Hello all,
I haven't really created a proper introduction thread for myself so here's my attempt to change that
Up until recently I owned a Skoda Fabia vRS which is quite possibly the best car I've had the pleasure of owning. It's cheap to tax, cheap to insure, cheap to run, and nothing goes wrong with it!
In standard form they are quite nippy having the PD130 engines and certainly torquey and before I started modifying it further I wanted to get a benchmark.
To cut a long story short, it's had a whole load of modifications fitted including a hybrid turbo and then a custom map by R-Tech.
After over 2 years of ownership I felt it was time for a change and had the urge to go back to something petrol powered which ended up with me owning this.
While the V6 engine was great (epic sound), it was just far too slow and thirsty for me so it was time for a change.
Part of the reason I bought the V6 model was for the benefit for the 4motion system which I could've used several winters ago.
So with the help of some friends and the information available on forums, the V6 was replaced with a 1.8T AMK from an S3 that had only covered 26,400 miles before some gimp flipped it on it's head
Unfortunately this picture is quite out of date but it shows the car more or less at it stands just now.
The modification list is extensive, everything has been replaced, and it has just about every bolt on a 1.8T can have with the exception of new manifolds, turbo and so on.
The car is currently down at R-Tech getting a custom stage 2 map to help lug the Bora's fat ass around
So no I don't own a GTI (and never have) but hopefully I can still make myself useful around here
Thanks,
John
