

And Darkside Developments came through with a flywheel, shifter, oil, bolts needed, dust tin , clutch line and slave cylinder

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not much was saved from the 5 speed, everything is different even down to the driveshaft bolts were all different and had to be replaced.

 

But its back on the road

 

 

Testing to see what speeds we get in different gears as i couldn't find the ratios for this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Already replacing parts from the 6 speed swap 🤣 starter motor didn’t like starting when it was hot. 
 

 

Local bump in the road killed one of my wheel bearings. 
 

Fabia one £90

 

Ibiza 6J estate one £155  gotta love these rear axle upgrades. 

Ouch! One of our local potholes mullered one of the front tyres on mine last december. Only 65 euro to get it done but it meant I had to get another one to match. Wish it would have bust a rear one instead as they are getting old, They grip good even in snow and have good tread, just old.

Edited 7 May, 20215 yr by DieselMonte

First day out at Crail with the new 6 speed, some good runs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting to note that even though i felt the car was lazy on the launch it seemed to be faster than the 5 speed in 1st and 2nd but at around 73mph onwards the 5 speed was faster. Wondering if it might have been wind speed/direction coming into it though.

 

blue is 6 speed red is 5 speed

 

 

 

What is the best 1/4 mile time/speed you have achieved?

1 hour ago, duck said:

What is the best 1/4 mile time/speed you have achieved?

Slow at 111mph

So had a look into why the speeds were down at Crail last time and it came down to a sticking calliper. Although i guess the fact that there was smoke coming from the drivers front brake after following a friends 415whp Starlet back home gave it away i guess it's expected though considering it's done 113k now.

 

 

Had to paint it yellow to match the rest

 

 

One of my friend's decide she was going up to practice drifting to Crail yesterday so decided to mix up some meth and have a trip up

 

 

 

 

 

Managed to get a 0-60 in 5.82 seconds as well which is the 2nd fastest it's done.

 

 

Best was a 13.856, with 3 runs in the 13's so becoming more consistant

 

 

Vs a 595

 

vs 530D

 

vs Golf GTi

 

He stalled it on his first run though

 

vs M235i