MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: clive_gti on August 16, 2011, 11:53:55 am
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http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/271513/skoda_octavia_vrs_cracks_200mph.html (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/271513/skoda_octavia_vrs_cracks_200mph.html)
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:surprised: :popcornsoda: ...awaiting similar attempts in a golf...
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See they chose their car wisely. :wink:
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See they chose their car wisely. :wink:
:grin: :notworthy:
:surprised: :popcornsoda: ...awaiting similar attempts in a golf...
I think the shape of the Golf might hinder that attempt (or it would need a few more horses) due to it having the drag coefficient of a house brick hence the reason they chose the Octavia :evilgrin:
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:popcornsoda:
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What chassis is the octavia?
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This thread has all the makings of a classic. :jumping:
Strap yourselves in kids, Carl has got his punch me face on. :laugh:
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Shouldve used a Leon.
That is all.
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Shouldve used a Rs Megane
That is all.
Fixed it for you............
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Shouldve used Povs TTRS
That is all.
Fixed it for you............
Likewise :grin:
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What chassis is the octavia?
A5 same as Golf/Leon/A3 :happy2:
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This thread has all the makings of a classic. :jumping:
Strap yourselves in kids, Carl has got his punch me face on. :laugh:
:grin:
Truth hurts I suppose :evilgrin:
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obviously no boost leak there then :innocent:
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obviously no boost leak there then :innocent:
:grin: :congrats:
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:signLOL:
I did notice that what was once 600 horses is now 500. :grin:
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Evo are covering it in sep issue :happy2:
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Jim and JKm goes from strenght to strength :laugh: :signLOL:
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It does sound like Jims. :scared:
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Sod the skoda I Want the hot rod :drool:
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A mildly modified Octavia Vrs!!! hmm a Turbo conversion, Stripped out interior, Roll cage, uprated rods, pistons, bearings, 8 injectors and a Parachute :rolleye: :rolleye: :rolleye: What would they class as highly modified then :signLOL:
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What chassis is the octavia?
VW wanted an awesome chassis so they looked to their role model and borowedthe octavia chassis. God bless the czech's for bailing out the germans in their time of need. If only they had had made it as sleek as the octavia you might have had that record :P
Now lets get hamiltons octavia into Btcc ASAP. Givethe Audi, seat and VW a bloody nose :laugh:
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My word....it's REVO mapped too...and it works! :P
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I wonder if when it develops a fault if it will be a boost leak :innocent: :evilgrin:
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I wonder if when it develops a fault if it will be a boost leak :innocent: :evilgrin:
Just check the revision on the DV :grin:
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:surprised: :popcornsoda: ...awaiting similar attempts in a golf...
Been done :happy2:
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So was this Skoda being towed by the Dragster or what? :evilgrin:
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Only to overcome the lag then it took off :rolleye:
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:surprised: :popcornsoda: ...awaiting similar attempts in a golf...
Been done :happy2:
Yeah but that Golf required a 6.0 W12 Twin Turbo engine producing 650bhp and managed 201.8mph
The Czech Dream Machine with a "poxy 2.0" and a huuuuuge turbo managed 202.15mph :P :signLOL:
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:surprised: :popcornsoda: ...awaiting similar attempts in a golf...
Been done :happy2:
Yeah but that Golf required a 6.0 W12 Twin Turbo engine producing 650bhp and managed 201.8mph
The Czech Dream Machine with a "poxy 2.0" and a huuuuuge turbo managed 202.15mph :P :signLOL:
John was talking about his old Ed30 :driver: :grin:
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:surprised: :popcornsoda: ...awaiting similar attempts in a golf...
Been done :happy2:
Yeah but that Golf required a 6.0 W12 Twin Turbo engine producing 650bhp and managed 201.8mph
The Czech Dream Machine with a "poxy 2.0" and a huuuuuge turbo managed 202.15mph :P :signLOL:
Must have been a big cliff they dropped that Skoda off then :P
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Ain't no cliffs on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
All you need are some mighty fine Czech Ponies. :notworthy:
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Ain't no cliffs on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
All you need are some mighty fine Czech Ponies. :notworthy:
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:signLOL: :signLOL:
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:surprised: :popcornsoda: ...awaiting similar attempts in a golf...
Been done :happy2:
Yeah but that Golf required a 6.0 W12 Twin Turbo engine producing 650bhp and managed 201.8mph
The Czech Dream Machine with a "poxy 2.0" and a huuuuuge turbo managed 202.15mph :P :signLOL:
Must have been a big cliff they dropped that Skoda off then :P
Must have dropped the Golf off the Grand Canyon then :booty:
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Ain't no cliffs on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
All you need are some mighty fine Czech Ponies. :notworthy:
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:notworthy: :congrats: :grin: :grin:
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Well the engine is still working and getting very close to the 216mph record.
Latest blog post from Dickie.
We’ve now completed our fourth active day of running on the salt and what a day it’s been. After exceeding the magic 200mph mark on Monday the Skoda team and I decided we really ought to use the rest of the week to chase our G/SP class record of 216mph.
We made a run late in the day on Tuesday evening to try some new fuelling and ECU tweaks made by Nick Kasberger from Revotechnik, a bone fide genius if ever the was one, and to also try the car without the boot spoiler. To put it bluntly removing the wing gave me the right willies. In previous runs the car had run arrow straight, but without the wing its weaving 10m or more left and right across the course from 190mph through to our eventual 5th mile average of 202mph.
Today we made another run, this time with further fuelling improvements and the spoiler back on. Up until now the car has suffered intermittent fuelling issues as it passes 6000rpm in 5th gear, resulting in me having to shift into 6th at just under 7000rpm (approx 195mph approx). This drops the motor back too far in the revs to hit the ground running in top gear, and with the salt rushing beneath our wheels at a hellish rate we simply run out of course. But not today.
It takes a few full-throttle seconds in 5th gear to I know Nick has really dialled the motor in well. Not only can I pull to 7600rpm in 5th, the motor pulls full boost (approx 24psi) in 6th. This gains us a tremendous amount of speed early in the run, so that by the time I entered the critical final timed section between mile markers 4 and 5 we were already travelling 10mph faster than I’d gone before.
It’s a strange feeling reaching down to pull a parachute release handle (mounted where the handbrake used to be) flat-to-the-boards with 215mph showing on the dash, but nothing compared to the buzz of collecting a timing ticket that shows we ran an average speed over the last mile of 214.756mph. That’s serious speed.
Now that we know the car stands a chance of taking a record the team has work to do on the car to make it comply with the strict Southern California Timing Association rules for cars that run above 200mph. There are also some tech changes required to ensure the Octavia vRS is fully compliant with the G/PS class regulations. Once these have been completed we’ll make an attempt to run in excess of the 216mph class record (late tomorrow afternoon when the air is cooler). If we’re successful we’ll then qualify for an official record run on Friday morning. It looks like we’re set for an unbelievably exciting end an unforgettable week.
We’re so close to a record we can almost touch it.
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Well the engine is still working and getting very close to the 216mph record.
Latest blog post from Dickie.
We’ve now completed our fourth active day of running on the salt and what a day it’s been. After exceeding the magic 200mph mark on Monday the Skoda team and I decided we really ought to use the rest of the week to chase our G/SP class record of 216mph.
We made a run late in the day on Tuesday evening to try some new fuelling and ECU tweaks made by Nick Kasberger from Revotechnik, a bone fide genius if ever the was one, and to also try the car without the boot spoiler. To put it bluntly removing the wing gave me the right willies. In previous runs the car had run arrow straight, but without the wing its weaving 10m or more left and right across the course from 190mph through to our eventual 5th mile average of 202mph.
Today we made another run, this time with further fuelling improvements and the spoiler back on. Up until now the car has suffered intermittent fuelling issues as it passes 6000rpm in 5th gear, resulting in me having to shift into 6th at just under 7000rpm (approx 195mph approx). This drops the motor back too far in the revs to hit the ground running in top gear, and with the salt rushing beneath our wheels at a hellish rate we simply run out of course. But not today.
It takes a few full-throttle seconds in 5th gear to I know Nick has really dialled the motor in well. Not only can I pull to 7600rpm in 5th, the motor pulls full boost (approx 24psi) in 6th. This gains us a tremendous amount of speed early in the run, so that by the time I entered the critical final timed section between mile markers 4 and 5 we were already travelling 10mph faster than I’d gone before.
It’s a strange feeling reaching down to pull a parachute release handle (mounted where the handbrake used to be) flat-to-the-boards with 215mph showing on the dash, but nothing compared to the buzz of collecting a timing ticket that shows we ran an average speed over the last mile of 214.756mph. That’s serious speed.
Now that we know the car stands a chance of taking a record the team has work to do on the car to make it comply with the strict Southern California Timing Association rules for cars that run above 200mph. There are also some tech changes required to ensure the Octavia vRS is fully compliant with the G/PS class regulations. Once these have been completed we’ll make an attempt to run in excess of the 216mph class record (late tomorrow afternoon when the air is cooler). If we’re successful we’ll then qualify for an official record run on Friday morning. It looks like we’re set for an unbelievably exciting end an unforgettable week.
We’re so close to a record we can almost touch it.
Loving it. I presume this is not a bog-standrad gearbox then if you are up shifting into 6th at 195 mph? :surprised: Any idea where we can see a build thread or something?
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I think it is a standard box just increased rev limit.
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:driver:
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I think it is a standard box just increased rev limit.
Stock box but I think the ratios are from the eco derv one
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That is awesome ! Well done Skoda and Revo! :congrats:
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I think it is a standard box just increased rev limit.
Stock box but I think the ratios are from the eco derv one
I think you are correct. Greenline box. :happy2:
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227.080 mph average!
Record properly smashed.
Go REVO!!!!
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absolutely insane well done guys :notworthy:
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227.080 mph average!
Record properly smashed.
Go REVO!!!! SKODA!!!!
See I fixed it for you. :happy2:
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227.080 mph average!
Record properly smashed.
Go REVO!!!!
Absolutely SUPERB! (Yes I know its not , its an Octavia!) Well done guys! :congrats:
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So it was a GT3562R Precision Engineering Turbo running 35psi of boost (~2.5bar) but the turbo is capable of 45psi which might have meant 235+mph :signLOL:
but they prolly ran out of fuelling on the 8 injectors and needed another set :signLOL:
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Group buy on the Turbo then :party: :party:
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Actually at 45PSI 2 of us could share it. :laugh:
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BSH were/are involved with this project too and supplied the turbo hardware. Some nice software work from Revo too :congrats:
http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23087 (http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23087)
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I really like this photo....
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Me too Rich. I wonder if the wrap is available. :wink:
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Sure is.....
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Sure is.....
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:grin: :grin: :congrats:
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