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Skoda Octavia VRS's

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Now then before any of you take the piss :-D
I actually like them & chose one for my company car as it saved me a bloody fortune on tax :)
I am tempted more & more to maybe look to do a cheap upgrade to say 220 bhp & trackday it.

Anyone know of anyone who has done or can do the upgrades & what kind of costs are associated?.
It seems more than capable on the road & for a fwd drive car handles really well so tempted to have a go :)
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I have the new TDI octavia, which has with 240lbft :o Shifts when I need it too. I find the handling very predictable.

I think tuning the VRS will be easier than you think. I have heard good things about the RevoTech programmers at Atthowes (you may have somewhere closer):
http://www.enginetuning.net/revo_technik.asp
http://www.revotechnik.com/products/sof ... x?pvID=601
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Fantastic & many thanks :-D
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I know a dealer for this 'revotec' thing, I didn't put two and two together~ sorry.
I'll make a call and update this thread later John.
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my step dad had once of these until 2 months ago, he only did a few things to it a full exhuast sytem and a set of bilstein coilovers it was certainly quick and very capable on the road i was trying to get him to track it but he always wussed out.
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John

They do a 5 hour trial for the petrol versions, should come in handy :)

The local firm I know is David Goddard Motor Engineering near Thetford. Call David on 01842 752233 for advice, apparently its a 30 minute job and gives very good gains, David wasn't available when I called so I couldn't get specifics.
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Re: Skoda Octavia VRS's

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trackday addict wrote:Now then before any of you take the piss :-D
I actually like them & chose one for my company car as it saved me a bloody fortune on tax :)
I am tempted more & more to maybe look to do a cheap upgrade to say 220 bhp & trackday it.

Anyone know of anyone who has done or can do the upgrades & what kind of costs are associated?.
It seems more than capable on the road & for a fwd drive car handles really well so tempted to have a go :)

hi not a bad car i use to work on them when i was at a skoda francise we had a guy that brought a red one he had a chip fitted and got it up to around 220-230bhp standard it was 180bhp i shall get in touch with my mate who still works there and get some more details for you this guy also started a octavia rs owners club on the web
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