take out the rear seats and spare wheel "KG's saved!"

take out the rear seats and spare wheel "KG's saved!"

hi what if you get flatted wheel? the spare wheel has maybe 10kg?or ?

Spare wheel weighs about 15+ kg so is a good wieght saver. And a tin of tyre weld for emergencies weighs less than 1kg.

If you're into weight saving, why not leave the washer bottle empty and run with just a few litres of diesel in the fuel tank too

Chris

If you rag a fabia with too little fuel in the tank, it can go into limp mode squad.

Not sure why this happens, but I was told it's something weird happening with the fuel cooler. Seems to only happen when it's warm weather though.

I've heard this from a couple of people.

There's too many gear changes for the vRS to ever be a great 0-60 car and 1st is useless because you lose traction if you nail it hard :thumbdwn:

The petrol Cupra R Ibiza doesn't do too badly though - try one of those

fit 13" wheels wi 40 series tyres.

take the spare wheel out and the back seats

and change the gearbox for a 5 speed one.

will be great at 0-60 but pish for daily driving

ummm.....

Personally 0-60 in 6.5-7.5 isn't that bad IMO for a economic diesel. I will remove my spare wheel this weekend and see how much difference it makes. Back seats make a BIG difference to every car i've taken them out of, really makes the car rev easier.

15kg is a nice saver though just for the wheel.

Might I also suggest you stop eating McDonalds and get yourself healthy. You'd atleast save 10kg or so

Also go to the toilet before you drive, we all know how much a mr whippy can weigh, especially after a curry

Might I also suggest you stop eating McDonalds and get yourself healthy. You'd atleast save 10kg or so

You raise an excellent point Chris' date=' fitness is crucial not just for 0-60's but for life.

Hey, as it happens I was just browsing the for sale section and game accross this:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/items-sale/48232-brand-new-unused-folding-weight-bench.html

On a gtech performance meter last night, i pulled 3 sub 7 0-60 times, best at 6.7. Thats remapped, panel filter, and an exhaust. Stripped out too, nowt behind the driver. Ill pop a photo up later. Like everyone says, they are heavy, short geared, and not ideal for 0-60. Mid range is a differant story though.

Out of curiosity, I compared mine to a standard fabia last night too, and there was little difference to the end of second gear, only once in third did i pull away. So, a standard car should be kicking 7 to 60 imo.

On a gtech performance meter last night' date=' i pulled 3 sub 7 0-60 times, best at 6.7. Thats remapped, panel filter, and an exhaust. Stripped out too, nowt behind the driver. Ill pop a photo up later. Like everyone says, they are heavy, short geared, and not ideal for 0-60. Mid range is a differant story though.

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Agree.

Out of curiosity, I compared mine to a standard fabia last night too, and there was little difference to the end of second gear, only once in third did i pull away. So, a standard car should be kicking 7 to 60 imo.

Disagree.

A standard one at best IMO is around 8 secs. I tried but the best I could manage was around 8.5 seconds, so much quicker now remapped.

I would say though a remap comes in to it's own at 80+ mph, the standard vRS runs out of legs there and struggles to get to 100 quickly. A remapped one literally just pulls.

A standard one at best IMO is around 8 secs. I tried but the best I could manage was around 8.5 seconds' date=' so much quicker now remapped.

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I tested mine when i fist got it, car fullt intact with a 23 stone passenger, and got consistent 7.5's. May seem a daft question, but do you have your traction control on? As with it on, i was hitting 8 secs plus too.

Did you try starting in second with the traction control off.

How does the vRS gearbox compare to the 5-speeder TDi one? I can do 50 in 2nd, 80 in 3rd to the red line, how does that compare?. . . . uhhm, not sure about 4th and 5th .

Just wondering if the vRS 6-speeder is 'an extra cog' or if the ratios are different altogether.

I got these results using a AP-22 http://www.briskoda.net/forums/maintenance-performance/9030-ap-22-times-fab-vrs.html?highlight=0-60

All done using 1st gear and ASR off

Another with the cheap resistor mod http://www.briskoda.net/forums/maintenance-performance/9355-ap-22-tuning-box-results.html?highlight=ap-22

How does the vRS gearbox compare to the 5-speeder TDi one? I can do 50 in 2nd' date=' 80 in 3rd to the red line, how does that compare?. . . . uhhm, not sure about 4th and 5th .

Just wondering if the vRS 6-speeder is 'an extra cog' or if the ratios are different altogether.[/quote']

I think 1st, 2nd & 3rd are the same. From memory and what you say, it sounds the same. I think 4th, 5th & 6th are just spread out more and 6th saves about 200rpm (maybe less) at 80mph+