and its not remotely as cool as one either...but here goes....

I decided i wanted something a little different to my previous cars, something with potential that hasn't been done to death. made 5k back from the sale of my beloved b18 civic





and 2 days later i was in posession of the banana. Fully standard, 2 lady owners with full skoda history, 77k etc etc.Now this may have seemed a wierd choice but i'm not one to buy something shit, already have plenty of plans and rest asured it will have as much time and effort spent on it as my previous cars.
so heres how it looked on autotrader









once it was home, paint renovated and pictures taken with a proper camera







and now its been lowered, wind deflectors,6k HIDS, Interior mats, Forge recirculation valve, Vrs an Octavia Badges removed off the rear,










windows tinted, rear is oem colour, and front is light smoke. car is a bit dirty but meh...







back now lowered a tad more,wind deflectors and tints done, spaced the rears 5mm, new headunit in













indicators turned up, so rather than changing just the shitty one, changed them both despite only one being misty


before letting water in and greeness


new and comparison



After, fit like oem so happy with them, will give the headlight a polish to make it looking new when the weather is half dry


Bought a K03s off good ald ebay for £250. gonna send it away to get a few bits done to support 280bhp-300bhp and have all bearing etc replaced, in the mean time will get together all the other bits im needing so i can put them all on in one fell swoop and get it mapped etc. should have all the bits ready for summer i'm reconning.


purchased some 440cc bosch injectors


before and after


fins gone


(rear discs were replaced before i bought so never bothered with ebc for them)



4x4 mode


old crap off


old pads and discs were buggered, bigger lips than lesley ash


new stuff on


never been a fan of green calipers, and red pads just topped it off! so....


replaced the dogbone mount to for a poly one, feels a lot more positive and has prevented a bit of wheel hop, not bad for £20 anyhow


then some pics once brakes were bedded in (the right way.....70-0 a few times)







Hoses from volksbits arrived, quality seems really good, definately much much better than OEM





5 ply




and 440cc bosch injectors arrived too


Fuel pump fitted too





4bar FPR





Decided to modify my crash bar to allow better flow, no point it being blocked off, and the bar has retained its strength as ive only cut a window out



comparison


in bits...







GTF sidemount


and on


and modified bumper


Plate will hide the holes day to day but good to take off for track etc for better cooling.
Drove home and car induction sounds deeper, seems to pull better lower down in higher gears but is probably just my imagination. Lag over old shitmount is minimal, 500revs tops id say, overall very impressed with the quality. Full turbo back system next, then hybrid turbo then put all my other goodies on and get it mapped hoping for figures near 300bhp, have seen similar builds with that power so.....