Octavia vRS 225bhp upgrade

[WayneH]

Hi All,

Apologies if this has been covered before. I am new here and have not had chance to read all the stickys etc yet. I have noticed that the WRC versions of the Octavia vRS are 225bhp. Are the engines on these identical to the 180bhp versions? i.e. are the internals the same, is the standard intercooler good enough for the remap?

TIA

Wayne

[bengie]

wrc's have the same poer

[chrish]

Hi All' date='

Apologies if this has been covered before. I am new here and have not had chance to read all the stickys etc yet. I have noticed that the WRC versions of the Octavia vRS are 225bhp. Are the engines on these identical to the 180bhp versions? i.e. are the internals the same, is the standard intercooler good enough for the remap?

TIA

Wayne[/quote']

Wayne,

The engine in the WRC variant as far as I know is the same as the vRS.It is capable of 225-230 using Jabba custom re-map and with optional use of full Turbo back 2.5 inch exhaust and LAN intake will improve this by up to 20. No need for change in IC unless using long and hard in hot day conditions - IMO.

Chris

[bengie]

upgrades over the vRS's are suspension, esp, heated seats, xenon's and stuff like that. no extra power tho

[WayneH]

WRCs are 180bhp also? Ah, well I saw one at a dealer that was advertised as 225bhp. Maybe it had been remapped then?

Ok, so has the Octy vRS got the same internals as say the 225bhp Leon Cupra R?

[WayneH]

Cool, thanks guys. I suspect the first things on my shopping list will be exhaust, remap and filter.

Think the missus will kill me if I start tinkering too early after getting it though . Look what happened to the Rover

[bengie]

no, the cupra R has different turbo, mainfold, down pipe, con-rods, and a few other bits making it stronger and giving it lower compression

[WayneH]

Ok, so do guys on here consider remapping the vRS to somewhere IRO 220-230bhp a "safe" upgrade? How strong is the bottom end on the vRS?

[Steve vRS]

Remapping or chipping gives about 220bhp. Each tunner claims a bit more or less but at the end of the day they are all bound to be the same-ish.

None (apart from Superchips) will make your car go bang - the bad press would ruin any good mapper.

I've gone the Jabba route c/w a boost controller (230bhp on Jabba's rollers) and sports cat Milteck system (+10-15bhp) and am happy with the performance. It's enough for a front wheel driver.

Steve

[MonkeyHanger]

Wayne,

Just do it

Perfectly safe, and there's plent of us on here running re-mapped cars with no problems.

Mine was done (by JabbaSport) at 5000 miles / 6 months old. It's now 20000 miles 18 months old and still running perfectly.

[bengie]

can't wait for the fmic GB to come to fruition(spangly word that one) so i can go from standard to re-map, fmic, nice big air type pipes, new DP, new exhaust and boost controller. should a bit of difference, maybe

[chrish]

can't wait for the fmic GB to come to fruition(spangly word that one) so i can go from standard to re-map, fmic, nice big air type pipes, new DP, new exhaust and boost controller. should a bit of difference, maybe

Wouldn't bother with the FMIC if I were you, very expensive for minimal gains in hot conditions IF its remapped for it. You'd be better off spending the money on better brakes and strut braces.

Chris

[bengie]

it will be mapped in cos the people fitting it are mapping it anyway, and see here for what an fmic and cooling for it can do

i know its on a k04 but the fmic does make a difference, not only in hot weather

[WrightyRS]

Bengie:

Pro Alloy/Jabba FMIC GB first batch should be completed by middle of next week,i spoke to Wayne at Pro Alloy on Thursday.

so not long now........

[ADMotorsport]

skoda dealers are willing to chip the vRS to 225bhp if you ask them nicely enough they WILL do it

[MonkeyHanger]

skoda dealers are willing to chip the vRS to 225bhp if you ask them nicely enough they WILL do it

I think you need to put the word some at the start of that post

[WayneH]

Thanks for the info guys

Got to get the car first though. As some you may have seen, my car is not deing delivered for another 6 to 8 weeks now :(

Very interesting to know that some dealers will do the chip/re-map. Do they still honour the warranty on engine components if they do the chip/re-map?

[Steve vRS]

You'd be lucky if they'd honour any warranty on anything to do with the engine or drive train after a remap. It's the risk you take with mdifying the car.

Steve

[Stuart_J]

Ok, so do guys on here consider remapping the vRS to somewhere IRO 220-230bhp a "safe" upgrade? How strong is the bottom end on the vRS?

The standard internals are generally considered to be OK for up to 350 bhp, some people even go to 400 , hard to believe I know. The remap will give a max of 220-230, for much more you need to start digging deep into your pockets for Turbo upgrades, Nitrous etc & then you need stronger Clutches, Gearboxes etc. Its called the slippery slope by many

If you are remapping choose a reputable company. If you do a search on this site you will find its been discussed at length & various names constantly reapear as either good or not so good.

I had my Octy remapped by Jabba at about 8000 miles, also has modded suspension, brakes, Exhaust, DV Intercooler etc & is probably in the 240-250 bhp range. The rest of Engine is bog standard. The car now has over 30000 very hard miles on it including some visits to the track & has done 2 Cannonball runs, came 19th & 16th & it still runs like a dream.

Welcome to the slippery slope

[ADMotorsport]

well im going to the MG dealer today to drool over a V8 ZT that they just got in so ill take a swing by the bentley/rolls royce/ferrari/aston martin/amg/skoda dealer(seriously and it aint that rich a place) and ill ask if the warrenty is still valid

[DaveH]

JBS found 350hp and more importantly 380lbft to be the 'self destruct' level for the standard RS engine but even that was after quite a period of time I believe and driven, how do I put it, like an Astra Max Van on hire!

[ethos]

None (apart from Superchips) will make your car go bang - the bad press would ruin any good mapper.

Care to explain why superchips can make your car go bang?

[Delcac]

Nearly 3 years ago.........is this a record.

[Tech1e]

At least someone is using the search, cant blame them for that,

And I think to be fair to Superchips they have come along VAG wise in the past three years.