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Bonneville Octavia ready for action

Six months of planning and hard work end – or start! - this Saturday (13 August), as Bonneville Speed Week begins and ŠKODA UK attempts to drive a super-charged Octavia vRS at supercar speeds.To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the vRS performance badge, we are entering a modified Octavia vRS saloon into the 2.0-litre production car category at Bonneville, in Utah, USA. The car is a factory-fresh production model, but changes have been made to increase the power to 600PS, improve aerodynamics and performance - including lowering it by almost 80mm - and adding a new sub-frame to house a race-prepared intercooler.

After undergoing tests in the UK, the car arrived in Utah at the beginning of last week – along with three vRS support vehicles – and has now been fitted with its race engine and transmission. Its software is being calibrated ahead of scrutineering this Friday – to make sure it conforms to the event's guidelines – so that it is ready for action at sunrise (7am) on Saturday.

After months of planning and preparation, we will be pushing a production vRS Octavia to the edge of its capabilities - with the ultimate goal of hitting 200mph. Richard Meaden – who will be covering the challenge as it unfolds (for EVO, The Daily Telegraph and Auto Express) will be driving the car.

The engineering challenges the car will need to overcome are immense. Driving a car at 200mph on Tarmac is relatively simple, but quite another to reach the same speed on Utah’s famous salt flats.

There will be much less traction at Bonneville, which means the tyres will effectively be slipping at all times. Daytime temperatures will exceed 40 degrees Celsius, and air density will fluctuate greatly (by several thousand feet) at different times of the day. And don’t forget that the car itself is a standard production model, with aerodynamics designed for everyday use – not for driving at supercar speeds.

We will use every run at Bonneville to make improvements and, by the end of the week, we will be pushing as hard as possible to break the 200mph barrier.

The PR team will be sending daily updates to the brand throughout Bonneville Speed Week.

You can also read daily updates on EVO’s website from Saturday - http://www.evo.co.uk...da-on-the-salt/

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I wish them the best of luck with it - will keep an eye on Evo too. Plus Dickie's a handy driver emoticon-0148-yes.gif

No front brakes on it, and the addition of a parachute. Would love those in the Skoda car configurator options :p

Outright I don't think the 200mph is an issue, but the fact they're on a salt flat is - with the amount of wheel slip that will occur emoticon-0104-surprised.gif

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Why would they still use standard alloys?

That's just for show, they will be using 15" Steel wheels on the actual car with no front breaks! That causes drag plus they won't fit with the steel wheels.

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Wonder what gearing setup they are using? I would assume if they bolted a diesel 6 speed to the stock 2 litre engine, it would have the gearing then for 200mph?

Tells you on the article. Its a greenline geared box.

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They've done it ... "At 13:24 on Monday 15th August, the Revo tuned Bonneville Octavia vRS propelled itself to an impressive 202.15mph"

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Sweet, and that wasn't even on tarmac lol

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Engine wise, not a lot was changed.

It is a standard 2.0 ltr TSI engine with stock bore and stroke.

We fitted a set of Integrated Engineering con rods (www.intengineering.com) to try and strengthen up the bottom end.

A set of pistons would have been nice but no one makes any (integrated engineering now have a set available after the motor was built).

The engine was built with ARP fixings after the crankshaft and balance shafts were superfinished by Tim Radley at Race Developments (www.racedevelopments.co.uk) in Gloucester.

The camshafts could not be superfinished as the lobes are pressed on and not ground.

Tim also removed the direction flaps in the inlet ports and tidied up the porting from his vast experience of building superstrong British Superbike and Saloon Car engines.

Internally, thats it for the engine. The Precision Engineering GT3562R turbo and Tial manifold are bolted to the back with a 3 inch exhaust from turbo to rear pipe (no silencers). The car is running the biggest air filter setup made by ITG along with a THS intercooler, custom radiator and water injection, all this in a bid to keep the engine cool.

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