hello everyone,

had my furby for 2 weeks now and wow loving it, love playing the mpg game on the motorway on to work,

its a 2004 on an 04 plate, ASZ engine and just last week came up to 40k, full skoda history and just had its 40k big service

since i have had i have had a full ecu remap from VAG-Tronics in stoke on trent as the owner before had a plug and play one when you could flash it back to standard and remapped when you want it,

couple of points:

1 - since the "proper" remapp when i give my car a little tickle on the throttle there is a cloud of smoke! wasnt there standard or with the plug in chip....... Normal? been told its cause on the stage one chip its tuned to the max possible

2 - anyone heard of the sachs paddle plate being used instead of the sachs organic plate, PSI tuning in stoke recommended this instead of the organic, any input?

3 - been reading other posts of turbos dying and killing the engine and costing millions, well not millions but lots, is this common and how do i help my turbo last till OAP status

i dont turn the car sttraight off after giving it some, let it warm up, dont do short journeys with the engine on off on off sort of thing

i know its a lot to read but any input or reassurance

1. Yeah pretty normal - it's dumping more fuel in now so you'll get a bit more unburnt going through which'll make it a bit more sooty. So long as you don't have a smoke screen following you everywhere you should be fine

2. Can't help on that but I guess it depends what power you're aiming for...

3. I've never bothered warming up or cooling down my diesels and touch wood I've never had a problem. It all seems to be luck of the draw and so long as you exercise the vanes in the turbo regularly, and make sure the oil level is fine, I'm not sure there's much more you can do....

Chris

no smoke screen everywhere just when i let the right foot slip abit, mainly 3rd and 4th from what i can see,

aiming for early 200's on the power side,

just want something that aint going to break and need fixing every year,

like my last car my hyundai i built it so the engine was practically indestrucable,

Stuff the sachs if you want big power, you either want a Helix with SMF or a spec 3 clutch from the states...

Buy cheap... buy twice

wanna keep the DMF though, and aint really planning on mega power, a good 200bhp with some good torque will keep me happy

just thought it was strange that PSI tuning recommended a paddle sachs plate rather than the more traditional organic plate that alot of people have on here,

Organic is what you want...

Dont quote me but the DMF is a weak point and if you want anything like 200 bhp i'd see to this

For less smoke try a PD160 intake, a good shot of Millers Diesel Sport 4 and perhaps the cage mod (search). Mine isn't remapped but used to smoke quite a bit, those mods have made me whiter than white

Panel filter should help too, green cotton / pipercross / k+N

Get some millers in and give it a blast to clean it out a bit

No harm in giving it some welly when it's cold.

That way it will be up to normal temp much quicker. Just be sensible. I personally give it a fair bit of boost but short shift at about 3500 until it gets warm.

just thought it was strange that PSI tuning recommended a paddle sachs plate rather than the more traditional organic plate that alot of people have on here,

Can't comment on these specifically, but many people rallying use a paddle clutch over std plate type for a stronger, more reliable clutch.

hello everyone,

had my furby for 2 weeks now and wow loving it, love playing the mpg game on the motorway on to work,

its a 2004 on an 04 plate, ASZ engine and just last week came up to 40k, full skoda history and just had its 40k big service

hoped that included a cambelt

no cambelt, they are 60k on the vRS's....... aren't they?

Or every 4 years meant to be!

4yr or 60k rule on the cambelt. I'd get it changed, along with the waterpump.

IMO you'll struggle to see around 200bhp from the standard turbo.

Steve

No harm in giving it some welly when it's cold.

That way it will be up to normal temp much quicker. Just be sensible. I personally give it a fair bit of boost but short shift at about 3500 until it gets warm.

You "short shift" at 3500rpm:eek::eek: When stone cold?!:eek:

Blimey! Each to their own I suppose!!