how far can u take the fabia vRS? i know u have remap options, exhaust, filters, FMIC etc. but whos got the highest (prooven) powered fab vrs? and whats been done to it?

just a wondering question really as i havent looked up too much on them yet!

Dunc

I'd say mid 200's would be about it, although if you sacrifice reliability you could probably get nearer the 300. Wouldn't be massively driveable though.

Or get a boggo 1.2 and transplant a 350-400 bhp 1.8T into it - that's where my money would go if doing a big power Fabia.

how much money have you got?

If you want power then forget a Fabia vRS get a real car that is petrol.

I'd say mid 200's would be about it' date=' although if you sacrifice reliability you could probably get nearer the 300. Wouldn't be massively driveable though.

Or get a boggo 1.2 and transplant a 350-400 bhp 1.8T into it - that's where my money would go if doing a big power Fabia.[/quote']

so over 200bhp is achivable from the digger lump? cool. not goin to transplant the 1.8T lump into the fabia, want to keep it desiel as it is actually my parents car lol!

i am transplanting a 1.8t VAG lump into my clio tho over winter

Dunc

Plenty of people run just over the 200 mark, a few are in the high 220's one or two in the 230s. So I reckon the 250 is do-able.

You're looking at turbo upgrade, FMIC, clutch at the very least to hit that power, and I sure wouldn't like to try that without brake/suspension upgrades to match.

Mine's got a fair bit more done to it, but it's only on mild settings right now (phase 1 custom code, i.e. generic map) as well as mild LPG settings (very mild, lowest expected to work).

The LSD helps put the power down in a more usable manner, and the rest of the tweaks to the car help sustain the power + control the car whilst driving and braking.

Quietly confident Jason's car will be a fair bit more powerful then mine right now, even with LPG fitted, as I really need a phase 2/3 to make the most out of my engine pre-LPG, let alone post-LPG fitting.

If you want a reliable car without uprating clutch etc, I'd stick to a mild-ish remap, probably worth considering a switchable one like AMD one-click or similar, or get a tuning box. That way you will probably avoid the clutch problem in the near future if driven reasonably