I’m back 1.4 or 1.6

I regularly encounter 'a rolling road block' on my route to work - old guy in a red Fiat Punto driving at about 48mph on a dual carriageway. Trucks get stuck behind him and then pull out to overtake and take an age to get past and it just blocks up the road - every time I see a 1/2 mile crocodile of vehicles in the outside lane it's always him that's the cause!

I lnow got stuck behind two eco muppets the otherday. Had to get home for my son. Decided to take them on a long rise. What does the one at the front do? Put his foot down, I turned 45 to 70+ in a 60. What is wrong with these people?
Just drive your cars it is better for the environment if we all progress!
 
Can you not be prosecuted for dangerous driving for going slower than is safe? Feels like it should be possible...


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So nuts to mpg, please do not be a rolling road block.

Too true. I never worry about my economy. I just make sure I'm driving as fast as the guy behind me wants to go because I don't want to risk holding him up do I? I'm sure that he/she has somewhere very important to be and God forbid I make him a few minutes late.
 
My 53k mile 1.4 SE petrol is the perfect town or city car and is great for school or supermarket runs. It's extremely reliable, very quiet, comfortable, cheap to run and fuel efficient. What it lacks in acceleration or out-and-out performance, it more than makes up for in manoeuvrability. It's the perfect roundabout car, with well balanced handling and every narrow gap in traffic is a breeze. I have tried longer runs on motorways, it can keep up with modern middle lane traffic, but better suits the nearside lane or being hustled on B-roads. Obviously there is no substitute for cubic capacity but I like the easy ownership and reliability. Great things still come in little packages.
 
Hi there, i am participating from Germany.
My first A2 was an ATL, the diesel with 90bhp. I drove it for about 50tmls and sold it ´cause i´ve heard about a 110bhp Version if the A2. Expecting a GTI Feeling i bought one. Within the first week i knew...this has to go. I could´nt believe. No 110bhp Feeling. But it wasn´t that bad. It drove about 220km/h thats about 130mph and was very efficient regarding fuel consumption. Took not more than 7 ltrs per 100km..
1 month later i sold the FSI and bought my next ATL with 90 TDI Horses. But for now the German Government is prohibting the EURO 4 and EURO 5 catalytic systems and banning them from the city.

As i was searching for an alternativ i found out that there´s a solution for the FSI. By changing the Engine settings of the FSI you wont have anymore trouble like used to and as a side effect it makes the FSI a little quicker..and closer to a GTI Feeling. The setting can be changed by the following company which is in Germany.

http://www.proboost-engineering.de/

if any help is needed regarding translation please do not hesitate to contact me
 
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Interesting post by one of the directors of Proboost-Engineering:D. The German club must be well acquainted; good to hear what @bretti_kivi has to say rather than struggle with Google Translate.

Andy
 
Interesting post by one of the directors of Proboost-Engineering:D.
Hi Andrew, if you are trying to accuse me of making advertisement here so you aqre wrong. Eventhough my english language is not as good as an englishman i think i´ve understood what you are trying to say...
My intention is not to advertise for anyone or for anything. I am just posting the link of a tuning shop in Germany who has very good reputations within the A2 owners club in Germany which is called a2freun.de wehre i am registered at.
And the tuning i tried to explain in my post is very known and popular in germany regarding the EML light problems of the 1.6 FSI. Ths good thing about this tuning is just simply changes the operating conditions for which the FSI has been developed and released by AUDI back then. But for now the FSI system has been cancelled due to the known problems. So my intention was to defend the gasoline A2 and its future.
The Diesel Problem might reach the UK in future and the cat systems older than EURO 6 will be banned from the cities...or throughout the entire country. Banning a diesel A2 from the traffic would be the worst thing that can happen to a a2 owner since this car has been build for eternity.
 
Hi Andrew, if you are trying to accuse me of making advertisement here so you aqre wrong. Eventhough my english language is not as good as an englishman i think i´ve understood what you are trying to say...
My intention is not to advertise for anyone or for anything. I am just posting the link of a tuning shop in Germany who has very good reputations within the A2 owners club in Germany which is called a2freun.de wehre i am registered at.
And the tuning i tried to explain in my post is very known and popular in germany regarding the EML light problems of the 1.6 FSI. Ths good thing about this tuning is just simply changes the operating conditions for which the FSI has been developed and released by AUDI back then. But for now the FSI system has been cancelled due to the known problems. So my intention was to defend the gasoline A2 and its future.
The Diesel Problem might reach the UK in future and the cat systems older than EURO 6 will be banned from the cities...or throughout the entire country. Banning a diesel A2 from the traffic would be the worst thing that can happen to a a2 owner since this car has been build for eternity.
Sorry no offence intended, just my (British) sense of humour.

We are well aware of the German club via Bret who regularly provides many helpful links to the site for many topics under discussion here.

The diesel 'problem' is here also, with the UK government announcing an intention to ban all diesel vehicles by 2040 (or sooner) while there is already a congestion charge for private diesel vehicles in London as well as a big push for EV.

As A2 FSI's are Euro 4 I do not follow your implied point that petrol engines will not be affected by less than Euro 6 restrictions.

It's late, have a good weekend. Goodnight. - Andy
 
Sorry no offence intended, just my (British) sense of humour.
Hi Andrew, sorry i did not mean it that way...i thought i might have broken some forum rules like advertising or having intentions making money. Eitherway...did´nt know that british have humor at all. muhaha (let me put a smiley to underline this :) ...
Anyway. The possible solution regarding the diesel would be the implementation of the SKODA FABIA engine which is a 3 cylinder TDI with 1422ccm. Basically it is the VW / AudiA2 ATL engine. BUT, it has a six speed stick shift by 105 bhp and a 7 speed auto DSG by 90bhp. Like i said in germany would be the problem after transplanting this engine into the A2 the all new TÜV / MOT in your language which asks for a brand new COC. And that will cost a lot of money. At the end you would have a new car, cause after this test your A2 is no longer the known A2 but a new kind of A2...hope you understand how i mean it. Estimated costs about 15-20000€. thats about 20million GBP :) .
The low cost solution, with the result of driving a A2 is the FSI. It´s clear the FSI is not a GTI like sporty car. But, some german tuner has written a new script which replaces the factory settings of the ECU. The original settings has, as far as i understood, three different status while the engine is running. Ths first mode while the engine is running but nnot driving. The second while accelerating and the third while driving. The switch in between these thre modes consumes a lot of digital calculations and time. Aim of this game is not a sporty driving flair but a economic drive. And these guys i posted can switch all of this off and put the setting in a more sinple and naiv setting so the FSI is a bit faster, responding quicker and on top savinf exact same fuel like factory setting which is not more then 7 litres....but still able to drive 210km/h. in your language and conversion about 200mph ;-) . And most of the benefit of this setting is to impede the coking and caulking on the pistons / within the combustion chamber. A better way on top of this setting would be the installing of gas system. Whether a LPG or CNG. LPG has a efficency factor of about 0.8 and CNG about 1.2 or 1.3 i guess. I think, to have A2 fun for many years eihterone of the above mentioned is thinkable...at least in Germany not knowing what tomorrow will bring with theses politicians searching every way to fu..k the working people. I think i dont need to get deeper into this matter since you guys are soon no longer Europeans back to the times of "banned on the island volk" ;-) .... the cost for the FSI setting depends on who is making and is somwhere around 200-300€. The cost for having a A2 diesel with EURO 6 shouldnt interest you because in couple of month there is no more EURO LAWS for you...so get yourself an american big block v8 into the A2 and call it "the british way"
 
What are the Fabia engine / gearbox codes for the updated Euro6 1422cc engine and 6m / 7dsg gearboxes, out of interest - I guess I could look them up but since you know the information it would be helpful. Thank you again for the information.

Realistically in the long run with the intelligent design of the A2 basic structure, perhaps the ideal retrofit will be a full underfloor battery / electric motor / transmission solution as these become more available and affordable in the next few years - the existing online resources where people have done this on a prototype basis already look very promising, and most of these sites are several years old by now. Not everyone wants a 427ci V8.. :)
 
The diesel engine has the code Skoda Code CUSB 90hp or CUTA 105 hp... here is the Wicki Link to the Fabia. Unfortunately not available in english. But i guess if you scroll down to Motordaten 2.1 Motoren und Gebtriebe and then 2.1.2 Dieselmotoren youd be able to read the specifications..most of all the CAT system EURO 6. (PS means Horse Power) ( you may contact for any translation)
Regarding the E Drive. We have already some companies building E drive into any car. Most of the clients have a Fiat 500 or VW Lupo and small cars like these. But i hve never seen a A2 E Drive although some private people experimenting alrready in their garages.
the following link is a official provider of e systems for cars

https://www.fleck-elektroauto.de/shop/

or this guy even builds Minis with e drive

http://www.lorey-maschinenbau.de/blog/elektroauto/

http://www.turn-e.de/?page_id=182

PS: if anybody is interested in a step by step documentation of a A2 converting to E powered i can provide the link to the german A2OC homepage where a member has granted access to his project. But its all in german obviously ....

https://a2-freun.de/forum/forums/topic/32566-der-1-elektro-a2-umbau-thread/
 
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The low cost solution, with the result of driving a A2 is the FSI. It´s clear the FSI is not a GTI like sporty car. But, some german tuner has written a new script which replaces the factory settings of the ECU. The original settings has, as far as i understood, three different status while the engine is running. Ths first mode while the engine is running but nnot driving. The second while accelerating and the third while driving. The switch in between these thre modes consumes a lot of digital calculations and time. Aim of this game is not a sporty driving flair but a economic drive. And these guys i posted can switch all of this off and put the setting in a more sinple and naiv setting so the FSI is a bit faster, responding quicker and on top savinf exact same fuel like factory setting which is not more then 7 litres....but still able to drive 210km/h.
Hi,
It sounds interesting... no more "Intake Manifold Tuning Valve : Setpoint Not Reached" message :)
So it keeps only the stœchiometric burn mode.
Do you know if the inlet manifold is physically altered ? (i.e. the flaps removed...)
 
hi fbi, as i am not a mechanic i can´t tell you exactly what the ECU update contains. The only thing i have been told is taht the function princip of the FSI will no more be the same as it has been intended by the Audi company. And the working princip is epxlained very good and in detail but in german language..and to translate that my technical english wouldnt be enough...sorry :-(
 
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schichtladung

if i let google translate Schichtladung it comes up with layer charging. I dont know if layer charging is the exact explanation for the funtioning princip of the FSI.

sorry even on Wicki its being only explained in German. The Software tuning which i meant switches off...or rather changes the setting which makes the FSI an FSI...its not that FSI is bad but driving the FSI in short distances clogges (congestes) the injection relevant parts. Beginning at somwhere 100tmls 160tkm the engine starts choking and the EML light starts blinking, the catalysator starts making problems and etc...
Driving long distances is not a problem, it is even better and welcome for the engine. Driving always long distances doesnt make any problems and mileages up to 150tmls (250.000km) and more is no problem. Just change the oil and filter every 10.000 - 15.000 km...change the timing belt on time and you´ll see it will even drive more efficent then the 1.4 gasoline. 5.5 liter for 100km is not a problem for the fsi with an average speed between 90-120km/h. And if you call it up it can drive as per Tacho 220km/h also but then the fuel waste goes up naturally but even then no more then 8.5ltr based on my experience.
Friends who have applied the mentioned software are reporting that their fsi is quicker in acceleration responding faster to the gas pedal wihtout the common fsi standard problem...almost VW GTI Feeling...and that was my first expectation when i bought my fsi.
 
Our little cars are by no stretch of the imagination quick. However, their light weight construction surely opens up opportunities to use high performance bike motors? Back in the day I saw Fiat 500's with Kawasaki turbos run the quarter mile faster than super cars. And more recently others with 240 BHP Suzuki Hayabusa Gsx-R1300 engines. Some crazy people even bolt two together to make V8s to develop 500BHP. Forget your FSI and TDIs remaps, how about 190mph street legal A2 pocket rocket?!
 
Ah, but dont be fooled, I ran a Radical SR3 (from new) for a customer. Admittedly it was for track days and racing but dont think for one minute they are robust. After 50 hrs of running it needed an extensive rebuild to the engine, gearbox and transfer case/ drop gears.
Think it was something like £7k not including my time. Still, would be fun, but IMO bike engines are best left in bikes.... :)
 
i watched a Smart car with a i guess hayabusa engine on youtube. Looks coll and sure its fun..but i need the a 2 as commuter to work...and on top of it some tdi´s have more then 300.000km and even some gasoliners have about 300.000km or 200.000mls....
The only future i see in electric drive. Lets wait and see whats being offered within the next 10 years. Either great strong little elctric motors...or mankind is not existing anymore due to a nuclear war :) ... the last survivors John Connor and Terminator are not going to cruise around in a A2 ....
Well let´s dont jerk up this thread which is 1.4 or 1.6.
"Dude, if you are going to drive a lot of miles then go for a later model 1.6...if you are goint to drive less then 50mls a day then go for the 1.4 but newer then MY 06/2003...
 
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