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?
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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. :)
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... ;)
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. :)
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:
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Which is available here
And this is the RGBS converter:
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Which is available here
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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
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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.
http://imageshack.com/a/img809/2918/opsskoda2crop.png
nice one, thanks.
I'll check that this afternoon.
That was it thanks!
Stage 2; DPF delete; rear muffler delete.
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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!
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
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 :)