stampakis

Hi everyone!

Quite new mwmber just got my new black Octavia 4x4 estate reprogammed by ABT at 193hp. It's quite high so a bit of lowering is a must any suggestions? If i only change the springs will i lose steering feel, or should i also change suspension?

DGW

Octavia II or 'old' Octavia - like mine?

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Denis

2002 Octavia 1.8T 4X4 turbo Estate - rebreathed on by Jabba ... 31.93mpg
2007 Fabia vRS - CC, ESP and full leather trim by Seat Surgeons ...48.57 mpg...

stampakis

Old one of course!

DGW

The new one is now on sale in the UK. Moving this thread to the Octavia workshop forum. A few members have lowered their 4X4s so you should get some good advice.

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Denis

2002 Octavia 1.8T 4X4 turbo Estate - rebreathed on by Jabba ... 31.93mpg
2007 Fabia vRS - CC, ESP and full leather trim by Seat Surgeons ...48.57 mpg...

Stuart_J

If you seriously want to do a good I would recomend KW V3 suspension, its on mine & Im very impressed. V2 is Ok but the 3 offers a lot more adjustment & is slightly superior overall.

Piccies of mine "THANKS AGAIN DENNIS" for hosting them

http://www.briskoda.net/gallery/show...=500&userid=19

And yes its a 4x4, Saloons are a tadge rare

It can actually go about 15mm lower & still be within KW tolerances but this is definately IMO low enough, its probably Rs level or slightly lower

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stampakis

Thanks Stuart! nice car btw!

skodabluecat

I really liked the pic too. I have heard that the spring ratings for the 4x4 are different to the rs.
What was the price overall, is it just 4 springs, did you fit them yourself.Is the saloon same underneath and overall as estate apart from longer length, ooer..

Getting stuff 4 my old octavia is time consuming as its all new stuff to me..

Im interested to know what the car goes like overall compared to standard spec..

Cheers Jay Ivey..

Stuart_J

Saloon & Estate 4x4's are the same underneath, Because of the transmission the 4x4 is slightly heavier than the RS so spring ratings, certainly on the rear will be different. KW do a system specifically for the 4x4

I changed the complete suspension to KW variant 3's, from memory they are around £1000. You could do it yourself but I opted to get a local garage to do it, that cost £100.
If you run the car as low as mine you also need to change the ties on the bottom of the rear suspension to adjustable ones as the Camber will be a tadge too much with the std ones. These come from Forge Motorsport & are incredibly overpriced, I think about £200. They are imported from the States & are meant to be for TT's, I needed mine in a hurry but if you trawl the net you should get them a lot cheaper.
Other Mods are
335x32 front discs with AP 4 pots, £1100 fitted from Godspeed
R32 front Anti Roll bar
Cesam 17" Wheels from Affinity wheels(needed to get brakes in), Less that £1000 for 5 with Toyo Tyres !!
Blue Flame full exhaust with Sports cat, just over £500 from memory fitted
Boost controller
Bailey Dump valve
Jabba Remap
Allard front mounted Intercooler
G60 clutch & flywheel (cheap way to upgrade the clutch)
A few subtle body Mods & respral in Tricolour Pearlescent

Performance, Bhp is 250, no idea on 0-60 time but top speed is with the needle in the trip window which I would gauge to an indicated 165 (we also raised the rev limiter to 7600 when it was mapped as it was hitting it in top)
I had a race down a continental motorway on last years Cannonball with a BMW M3 & won just, they I believe are regulated to 155 so I guess top speed is around that. I also took a Ferrari 360 through the Andoran mountails the year before, thank god for 4 wheel drive

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bengie

i have stuarts old KW V2's, makes a big improvement i think. handeling is much better now. i have also done a *few* mods performance wise, some that stuart hasn't but am missing some he has the thing does moce well but me being me am already wanting more

mine was dyno'd at 226bhp and 256lbft running on 95 RON fuel with the boost controller not quite on full as the fuel couldn't handle it, once i got some super in it boy did it fly

i have done some cheap and dirty runs 0-60 with my bro and a video camera and on a dry day we we're getting around 6secs which is quite good for a plain white estate

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