Octavia now at Stage II ...

[The Speedfighter]

Sounds great! Are you worried about volding the warranty?

I was about to ask the same question

[Weekend-Warrior]

Interested to hear the exhaust. Does it have a GTi DSG farty sort of exhaust sound on upshifts? That's all I want!

Also do you have dyno chart to show where the gains have been made.

[Martin]

Sounds great! Are you worried about volding the warranty?

Not at all mate - I want to enjoy the car and experience
I am planning on 10k oil changes as a easy/cheap way to look after the engine
(I got this car so cheap that it would not matter if I incurred a big service cost)
Ultimately I can see me converting this car into my club circuit racer

Interested to hear the exhaust. Does it have a GTi DSG farty sort of exhaust sound on upshifts? That's all I want!

Also do you have dyno chart to show where the gains have been made.

It is a DSG but there are no farty exhaust sounds during upshifts
(Well, not that I can hear inside the car - maybe from an observers perspective, dunno)

I have not had it on the dyno - don't need to, the gains are significant and across the board
It's something that would be interesting to do but would need a stock car also for back to back comparison

[dArK5HaD0w]

some very nice mods there.
looking forward to seeing all the bits & bobs on the 2nd.

[MacVW]

Hi Martin. You have actually done all the mods that I have been researching and planning on doing. I have been worried about voiding the warranty. I know for a fact that DSGs are not cheap to fix. I work in car sales for a major Brisbane dealership and we do have Skoda/VW dealership franchises. I have discussed doing such tunes with the service manager and whether I could get away with even a stage 1 tune. He swears that their software picks up any changes to the ECU. If a warranty issue arises and they can show the ECU has been remapped and that this may have caused the fault they can legally void the warranty. He is not saying that he would do so in my case but it is a possibility. It is a bit of a conundrum for me. How far can or should I go? How important is the warranty? Can I afford to not have a warranty? Should I consider extending the warranty? From your description of the results from the APR Stage II upgrade it sounds like you have the RS running just as I have imagined that it should from factory. I have driven several, DSG, manual, Tsi and TDi, liftback and wagons. I love the drive and the feel, but I have always felt it needed that bit more. Thank you for listing your upgrades and results. It has given me food for thought.