Skoda Modifications

[PsychoPuppie]

ive done the apr tune on my 2010vrs and it makes it so much more driveable.
the tune makes the vrs the car it should have been from the factory

[Mysticality]

Yeah its definitely the best bang for buck for any forced induction car.
I find I am driving less sedately just to feel that 435Nm shove in mid range.
Fuel economy has not changed noticeably. Its much more affected by the amount of open road driving you can get in.
Long term average with about 75% city driving is 6.4L/100.

It probably knocks ~1 - 1.5 seconds off the 0-100 time, but I've not measured it at all. Certainly not quick by any measure but acceptable.

Highly recommended.

+1
I don't feel much difference with the 0-100 time, but when you're doing 50 and need to speed up a bit the pure whack of torque is amazing. Would recommend.
I can't say much about fuel economy, I'm 1/3rd through the first tank, but already it seems a bit worse... But that could just be because I love the torque so much

Revo has a 20% off sale on right now, which is what swayed me to finally get it done. Cost me $790, unlocked and tuned!

[brad]

I don't think a tune is about outright power. It's the better shaped / smoother torque curve & the earlier boost.

$800 for Revo is great value.

I'd also look at Custom Code & Viezu & there's another "custom" tune who's name escapes me.

I have a Bluefin. At the time it was half the price of any of the other tunes. Greta bang4buck but if I was doing it now I'd probably go another direction even though the Bluefin is great.

[kamold]

Dammit! I wait 2 years to get a tune and then they have a special on a month after I finally decide to get it done

[Martin]

I don't feel much difference with the 0-100 time, but when you're doing 50 and need to speed up a bit the pure whack of torque is amazing. Would recommend.
I can't say much about fuel economy, I'm 1/3rd through the first tank, but already it seems a bit worse... But that could just be because I love the torque so much

The ~3 tanks following the tune tend to return below average fuel economy
It's not until the tune/performance novelty wears off that you will discover the true day to day fuel economy

Generally I can get 540km out of a tank (petrol stage2) around town
but on long open road trips (economy running) I have logged 620km out of a tank

[donweather]

Revo has a 20% off sale on right now, which is what swayed me to finally get it done. Cost me $790, unlocked and tuned!

How accurate are revo's peak performance claims. They claim 205kW which is way above any of their competitors for Stage 1.

Also the revo Aus website said the 20% sale is only valid til 18/08/2013?

[Mysticality]

Dammit! I wait 2 years to get a tune and then they have a special on a month after I finally decide to get it done

TheSpeedfighter had a Stage 1 done at Peak Performance a few weeks before the special arrived on the scene - pretty sure he got refunded the difference.

The ~3 tanks following the tune tend to return below average fuel economy
It's not until the tune/performance novelty wears off that you will discover the true day to day fuel economy

Generally I can get 540km out of a tank (petrol stage2) around town
but on long open road trips (economy running) I have logged 620km out of a tank

So far my record is 1,030km (or so) out of a tank, but that was only recent. Won't be long until I find out just how each tank goes!
Currently looking at 630km with 290km to go before tank is empty, so not *too* bad...

How accurate are revo's peak performance claims. They claim 205kW which is way above any of their competitors for Stage 1.

Also the revo Aus website said the 20% sale is only valid til 18/08/2013?

I walked into VW Village and asked about the 20% off sale 'ending in Jan' and they said 'yup, thats valid' - so I dunno!
Also - I'll definitely be running it on a dyno after its run in a bit more.

[kamold]

So I installed my Chinese RVC over the weekend.
Not quite plug n play but not too far off.

Its a composite video CCD camera that replaces the boot release handle. This one actually fits the cutout properly unlike the Tiguan OEM RGBS one which would require cutting the boot body. Requires an RGBS to composite video converter box so not as good quality but acceptable.

This is the camera:


Which is available here

And this is the RGBS converter:


Which is available here



Installation obviously involves running the cable form the head unit down the left hand side of the car under trim, through the boot rubber conduit and into the boot void behind the trim. Non-trivial in terms of time and swearing effort, but I still have all my fingers afterwards

Couple of issues to note:
1. The camera/boot release handle (like most of these Chinese Skoda accessories) are for the liftback model, which has different connectors everywhere to the wagon, for no good reason (eg the rear light clusters). So I had to put some wires into the connector and strip back a bit of insulation from the boot release motor wires to connect directly to. Also the shape of the new handle release is slightly different to the original and requires a bit of packing (I just used some foam rubber) under the metal cover to allow the screws to bring it in tight against the boot body.

2. The reverse light power circuit is DIRTY. Massive interference on the image initially. Connected to constant 12v power from the boot release motor was very clean but the camera will burn out if its constantly powered. So the power needs to be filtered. The image is still not 100% clean but perfectly usable. Jaycar is your friend here.

3. The default reversing image, with 5238 firmware, is still the parking sensor display as opposed to the reverse camera image with sensor display on the left side like factory. Have to push the little camera icon on the screen to bring up the image. I'll look into this hopefully just a setting.
Fixed see below thanks Readorr


All in all a nice addition for about $120

[readerr0r]

So I installed my Chinese RVC over the weekend.
Not quite plug n play but not too far off.



3. The default reversing image, with 5238 firmware, is still the parking sensor display as opposed to the reverse camera image with sensor display on the left side like factory. Have to push the little camera icon on the screen to bring up the image. I'll look into this hopefully just a setting.


All in all a nice addition for about $120

When tweaking a clients superb with a similar system, I found you have to tell the park sensors control module that a reserve camera is present. At the time the tickbox didn't exist in VCDS on skodas, I had to copy the raw hex code from a VCDS screenshot the client luckily happened to have from a VW module, but I think its in VCDS 12 now...

Edit: Here's a shot of the working code. Remember some settings might be telling it to expect a superb sized car.

[kamold]

nice one, thanks.
I'll check that this afternoon.

[kamold]

That was it thanks!

[Mysticality]

Stage 2; DPF delete; rear muffler delete.


Pulls all the way to redline, which is weird to say the least ;p ... And the turbo noise and idle drone is to die for!

[brad]

Nice

Where did you get that done? I was looking at a cheap down pipe & wanted to add a catcon but the muffler place I spoke to wasn't the least bit interested in welding the cat onto the dp

[Mysticality]

gldgti helped me with the downpipe modification, and I got the delete done at Liverpool Exhaust - they made my 3" catback originally.

I'd go in and get Chev to take a look at it - pay cash you'll get a bit off

[kamold]

Stage 2; DPF delete; rear muffler delete.
Pulls all the way to redline, which is weird to say the least ;p ... And the turbo noise and idle drone is to die for!

Have you got a stage2 ECU program with DPF regen removed? Did you get a discount given you only got the stage 1 recently?