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Skoda Octavia vRS breaks 200mph barrier at Bonneville Speed Week
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16-08-2011 12:23pm#1MEET THE 200MPH SKODA OCTAVIA
Skoda Octavia vRS breaks 200mph barrier at Bonneville Speed Week
Celebrating a decade of the Skoda vRS performance sub-brand, a 500bhp version of the current Octavia and dubbed the vRS Bonneville Special, has cracked the 200mph barrier.
With motoring scribbler Richard Meaden at the wheel, the car recorded a run of 202.15mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah yesterday.
The car itself is a production Octavia vRS, with a few choice aerodynamic modifications, which include making it 80mm lower to the ground. There's also a new sub-frame, which houses a race-prepared intercooler.
The 2.0-litre four-cylinder TSI petrol engine remains, but with a larger Garrett turbo fitted. Generating more than 500bhp, and producing 30+ PSI of boost pressure, the Bonneville Octavia vRS also runs on bespoke high-octane race fuel (with water-methanol mix) rather than unleaded petrol.
The car has also been built to Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) safety regs, which means a reinforced roll cage, parachute, fire extinguishers and window cage.
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Loosen the auld tie Vectra its just a laugh, anyway I drive a SEAT !
In fairness while Skoda themselves have massively improved as a brand over the years and now produce decent cars, ironically on this forum that makes them a bigger joke than they were beforehand.
the Octavia in general and the VRS in particular seem to take a huge bashing on this forum compared to the Superb for example. Weird. Skoda produce a fairly decent, if not spectacular car and they get hounded for it while some other bland cars like the Yaris for example get nothing but praise.
Either way, nice to see someone trying this with the Octavia, as SouperComputer says, it's not a car you expect to see much of in the US!!0 -
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In fairness while Skoda themselves have massively improved as a brand over the years and now produce decent cars, ironically on this forum that makes them a bigger joke than they were beforehand.
the Octavia in general and the VRS in particular seem to take a huge bashing on this forum compared to the Superb for example. Weird. Skoda produce a fairly decent, if not spectacular car and they get hounded for it while some other bland cars like the Yaris for example get nothing but praise.
Either way, nice to see someone trying this with the Octavia, as SouperComputer says, it's not a car you expect to see much of in the US!!
you see, problem is that skoda drivers are same as BMW 316 and 318 drivers. they all think they drive the BEST ever car in the world. fast too.
... and then the fight started....0 -
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Matt Simis wrote: »This would have been super impressive if it was a production car. Anyone that said a production Octavia couldnt make/handle 500bhp remains completely correct, if anything this proves how far the car is from achieving it.
How it should have read:
Things they admit are totally changed from production unit:- Lowered with chassis reinforcement.
- Race spec intercooler replaces small stock 230bhp tops capable model
- Stock K03 Turbo replaced with 200% larger Garrett 500bhp model (click here to see size difference)
- Boost increased from approx 10PSI to 30PSI
- Road Fuel (98octane) replaced with approx 113Octane Methanol race fuel
- Water/meth inline induction cooling added to further reduce intake and combustion temps
Things they must have changed:- Injectors to fuel 30PSI are likely 5-6times larger than stock/production
- Wonder if engine Rods/internals changed to survive 30PSI boost (maybe they dont care, one run and finished)
- Clutch - a near certainty to handle the torque
- Brakes - massively increased for safety (aside from the parachute that surely isnt on the stock Octavia, even the VRS model)
- Stripped out interior to fit roll cage.
- Exhaust, Cats
One could take any performance VAG AWD or BMW RWD and add/increase boost and reach 200mph with less effort and cost than this required. Some of them will do it totally stock. This is IMO undermines the performance claims of the VRS.
You need to have a good rethink there.
According to Lightning they only needed a few rolls of Duct tape
Bigger turbo
turn up the boost
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You act like it was some sort of great achiement, there are guys who do track days all over the world that have achieved huge HP increases by doing what they did to that skoda. Sure some of the drift guys cars are running 400-600hp.
it seems to upset you.
I merely posted it as a source of info which is what Forums are about.
You jumped on it as if it were a hooker out for the night and dishing it out for free.
Sit back and chill and accept what people achieve.0 -
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Agreed. They have improved massively. But regarded as a joke here on Boards? Seriously? I see nothing but endless praise for them here!In fairness while Skoda themselves have massively improved as a brand over the years and now produce decent cars, ironically on this forum that makes them a bigger joke than they were beforehand.
We are talking about the same Boards here aren't we? Any yaris mentioned here is followed by predictable posts about how boring the yaris is and how much of a drivers car the octy is! (seriously, is it that good?)the Octavia in general and the VRS in particular seem to take a huge bashing on this forum compared to the Superb for example. Weird. Skoda produce a fairly decent, if not spectacular car and they get hounded for it while some other bland cars like the Yaris for example get nothing but praise.
True.Either way, nice to see someone trying this with the Octavia, as SouperComputer says, it's not a car you expect to see much of in the US!!
And i partly get how some may not be overly impressed by this achievement. But 200mph is a significant speed. Remember that aerodynamic drag increases EXPONENTIALLY as your speed increases linearly. So it may be relatively:pac: easy to do, say, 150mph but that last 50mph is going to need serious power AND attention to aerdynamic detail. Remember all the radiators on the veyron? Remember the bit where they removed the wing mirrors to gain a few mph but had to put them back on as they were creating enough downforce to keep the front wheels on the ground? Easy to do 200 mph? I doubt it!0 -
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Me arse. 200MPH isnt that big of a deal nowadays. The aero required is rudimentary at best by today's standards if you have 500BHP. Yes I understand aero resistance, put simply its R∝V2. Which is why the VRS can smack 150 in stock form. 200 isnt impressive simply because its not remarkable as an achievement IMO its almost a certainty. As pointed out, its an excercise in PR rather than engineering. I've worked on some pretty rough 198MPH projectiles, not quite 200MPH but they also weren't running on the bonneville salt flats!
THIS however, is impressive IMO...
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savagecabbages wrote: »I wasn't dissing it, fair play to them!
What I don't get is how people are saying theres nothing overly impressive about it. It was a successful pr project/exercise, not pretending to be anything else... Skoda know this. I know this. Everyone know this!
What do they have to do to impress people? 210mph, 220mph?
i know you weren't dissing it.
Only meant to say we have this to look forward to
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The marketing people at VAG have spent a lot of money to reinforce the theory that young people start off on Seats and then move on to Audi, whereas Skoda drivers move up to VW when their finances allow.For Forks Sake wrote: »Surely that's Audi
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