I bought a rs230 exhaust and i'm planning to put it into my TDI vRS. Has anyone here done that before? Didn't find any topics related to my question here but i found some german sites where someone has done it but i don't undestand the language good enough. If i understood correctly the diameter of the pipe is smaller in TDI (53mm vs 63,5mm ?) so i need to get an adapter for it and also mounting bracket for the muffler to the right side of the car. The exhaust tip that is bolted to the bumper has also to be changed to petrol version or the exhaust fumes end up below the car.

Why?

To get the exhaust fumes from both sides of the car. It looks silly in the winter when only the left side produces steam as the right exhaust tip is fake. I know that this sounds silly for you petrol guys.

Edited 25 July, 20187 yr by JaVa^

Ah yes, I forgot that - apologies.

Soon there will be no more this dilema, since they are dropping the TSI to a single exhaust for MY19... Guessing it will somehow help with emissions.

1 hour ago, Jaco2k said:

Soon there will be no more this dilema, since they are dropping the TSI to a single exhaust for MY19... Guessing it will somehow help with emissions.

 

...................that Skoda in front must be a diesel, look its only got one exhaust 

13 minutes ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

 

...................that Skoda in front must be a diesel, look its only got one exhaust 

It was so much easier when green callipers on a Octy vRS = petrol, red = diesel.  

Seems a bit excessive just to get smoke to come out of an extra hole...

Why not just take away the "fake" chrome part & leave only 1 exhaust?

 

Your are not going to fool anyone for long. when you accelerate everyone will know you have a mid-range diesel engine

Smoke comes from both sides of mine (from the factory) and it isn't even a vRS 

Now the mod is done. Parts needed: two heat shields, one bracket to hold the right side silencer and two exhaust tips from petrol version. From the picture is missing one plastic bit in front of the left rear tyre and it covers up the welding so no one can notice it. You could also use the whole exhaust pipe from petrol version but i did not want to add the middle silencer as it is not needed in the diesel.

 

On 26/07/2018 at 12:26, penguin17 said:

It was so much easier when green callipers on a Octy vRS = petrol, red = diesel.  

 

The two cars are so different that they should be distinguishable.

 

Everyone else does it - TFSI, TDI, GTI, GTD, 350, 350D etc etc. 

 

How about vRS and vRD?

Edited 18 August, 20187 yr by dunc69

My guns!!

1 hour ago, dunc69 said:

 

The two cars are so different that they should be distinguishable.

 

Everyone else does it - TFSI, TDI, GTI, GTD, 350, 350D etc etc. 

 

How about vRS and vRD?

 

Do you think the diesel version needs re badging then Dunc ?     

42 minutes ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

 

Do you think the diesel version needs re badging then Dunc ?     

Yup. 

vRS is a trim - like S-Line you can get Petrol and Diesel

+1

 

Mk1 Octavia vRS was petrol only

 

Mk1 Fabia vRS was diesel only

 

Mk2 Fabia vRS was petrol only

 

Forthcoming Kodiak vRS looks like being diesel only, not seen any rumours of a petrol.

 

Sportline is also just a trim level, but available with a 1.4 petrol, 2.0 diesel and 2.0 petrol, fwd and awd...

 

#justsayin

Don’t agree. Yes a vRS has set options (not many of them) but it is meant to denote ‘Sporty’ like GTI or RS with Ford rather than just being a trim level. 

 

Sporty cars should be petrol. IMO of course. 

 

Very powerful diesels do exist, as do quick electric cars. The former are the recent past, the latter the future.

 

But at our level, sporty and diesel surely don’t mix. That just how I see it of course. 

4 minutes ago, pist0nbr0ke said:

+1

 

Mk1 Octavia vRS was petrol only

 

Mk1 Fabia vRS was diesel only

 

Mk2 Fabia vRS was petrol only

 

Forthcoming Kodiak vRS looks like being diesel only, not seen any rumours of a petrol.

 

Sportline is also just a trim level, but available with a 1.4 petrol, 2.0 diesel and 2.0 petrol, fwd and awd...

 

#justsayin

Fair play. Skoda certainly don’t see it the same way I do, in fact increasingly so.

So you think vRS is just a trim level. Nothing at all to do with pretensions of sportiness?

 

 

In the last 5 years or so family cars that are sporty and have claimed low running costs have become very popular, with Ford offering the Focus ST as a diesel and an estate again and VW offering the Golf as a GTD in hatch and estate body. The vRS brand has a history of producing diesel powered cars and they have sold well. I like the extra styling additions on my vRS and I like that the 2.0 TDi has reasonable performance (though there is room for improvement and I’m much happier now I have some improvement) so for me it’s just a nice trim level. Would I be offended if the diesel was badged vRD? No. Would I be bothered if it was badged SportLine? No. It’s still a nice car all round and unlike the GTi brand which is almost a classic brand that VW are very hesitant to play with I don’t think it’s a problem to have the sportier petrol, diesel and hopefully eventually EV and Hybrid Skoda’s wearing the same badge. A vRS with the running gear from a Golf GTE would be a car I can see myself signing on the dotted line for if it made it to production. I am a fan of hybrid cars and I looked for a hybrid this time around but the only ones that cut the mustard were too expensive. I hope that’s about to change

 

The exhaust used to really bother me and I found a petrol rear section for sale quite cheap but it was a long way away and it doesn’t bother me as much any more. I’m sure I won’t be saying that when wisps of steam and smoke start spilling from only 1 side of the car over the winter, but from MY19 it’s the sad reality for all new vRS owners so it’s not just diesel owners with the fraud tip of shame.

8 hours ago, SashaGrace said:

In the last 5 years or so family cars that are sporty and have claimed low running costs have become very popular, with Ford offering the Focus ST as a diesel and an estate again and VW offering the Golf as a GTD in hatch and estate body. The vRS brand has a history of producing diesel powered cars and they have sold well. I like the extra styling additions on my vRS and I like that the 2.0 TDi has reasonable performance (though there is room for improvement and I’m much happier now I have some improvement) so for me it’s just a nice trim level. Would I be offended if the diesel was badged vRD? No. Would I be bothered if it was badged SportLine? No. It’s still a nice car all round and unlike the GTi brand which is almost a classic brand that VW are very hesitant to play with I don’t think it’s a problem to have the sportier petrol, diesel and hopefully eventually EV and Hybrid Skoda’s wearing the same badge. A vRS with the running gear from a Golf GTE would be a car I can see myself signing on the dotted line for if it made it to production. I am a fan of hybrid cars and I looked for a hybrid this time around but the only ones that cut the mustard were too expensive. I hope that’s about to change

 

The exhaust used to really bother me and I found a petrol rear section for sale quite cheap but it was a long way away and it doesn’t bother me as much any more. I’m sure I won’t be saying that when wisps of steam and smoke start spilling from only 1 side of the car over the winter, but from MY19 it’s the sad reality for all new vRS owners so it’s not just diesel owners with the fraud tip of shame.

I’ve got my full factory exhaust for sale if you want it? 

If they are now only doing single exit exhausts on the newer models that just means the aftermarket exhaust companies are going to make more money.   

Thanks for the offer, but I’m nowhere near London until I have to visit in February and I’m still suffering at the hands of my Mercedes which will not run properly hence all the mods on the Octy taking a back seat until that’s sorted and sold.

53 minutes ago, SashaGrace said:

Thanks for the offer, but I’m nowhere near London until I have to visit in February and I’m still suffering at the hands of my Mercedes which will not run properly hence all the mods on the Octy taking a back seat until that’s sorted and sold.

Well let me know as I’m always driving to cornwall from London a lot. So can always borrow a works van and bring it most of the way to you if it helps. 

Just a thought. 

Thanks for the offer, closest I get is Birmingham from North Wales and the cost of getting new tips to fit the petrol exhaust and having them powder coated as well as getting it... I’m not saying no yet, it’s just one of those maybe options that I sort of fancy, but I’m not that fussed about tbh.

14 hours ago, dunc69 said:

So you think vRS is just a trim level. Nothing at all to do with pretensions of sportiness?

 

Just a trim level, yes. Didn't say it had no pretence of sportiness - it clearly has, with lower suspension and more aggressive styling etc. 

 

And a petrol only performance trim level wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, it's just that it's a bit too late to do so with vRS.

 

Maybe Skoda could do similar to how Audi work with their 'SQ' and 'RS' models - the SQ5 was available with TDI and TFSI engines, but there hasn't yet been an RSQ5. The SQ7 is diesel only as far as I know...but what a beast of an engine!