MY £500 FABIA VRS IS NOW A DIESEL SLEEPER!
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- This week, I took my cheap Fabia vRS to get BIG POWER UPGRADES!
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I didn't think that was alot of power for all that work, 🤔🤔🤔10 years ago I had a golf mk4 pd130 and I had it mapped to 182 bhp and 328lbs of torque on standard clutch and bog standard engine no uprated injectors or turbo nor intercooler let alone a induction kit ragged it for years up santa pod and everywere and clutch never slip and engine pulled strong💪👍👍👍
I am watching you both and love your content! Thank you @AutoalexCars & @DarksideDevelopments for your work and entertaining videos you post here!
@@flippingcarsrepairs could of put a q7 turbo on it and fmi pd 150 head bolts and got 250 hp
It looks like your close to the 500k subs Alex. The fabia looks like it’s transformed after the work Darkside did
I'm so glad Alex went off on his own. The content is soooo good.
To be fair, car throttle is still doing great content. So the winners out of this separation are us, we get two great channels!
@@GoodJobLittleBuddy I think car throttle really struggle without Alex. Not as exciting content anymore and it isn't upload as often as AutoAlex
@@skinheads You're right with the uploads, but Jack is holding his own and the channel is still putting out good content imo.
@@skinheads carthrottle has changed alot through the years, remember how popular the website used to be?
I like the current presenters on Carthrottle, though! I feel the company is the one holding them back
car throttle limited alex, though i think he and jack were very good together. Ethan was very dry but still likeable. The company holds them all back.
Been following Darkside for a while now. Their passion for diesels are second to none
They do some crazy stuff, they recently posted a render to their IG of a V12 TDI swapped vw Amarok which from what I can see they plan on building 😮💨
@@Offensivebeast that will be insane
@@Offensivebeast And it's going to be manual swapped too
didn't think that was alot of power for all that work, 🤔🤔🤔10 years ago I had a golf mk4 pd130 and I had it mapped to 182 bhp and 328lbs of torque on standard clutch and bog standard engine no uprated injectors or turbo nor intercooler let alone a induction kit ragged it for years up santa pod and everywere and clutch never slip and engine pulled strong💪
They suck 😂
I had one of these for my second car, remapped with only a pd160 intake and uprated air filter, ran 200 bhp, shook its self to pieces and snapped 4 engine mounts. I had to put an uprated clutch in it after 16k miles. Smoked like crazy, I absolutely loved this car. Drove it like I stole it. Probably a cube now.
i had a std pd130 ibiza and snapped an engine mount also. Maybe they were underspec for the car... wish Id never sold it and put a map on the thing.
Literally my favourite channel ... When I see an upload it makes me smile. Affordable cars, real-world content, cracking presenter and great editing. It's a yes from me
i love this kind of realistic build, great work Alex and the team!
Love this little mini series .
It just goes to show that you can buy a cheap little turd and gradually turn it into a fast turd
Excellent result Alex
Like "sh*t of a shovel" ?
@@richardcrossley5581 🤣🤣
Once a turd, always a turd?
P.S.: simply can't get what people love about these Fabias...
@@krisg.4257 Always be slow too. My slowest car is a 150hp Primera GT and i very easily beat one of these Fabias with 210hp. As a bonus my car sounded a lot better and didnt belch out black smoke.
Great video as usual 👍 and well done with your own Chanel. I know we only see the finished film with smiling faces ect but I hope you really are having a great time with what you have built, a big thanks from all of us 😃
Those VRS Fabia diesel engines are one of the best 1.9 TDIs I have ever sat in. Even a factory remap they pull like a train. I genuinely wish they came back to production.
Great video, great content Alex. Also good to see Darkside in the mix, i have had a few parts from them in the past for my MK4 Golf GT TDi, they even gifted me a free intercooler hose for my EGR delete kit and they were extremely helpful on the phone at 12pm on a saturday morning giving me advise when i was installing my intercooler. Now that is customer service as it should be.
Props to Darkside for recording everything.
When you genuinely love your job, you have a smile like Alex's!
Love to see it, long may it continue. Im here along the way for the support 😎
used darkside loads in the past, also done work for them as well in the past super nice guys always on hand to help
still waiting to win the fabia i need a little diesel car
Darkside do some seriously cool stuff, been watching their stuff for a while. It’s also nice to see this car coming along nicely.
I met Ryan last year at the Yorkshire Motorsport Festival, he's a nice guy.. My passat will find it's way to Darkside this year for a tune hopefully.. great job Alex :)
A veritable smorgasbord of car jeopordy, coolant leak, wheelspin and torque steer, rolling coal (welcome back you have been missed), clutch slip (you haven't been missed sorry - you're too familiar a friend tbh), knackered injectors and lets not forget a cameo role for the Police. Bravo to all who made that happen.
Love this, the vRS is my guilty pleasure car, regret selling mine more than any other car I've owned. I've also followed the guys at Darkside for a long time and my A3 has a turbo from them in it after the original became a screamer.. Great value and service delivery wise too, def recommend them!
Don’t feel guilty, they’re brilliant cars.
I had a 56 plate. Like you, I regret selling it 😢
@@Dan23_7 absolutely, whoever wins this one will love it!
Yeah snap I sold mine and regretted it ever since!
@@JohnClark-ew8dh Mine was silver like this one
I was following a blue 07 the other day, the limited ones. It was ruined !! Lowered too much and covered in black soot
Love this channel, Messing around with cheap cars that are in everyone's reach instead of expensive cars that only a small % will own. Top notch channel and content Alex!
Amazing content Alex, you’re absolutely killing it. Loved my Fabia vRS, even had black leather seats for that added luxury touch!
Glad to see you in Barnsley with the Darkside crew. Good set of lads them
love this build, great place Darkside and loads of bits on the shelf , next door is SRS too for salvaged spares its the place to go for VAG parts.
Alex, I recently bought a fabia vrs and within two weeks it absolutley shat its pants. I had to replace the engine, turbo and flywheel and clutch .All back together now and running beutifully and I have a great little fun commuter car .
next few months and it will be getting a similar spec build and I will be getting sut of the pop and shart map that it has on it.
Darkside are the absolute boys. Known of them for a while being local but started watching more after seeing a few vlogs from Danny DC2 👌🏻
i would love to see an interior detail! To see if u can get some live back into those "white" seats!
Great video Alex, amazing your giving away that vrs fingers crossed
Darkside lads always do a good job. Best diesel performance garage in Yorkshire 🤙
Had two Fabia vrs . That engine is incredible. Mpg and power! Brilliant little car
not just yorkshire, the world mate
Love the Fabia VRS. Good work Alex.
Spent many hours flying up and down the bypass near Darkside 😅 I remember test driving a fabia pd130 with my best mate a week after I passed my driving test.. dealership didn’t take any ID or come on the test drive either! 😂
This was my all time favourite car I’ve owned. Let me paint the picture… It was 2009, I was 19. All my friends had either Saxo VTR’s, 106 GTI’s and fiesta zetec S’. I went for the PD130 and absolutely rinsed them 😂 until my other mate who was earning a lot of money bought a civic Type R, he beat me 😂. Great times….
This was my first ever car in that same colour too lol, bought it off my grandparents and it was such a good car. Could clutch down uphill and never stall.
Your grandparents had a Vrs ?
Best thing I like about this is, the fact you have done the everything you said in the intro and not made us wait for another episode by waffling like ALOT of car content creators, 🎉very well done!!!!!!!!
Ryan smashes it again. Great series Alex!
Ryan is a natural in front of the camera. Absolute natural.
These cars are great fun, had 4 of them so far. Need to make it to 5 soon 😂
Just hunted you down for the first time since "Miles The high mileage hero".really glad to see you have gone off on your own bud. Really good content keep it coming. Just subscribed so finger's crossed as I've always wanted a "limp sausage" 🤣
PD POWEEERRRRR!!!
I remember a lad I knew called Patty he used to have a black Fabia and he had a massive darkside developments sticker in the back window. I used to live 20 minutes away from here. Everybody uses this place. Love Alex being in places I know it gets me excited 😂. Surprised he managed a day up North haha
Your content is amazing, love Darkside too, reason I bought an A5, I even wear their merch daily, infact today I'm wearing a Darkside top with "reyyt then" on it and a car throttle hoodie, go figure 😂
PS, where do I buy your Volvo hoodie?
This is becoming my favourite channel on UA-cam. Cheers Alex.
Didn't think this card had it in it. Surprising results for sure!
I was raised in the UK but now live in Canada. My MilSpec 109 LandRover has a 2.25 litre oil burner with 60hp and 104 ft lbs maybe! More like a tractor really.
My GMC 2500HD pickup has a 6.6 litre Durmax with a six speed Allison transmission 4 wheel drive, slightly warmed over it produces about 490 hp and 900 ft lbs. I use it for towing my fifth wheel trailer when travelling.
I’ve got a polo pd100. I’d die to have to this Fabia. Double the power = double the fun ❤️
Love these fabias. Boras and golfs with the same engines are great, fabias are just extra
Nice spec. I had. Cupra R pd160 with egr delete and offshelf map to 195bhp so basically the same spec as yours. Pulled so well!
Mine the same, 201hp
What mpg do you get?
@@Gman-nb9ge was always 50+mpg often 60
Awesome, I remember building up my MK4 Golf with Darkside gear, I managed to get around 170hp out of it on a full 130 setup before I let it go. I missed the PD Life so much I went back to it!
2 of my favourite channels combined 😁
knew from the dyno room in the thumbnail it was darkside developments!! great content.
Nice modifications 👍 I can't bring myself to do anything to mine. Completely standard on original clutch and original turbo 🫣
I’m in the same boat. 170k full Skoda history totally standard. But debating😅
@@philjones3558 nice full Skoda history 👍 I'm only part history but quite low miles (116k) but still can't bring myself to modify it 🤣 good luck to you if you do 👍
I’m so thankful Alex went on his own. His channel is brilliant 💙.
Oof, this would go well with my 300bhp V70 T5, I can feel torque without the fuel needle dropping faster than a ton of bricks
Always fancied one of these! Terrific little car. Also, Dark Side are great guys - they sorted a clutch on a Audi S3 for me about ten years ago - were the cheapest and nicest people around - they have moved on a lot since then!
Darkside are the best side to be, its fabious
I had a Skoda Fabia 1.2htp Combi/Estate which I had plans bigger than my wallet.
I so wanted too put the PD130 Engine in it lower it etc but keep it as a sleeper.
Sadly due too family circumstances and life in general I had too let the old Combi go.
I'd still love to do my dream in a few years.
You should let Matt from Carwow review your cars. Like proper Carwow/Matt style and see how each rank up!
I love my Fabia post Darkside visit. On track though, say goodbye to 40+ mpg. But its not all bad, the lowest that I have seen is 19 mpg. Not bad when a lot of the petrol cars around me are struggling to get much over 10 mpg.... Brands Indy circuit sees 20-24 mpg. Even just going for a (law abiding) drive on the road it always makes me grin. I always feel like its a car doing things that realistically, it shouldn't really do.
Love the PD130's. Proper fan used to have an ibiza FrTDi 130. Mapped really nicely by p-torque who got 317ftlb torque, it used to suprise everyone off the light's. Pocket soot rockets
I've got the Golf 2.0 PD and always thought newer is better. You can get 240hp just with a bigger turbo as well. but I just love this car
Reyt then 🙂
Skoda Fabia Vrs, tuned at Darkside, sensible power and able to put it down…. I need this in my life 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Been watching you for years Alex. Like many others, I’ve got to say that this channel is sooo good. Keep the awesome content coming dude 💪🏻
What a nice bit of work. Good publicity for the boys at Darkside, too. 👍🏼
Alex, my Skoda 1.9 was written off by a uninsured driver three years ago, still hasn't been settled. Great to see what you've done to the Vrs. Would love it!
Love a Fabia VRS, cracking cars. Massive shout to Darkside, always helpful when I've spoken to them. My Skoda Octi started life with 140hp, now it's close enough to 300 with just under 460lbft
Nice little pocket rockets the Fabia VRS's! I have the VRS 132 TSI and she gets going alright! So much fun on windy roads!
My 2 favourite car channels in one video. Love it
Great to see Ryan on here. Worth a subscribe to darkside
Been waiting for this video for aaages, love Darkside an Alex, excellent combo!
I love that this is a sleeper car. The reg is awesome YWN which is what you do when your tired and a SLEEPER!!!!
YES THE FABIA VIDEO! Christmas came early, gonna watch this in my pd100 fabia😎
Really enjoy new content, it's great. Well done Alex for going independent and being successful.👌
Fabia is my daughter's favourite, fingers crossed for her..
Great video, I would not usually be interested in watching a Skoda but you guys make any car interesting and entertaining. Keep up the good work!
Damn good content that Alex! Literally one of the best ‘petrol head’ (or diesel head in this case) channels on YT! I still want the podcasts back.. I won’t stop asking 😂😂
nice colour on the edit, the garage aound 6 mins looked noice. well done editor chan
Absolutely love Ryan & the Darkside team, been following these guys for a few years, Rj in Oz
Mate of mine had a fab vrs tuned to around 300 brake, engine went in another mates lupo GTi so they decided to put the 300 brake lump in it. Absolute animal to drive! Biggest downside was it needed a thorough clean on the back end every time you went anywhere in it 😂
Ryan, Scott and the darkside team are legends in the diesel world. Proper Yorkshire lads 👏👏👏
Brilliant video again! It's nice to see some of your Fleet getting some love.
Can I ask what the song was at 10:50 though? 😂
Heh, nice to see you have been around mine. Wish would've seen ya and shook your hand :D
All the best :)
Watching while buying parts for my mk2 fabia vrs. Love it
can i just say the camera quality is fantastic! Great video(s)!!
I had a 2005 1.9 nonturbo fabia combi, loved it so much. And got it totaled. Still miss it everyday
This content is so good man i really appreciate the hard work 💯
Alex, all the best on your solo venture (well you dragged few folk with you). I hope channel will grow and it will pay off !
Reyt then, been waiting for this one for a while!!!!
Love the videos I saw Taylor the other day in his silver X5 and he gave me a wave and not gonna lie was awesome just seeing him after watching you guys so much ! Keep the videos up and maybe one day I can be in a video with Alex and Taylor !🤞🤷🏽♂️😂
Good to see Darkside and a 1.9 tdi - that and the vr6 are my favourite engines
Great to see these types of educational programs 👍🏻
I bloomin love those fabia’s! I had the mark 2 vrs but just not the same as having that dirty diesel
Another brilliant upload!!👏👍
Brilliant Fabia , love the 1.9 PD and Darkside kit is really great
Alex, you've done an amazing job with your own content. So engaging and really entertaining. Looking forward to seeing more of your projects. Keep up the god work my friend 👍
Brilliant episode! Glad you went to dark side for the work !
Man do I miss my TDI Jetta now. Ordered my parts and couldn't have cared about the shipping and duties. Completely worth it.
Best car content out there at the moment and brilliant to watch !
love companies like darkside wish we had someone like that here
Bloody love Darkside. Done me right on a couple of cars now. Miss my diesels. May grab a cheapie soon to keep the miles off my EP3.
If I do, first port of call is here so I know it’ll be “reet then”
I love this driving a octavia mk1 what my friend has now nicked off me now she passed her test
What a car they are!
Love the small pocket rockets
Can’t believe that the dark side Barnsley lads are getting so much traction. It’s pretty mad. Good on em
I am so obsessed with the mk1 fabia so glad to finally see some quality videos with one, hopefully I’ll win it won day
I know of these guys at Darkside. If I ever need my Skoda tuned, I'll take it up there.