What did you do to your Octavia today?

[zei20t]

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Got some new shoes!!!

they look great! exactly like my GTCs

[donweather]

What was the weight loss with the wheel change?

+1 and also was it just a wheel change but same tyres?

I'm finding my fuel economy has gone up with my new shoes and tyres but I think that might be a function of the rolling resistance of the Goodyears not being as good as the conti's.

[donweather]

they look great! exactly like my GTCs

Cheers and yeah I'm pretty happy with them and how they came up. Could have gone for a slightly more aggressive offset on the rears but never mind.

[GTR27]

It looks great. Exactly the same as my last Octavia (minus the rims of course). I told the missus the second a rim gets rash, I'm buying the vmrs. She has had a few people say it would look awesome with black rims.... She is starting to agree..... Wear them down!

[Mysticality]

What was the weight loss with the wheel change?

I'm not actually sure, will have to weigh them. The rotors alone are +4-5kg each corner though!

[Skoda Matt]

Wasn't exactly today but I had the tune tweaked on my 1.8TSI. 128kw at the wheels isn't a bad effort. My only other mod so far is a DV+ from GFB. The car pulls like a freight train and has only made me love my car even more!

[brad]

What do the 3 lower lines represent?

have you a copy of the torque curve / figures?

I can recomend a bigger intercooler like a Golf R/S3 or bigger. I don't think it makes extra power but you lose the dougy feeling when stuck in traffic / hot days, etc. Stock IC is 32mm. Golf R/S3 is 38mm and has more bars, higher flow, etc

I really should dyno mine one day but I'd rather spend the money on a tank of 98 than 5 minutes on the rollers.

[Skoda Matt]

From the bottom left of the graph they are: Viezu "race" file, Viezu "track" file, stock, the final tweaked Viezu "track" file

As you can see I was not happy with the race file or track file as they were worse than the stock file in the bottom end. But Simon at Viezu did some computer wizardry and fixed that right up.

I completely forgot to get the torque read out, but according to VCDS peak torque is 320nM at 4480 RPM.

I am definitely on the hunt for a larger intercooler. The temps here in north queensland are certainly getting up there, mid 30's at the moment. This can't be good for the car. If anyone knows of an intercooler for sale please let me know

Not that I participate in street racing but it is so satisfying to line up next to a VF SV6 Ute and leave them for dead

[brad]

Ah! that makes sense now. Initial power loss must have been dissapointing. Good they could fix it.

Even the stock 105kw ATW is repectable for an engine that's supposed to be 118kw at the flywheel.

How do you find out the torque from VCDS?

Forge Twintercooler at vwgolf.net (no idea if they are any good)
EOI: Forge Twintercooler MKV GTI

Golf R Intercooler - pay $150 tops
FS: 2013 Golf R Parts; Stock Suspension, Stock Intercooler, TTS Engine Cover

A few people have used these ones I think - more capacity than the Golf R version
VW Golf GTI 06 10 2 0T Turbo MK5 Fmic Intercooler KIT Version 2 RED | eBay

[Skoda Matt]

Thanks for that brad. I will see if I can get the Golf R intercooler, if not I might try the eBay kit. The Forge Twintercooler has just sold

The torque is measuring block 120. I know it's not torque at the wheels but considering the 1.8tsi is 250nM stock it's a pretty good increase.