Looking to keep my old Skoda Fabia 1.2 tdi for another 4 years. As my requirements for the vehicle are limited (capable of seating me and the dog) I thought I will keep her rather than invest in another vehicle, besides this vehicle has been totally reliable for me.

I plan on remapping the ecu , upgrading the brakes and suspension with some headlight upgrades. 
I wanted to know if remap causes any known issue - I have been told that there may be a potential of 50nm torque and around 20-30 horses with just a remap and an air filter swap. The brakes planned are brembo rotors and ebc pads. The suspension come later .

 

my vehicle is at 97 k kms with the oem clutch and no other mods. timing kit was swapped out at 80k kms.

Yeah, don't worry about the air filter, just the remap will do it.

You won't be able to get much more out of a 1.2tdi. Those tuning boxes can be hit or miss. Some of those are just a load of resistors that trick the engine to dump fuel in to make power. A proper remap is your best bet to not have any issues. Low miles like that the stock clutch probably will hold up to a little bit of power.

A vRS intake and modifying your stock airbox can help deliver alot more air to your engine than the stock stuff. I did them for my 1.6 tdi fabia last year. Worked out 25euro for the two bits brand new from skoda and I used some black screws to hold it properly in place. It looks OEM and it does feel a little bit quicker.

Your car likely has 256mm brakes and in my experience they're fine as they are. 288mm brakes such as those found on a vRS or a monte carlo provide a bit more stopping power and would be plenty for a 1.2tdi. If you need to do disc and pads anyway this might be a cost effective OEM brake upgrade. 

For suspension a rarb is a good call. I have a whiteline bwr19z and mine is currently on the stiffest setting. This made my car much grippier and theres not a hint of oversteer (much to my disappointment, From what I was reading I expected it to make my car want to go through corners sideways, no such luck). You could replace the stock springs with diesel monte carlo springs (sports springs). They are a stiffer spring than stock and only lower the car 10-15mm iirc.

What headlights does your car have? If you have projectors you might have luck getting monte carlo headlights in a scrapyard (Monte carlos have black headlight insides as standard) Monte Carlos are a facelift only model so you likely wouldnt be able to get them to fit on a pre facelift car.

Welcome to the forum by the way. There are many people much more knowledgable than myself on this forum. Plenty of mk2's in the projects section to give you ideas. These are great because they're usually dirt cheap for parts and are easy enough to work on usually. If you want pictures of the vrs intake I can put some up later.

 

Thanks guys ! I have not seen a Monte Carlo Skoda Fabia and the stock lamps are good old xenons. A HID kit sans projector is just evil and unfair to the other guys. May be plonk a set of leds or a set of baja design squadrons will do. 
as for the rest i don’t like the brakes of the vehicle since day 1 - they leave a bit to be desired. The suspension quoted was adjustable coil overs with anti sway bars and spacers (a low gc ain’t possible in my country).

 

will look around and if all else flops will ask a tuner in the UK to hook me up as I will be visiting my family there. Shark seems to be out of the reckoning, Custom code website is na - any other contenders?

 

the ICE I assembled in the car is good ( Rockford amps and front speakers with a Diamond D2 sub ) still just the HU is dated and I want something with Apple car play. 
rest are all small cosmetic jobs and will be done gradually.

Standard Monte carlo springs are probably best for cost. They're a stiffer oem spring thats only a hair lower. I'm in the same boat as you and cant lower my car much at all because of the ****e roads. I think new struts and springs with some better bushings will be the best course of action for my own car.

288mm will be a good oem upgrade, wouldnt bother touching the rears at all atleast for now. I've had experience with both 256mm and 288mm and the 256mm brakes are good with a decent set of pads and discs anyway. 288mms are more than plenty for most any fabia. They've got good stopping power, saved my ass enough times with animals jumping out in front of me.