@peter3197 @Skoffski I've just renewed for the year for £389 per year with Sheilas Wheels (cheapest one on comparison website) - I've literally just got off the phone with them and got a quote for adding the remap and lowering springs to the policy which worked out at an extra £100 per year which seems very reasonable 

Lowering springs, rear anti roll bar and intake kit have all been fitted.

 

The sound is miles better than I though and the handling too! It feels like a different car, the handling has been asbolutely transformed. For someone who isnt planning to go to track days, Im glad I went with the springs instead of the coilovers. The rear anti roll bar has made the front end so much grippier, its fantastic!

Windows have been tinted and Team Dynamics 1.2 fitted 

Edited 30 March, 20197 yr by Fab1493

On 18/03/2019 at 12:51, Fab1493 said:

Lowering springs, rear anti roll bar and intake kit have all been fitted.

 

The sound is miles better than I though and the handling too! It feels like a different car, the handling has been asbolutely transformed. For someone who isnt planning to go to track days, Im glad I went with the springs instead of the coilovers. The rear anti roll bar has made the front end so much grippier, its fantastic!

Wow that's a steep drive you have. Hope you have a strong handbrake.

Final update for the Fabia - custom catback exhaust fitted on Saturday AM by Top Gear Doncaster (Powerflow).

 

The exhaust still retains the back box (largest one they had) and has retained the standard look so there is no visible exhaust tip.

 

The sound is excellent, its a deep rumble but not over the top and not boomy on the motorway.

 

It certainly does what I intended it to do - it has improved the turbo spooling time meaning now it delivers power from lower revs and it revs hard all the way to 6k!

 

Overall very happy with the result!

 

And the project continues!

 

Coming soon will be a sports cat and a stage 2 custom remap by JBS which should take it to circa 150bhp.

 

JBS also recommended uprated clutch and brakes so that will probably happen at some point too.

 

As a longer term goal Ive also enquired with JBS regarding a new turbo which they confirmed they will start testing soon - this should see the Fabia reach 190 - 200 bhp or in other words it'll be a Fabia VRS!

3 hours ago, Fab1493 said:

And the project continues!

 

Coming soon will be a sports cat and a stage 2 custom remap by JBS which should take it to circa 150bhp.

 

JBS also recommended uprated clutch and brakes so that will probably happen at some point too.

 

As a longer term goal Ive also enquired with JBS regarding a new turbo which they confirmed they will start testing soon - this should see the Fabia reach 190 - 200 bhp or in other words it'll be a Fabia VRS!

RTMG already have tested and known turbos out there for them

17 minutes ago, AMD87 said:

RTMG already have tested and known turbos out there for them

@AMD87 drops another knowledge bomb!!

 

I have had a look but can't see anything for the 1.2 TSI specifically, I have emailed them though, fingers crossed!!! 

 

2 minutes ago, AMD87 said:

 

@AMD87 AWESOME! I want to get it! Email has already gone to them, should be running 200bhp by end of summer hopefully

So, this is where it's at... Spoke to this company to ask about the turbo who unfortunately didn't fill me with confidence so the Fabia remains with 130bhp. 

 

I've been doing some digging and it seems the turbo from the 1.4 TSI 150 is straight bolt on into the 1.2 TSI blocks so I am potentially considering looking into getting one of those and then getting a custom remap. For now (upcoming months) it will definitely get a downpipe and stage 2 remap which should see 150 bhp ish.

2 hours ago, Fab1493 said:

So, this is where it's at... Spoke to this company to ask about the turbo who unfortunately didn't fill me with confidence so the Fabia remains with 130bhp. 

 

I've been doing some digging and it seems the turbo from the 1.4 TSI 150 is straight bolt on into the 1.2 TSI blocks so I am potentially considering looking into getting one of those and then getting a custom remap. For now (upcoming months) it will definitely get a downpipe and stage 2 remap which should see 150 bhp ish.

What is it you didn’t like about RTMG? 

4 minutes ago, AMD87 said:

What is it you didn’t like about RTMG? 

@AMD87 

So what they do is they provide a reconditioned turbo however they dont remap the car accordingly or fit the new turbo. Which isn't ideal but I could work around but then when we started discussing the potential purchase they said that they cant garantee the turbo will fit and they had a few customers who had to change some aditional bits to make the turbo fit which I really didnt like the idea of having my car at the garage and then getting a call from the guys saying the turbo doesnt fit 

22 minutes ago, Fab1493 said:

@AMD87 

So what they do is they provide a reconditioned turbo however they dont remap the car accordingly or fit the new turbo. Which isn't ideal but I could work around but then when we started discussing the potential purchase they said that they cant garantee the turbo will fit and they had a few customers who had to change some aditional bits to make the turbo fit which I really didnt like the idea of having my car at the garage and then getting a call from the guys saying the turbo doesnt fit 

Do you know who it was at RTMG you spoke to cause it’s only the wastegate that someone an issue with. 

6 hours ago, AMD87 said:

Do you know who it was at RTMG you spoke to cause it’s only the wastegate that someone an issue with. 

I don't know who it was, when I spoke to the guy it sounded like a "one man band" kind of thing to be honest - are you aware of what happened then? So what exactly was wrong with the wastegate?

10 hours ago, Fab1493 said:

I don't know who it was, when I spoke to the guy it sounded like a "one man band" kind of thing to be honest - are you aware of what happened then? So what exactly was wrong with the wastegate?

I know the guy that runs RTMG uk but he hasn’t spoke to you so he’s thinking it was one of the guys out in Greece. 

28 minutes ago, AMD87 said:

I know the guy that runs RTMG uk but he hasn’t spoke to you so he’s thinking it was one of the guys out in Greece. 

I'm not sure who it was, it could've been then 

Try messaging this page 

 

https://www.facebook.com/RTMGUK/

10 minutes ago, AMD87 said:

Try messaging this page 

 

https://www.facebook.com/RTMGUK/

Im not on facebook man 😕

11 minutes ago, Fab1493 said:

Im not on facebook man 😕

There’s a number there that you can call or text on. 

1 hour ago, AMD87 said:

There’s a number there that you can call or text on. 

I'll see if I can get hold of him then - considering the costs of custom remap for a stage 2, perhaps it would be wise to get downpipe done and then go straight to the turbo and skip stage 2 since it will need a custom remap anyway after its all done 

@AMD87 Quick question which I can't find any info on - Considering the car is already remapped, after the turbo goes in can I literally have the guys adjust the map for higher boost or will it need a full custom remap? I'm having issues finding someone to do a remap for it at a reasonable price that's all..

6 minutes ago, Fab1493 said:

@AMD87 Quick question which I can't find any info on - Considering the car is already remapped, after the turbo goes in can I literally have the guys adjust the map for higher boost or will it need a full custom remap? I'm having issues finding someone to do a remap for it at a reasonable price that's all..

If you’re lucky adjust it but possibly a full new map