NEW RS169 - Turbo Yoda the Skoda!!

[k_rider]

Don't forget a fresh engine will always chew more fuel.... took my rs245 atleast 5k before I started to see some real solid and consistent figures.

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I saw an improvement of around 1l/100km after a few thousand k's under the wheels.

[TurboYodaSkoda]

I am expecting an improvement after putting a few thousand km under it's wheels.

On another note, does anyone know how to keep your 'km remaining until refill' on the display while still using the Sat Nav? Every time I changed the display to check, it asked whether I wanted to end the navigation! There must be a way of scrolling through the menus without ending the route!!

I've really got to find some time to go through the manual properly, I just find the instructions in them a bit tedious! They need more Youtube videos for instructions. Come on Skoda, be a little bit more...'Simply Clever'!!

[HPRS230]

I am expecting an improvement after putting a few thousand km under it's wheels.

On another note, does anyone know how to keep your 'km remaining until refill' on the display while still using the Sat Nav? Every time I changed the display to check, it asked whether I wanted to end the navigation! There must be a way of scrolling through the menus without ending the route!!

I've really got to find some time to go through the manual properly, I just find the instructions in them a bit tedious! They need more Youtube videos for instructions. Come on Skoda, be a little bit more...'Simply Clever'!!

Press the far right button on the steering, should go back to the menu or last screen.

[TurboYodaSkoda]

I'll give it a go. I'm pretty sure that's what I tried first, but I'll double check it.

Many thanks!!

[VR28LT]

how is the res swap going? im in 2 minds atm to do the res swap or just do a cat back system

[TurboYodaSkoda]

The sound change is very, very subtle, if you want a more serious sound, the best that I've heard it the Remus cat back which is switchable.
I did the res swap, as a toe in the water, to see if it made a difference, to be fair, it's cheap to do, easily reversible, no negative effects.

As said previously, this is a car for the 'fam' and not a race car. I love modding cars, I can't help it really. Apart from a Supper Skoda order, which consists of mainly small aesthetics, I'll leave it alone for a while, then see If I want to do anything else.

Here's a clip of a car I've been following for a while, I loooooove the sound of it, nearly doesn't sound turbo charged, it just sounds angry, it has the Remus system, downpipe, IS38 turbo and a lot of mods:
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[VR28LT]

Ah yes Matt's RS it is pretty loud in person... if you ever get the chance have a listen to a bull x system I think these sound the best out of all the ones ive heard

[pittster]

Agree with Yoda's comments its a super subtle change I was kind of going for its a factory exhaust sound.

I do get a bit more note through certain parts of the range.

Mine has gotten louder in the last 1000km's

Full systems are required for proper noise, on saying all this I class the EA888 exhaust note in the SR20 category it makes a noise its not the nicest but its better than a Honda B16 note.

Its hard coming from 5 Cylinder and V8 exhaust notes. Our old XR5 Turbo had a 3" system and made glorious noises.

5 cyl sounds

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15" res octavia RS sounds

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IMO if the car was mine I would go dump pipe and Bullx system but as its the wifes car the Res swap is the perfect compromise you cant hear it cruising but more than 30% throttle it makes a slight noise IF you have the soundaktor off. With it on I find it overpowers the exhaust in Sport mode

[99Reza]

I reckon dump pipe and aftermarket reso is sufficient for noise improvement. Someone did that over in SkodaModders group, sounded considerable more aggressive yet still civilized.

Keep in mind that our car is pretty much stripped of sound deadening, any low frequency exhaust rumble (which usually is associated with aftermarket exhaust system) will not be absorbed satisfactorily.

[Tigger]

Great updates mate! Glad you are enjoying the beast! (Sorry, I have not checked in here for a while)

I still wonder how a standard Golf GTI with the same basic engine and gearbox manages to get a better sound than our RS Octavia...
Great DSG farts etc...

Is their exhaust set-up different to ours?