This 500BHP Octavia VRS is the ULTIMATE SLEEPER!

[@Purnizzle]

I rate this! feels like everyone and their dog has a golf or Leon so it's nice to see someone utilize the Skoda version of the platform

[@DirtyI30N]

I'm exactly the same. So I went for a hyundai i30n 😂

[@dannyjayke8695]

See I’m In the same boat I don’t want a golf r or a Leon because everyone has one but I’d go for the skoda but it doesn’t have the awd system

[@1993j]

​@@DirtyI30N Nice cars, but a severe lack of parts options for the i30n

[@DirtyI30N]

@1993j the parts list is growing. I love them if I'm honest mate. Wanted something different and I'm now on my 2nd. The knowledge along with the parts list us growing too. There's a couple of them now pushing over 400bhp on stock engines.

[@matyasfabian]

​@@dannyjayke8695Superb has awd.

[@DaleSteel]

Nicely done. Very subtle touches of red are very nice.

[@Emjackson89]

Mines 320bhp stage 1 with a miltex exhaust. Thats enough for most overtakes and duels lol

[@s.1937]

Are they boaty cars to drive as they big

[@Emjackson89]

@@s.1937 Definitely not. They handle great, grip well and put the power down without any issues. People don't realise how fast they are. Well the police do as they use them as interceptors. Well worth buying

[@MrWhiskers666]

Miltek is not bad exhaust, but also not great for this car

[@Emjackson89]

What's the best exhaust? I went miltex as it's a good brand but also I didn't want pops and bangs. I wanted a more muscle car noise which is definitely does​@MrWhiskers666 @@MrWhiskers666

[@RC75]

@@MrWhiskers666why not and what exhaust is better?

[@SPIKE-0000]

Octavia VRS's are so underrated, as VW/Audi/Merc/SEAT usually dominate...These Octavia's were [still are in some parts] used as Police Cars...that says it all...They're no slouches, and look and handle mint....

[@dannyjayke8695]

I understand what your saying but these don’t dominate audi vw or seat or even merc at all, underrated yes dominant no

[@vaultboy1419]

Just because they're police cars doesn't mean they're that good. Police spec octavia's are a far cry from a vrs, and this tuned vrs is a far cry from a stock vrs.

[@dennislane100]

@@vaultboy1419Early models left the factory with a top end of 146 mph,and you can bet the police units have been “chipped”, so you’d better have something a bit quick under your right foot before you mess with one of them! Used to own an early 1.8 petrol model.The power plant was a 20 valve engine,courtesy of Audi,and even that could top out at 130!

[@Emjackson89]

​@@vaultboy1419Police Octavia VRS is common place mate. They get uprated to handle the strains on the job

[@MementoMori-xx5qo]

@@dannyjayke8695 Lmao its all just brainwashing, its the same chassis, engine, gearbox, just depreciates more and is rarer. My TDI was REVO mapped 220hp/480nm and it wiped the floor with all the poverty spec Audi/Merc/BMW on the road, so who's laughing?

[@nateeedoggg]

So underrated love the vrs!

[@mgcarmkm4520]

Great car. I have a mk 4 200 brake TDI and it's more than enough. 500 bhp fwd sounds insane. Great job though.

[@andy2906]

Any engine internal mods done?

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

No internals untouched

[@IzthatafaC]

It's only 500hp, the internals can handle that.

[@cooperSpartan117]

Cool car, always liked the VRS. Low line Maxton kit ruins the sleeper vibe for me.

[@benfurtado8708]

Even stock... mine is a 2020 245, with a black spoiler on the back and red calipers. Sleeper vibes say ditch the spolier, scuff up the calipers and swap out the badges for a 1.5

[@FanPhys]

@@benfurtado8708 exactly. I think the OP doesn't fully understand what "sleeper" actually means...

[@user-ef7qh6qm5w]

Great vid Luke👌lovely car too👏

[@R19Robbin]

That's what you call a sleeper 🚀🚀

[@garns8878]

No it isn't.

[@stfu6397]

@@garns8878yes it is

[@garns8878]

@stfu6397 no it isn't. A sleeper would be something that gives absolutely nothing away. This even has a badge to say what company tuned it ffs.

[@recursion.]

Had that car fishtailed at 4:56, those cyclist would not have seen another morning.

[@AizorxD]

My exact thoughts, wtf

[@lukeallen716]

Wish channels like this were held to account for their speeding / dangerous driving on public roads. Dickheads.

[@grist2001]

No loss in the grand scheme of things

[@rcontrerastaule]

Awesome

[@chrisp4899]

I had a mk2 octavia vrs , great car , do these ea888 gen 3s suffer from waste gate rattle?

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

Haven't ever heard it on mine

[@niallhaysom5207]

No issue with mine either

[@RoXasNikeman]

Very nice

[@Dizzy206]

If they had these in the US, i’d buy one. Never seen one until now, and immediately thought of how good this car looks, with performance to match.

[@barryg3128]

I have one of these in silver. I never get tired of seeing the shock on peoples faces when they get dropped 😂

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

Definitely you can't beat a sleeper

[@ghostinthemachine76]

@@stephenhodgkins1449 Awesome car, Stephen. I’d love to do all that to mine, I’ve got a 245 in white. Is this a 230, or 245? And I’m assuming it doesn’t have a GPF/OPF. GPF cars don’t usually sound as good as that.

[@WhiteGoldtube]

Serious mods, nice work! I've the stock mk4 245 and love it but Goodyears wheelspin any tips for good handling tyres with good grip in both dry and wet?

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

Overall beat tyres were the ps5 I had on it all year round

[@WhiteGoldtube]

That's great, thanks for your reply.

[@derekporter66]

Nice trousers Luke. Do they make them for men ?

[@pb3382]

Theres this same guy that was on commenting about another mans legs a while ago, why you eyeing up boys on car channels? Mad creep 🤣🤣🤣

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

Freeks everywhere

[@tonylyons9772]

Why don’t you spend a bit longer with the car? Some people probably driving 2/3 hours to meet you only for 4/5 minutes of driving like maybe spend a bit more time with the people who bring there car to you

[@IBOO57]

Same mods on a Superb with the 4x4 would be epic.

[@LARGE_COKE]

I'm sure someone has a 600bhp superb?

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

If they done a vrs model of the superb I would of gone down that route but they never and look so ugly and no front presence

[@MementoMori-xx5qo]

@@stephenhodgkins1449 Sportline Plus looks sick.

[@MatthewHenly-py2lo]

How does it handle without an oil management system like the racingline? Do temperatures remain low under constant hard driving?

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

The temps remain sweet tbh I've tracked it at donnington park 2 times and temps never went over 110 And that was really pushing it

[@GolfRJ]

@@stephenhodgkins1449interesting, usually people run a catch can on this power as it starts smoking.

[@FootballPerspectiva]

@@GolfRJthat’s just an old pcv

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

@@GolfRJ mine did start smoking at donnington, and I thought it was the catch can but turned out to be my front brakes before I installed the revo/alcon front brake upgrade kit

[@mattt7445]

Nice car! mine makes 502bhp and 620nm.

[@thetruthz13]

I run an Octavia with 310hp / 510NM. Great all rounder, but 500hp must be wheel spin/hop central with an open diff (no mention of LSD)

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

My first map was worse for spinning and wheel hop and was running same power as you, this has a lot more of a bigger but laggier turbo so seems to work better than the more aggressive map I had with the is20 turbo. It's more of a boost by gear map so really kicks in in 3rd gear progressively but then 3rd never seems to end lol

[@thetruthz13]

@@stephenhodgkins1449 thanks for the info! I was interested in just putting in an is38 into mine, slow down the spool time as you say, the is20 is a bit too quick for it's own good. Something I'll still consider. I really like your switchable map set up. Is this still on the original ECU?

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

@@thetruthz13 cheers yeah still on the original ECU And yeah you was correct no LSD was looking at the lsds but was put off from people that had them fitted saying only any good on track but day to day waste of money

[@thetruthz13]

@@stephenhodgkins1449 yeah some of the LSDs are very aggressive. Wonder how good the electronic VAQ diffs are from the 245 / cupras etc are. A costly upgrade I guess...

[@s.1937]

Are they boaty to drive as they are big

[@nedas.v]

Can somebody tell me what year this car is? Thank you

[@joenardini5580]

Could be from a 2017 to 2019

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

It's a 2017 plate and up for sale if interested 😊

[@danielkirk5660]

I dread to think how much this cost to get it to stage 3, I've got mine on stage 1 with no other mods at the moment and that is still scary for me. It went from 230 to 300 so I'm quite happy with mine for the time being.

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

As the owner I would stay stage one and be happy but we both know that ain't gonna happen. 😂😂😂 You'll either go further with this car or the next lol

[@s.1937]

Are they boaty to drive as they big

[@Fastell91]

​@@s.1937no

[@garymccarthy9095]

I had a mk2 vrs stage2 was running 298bhp was a serious car to go. Pity my chain snapped and done the valves😢 sold it to my buddy and seen it back on the road I'm regretting selling it. Mabe a mk3 500bhp could be the replacement 🤔

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

I sold it and it's still up for sale 😢 making me want to buy it back lol

[@sc2320]

Yemann liken it son 🔥💯💪🏻

[@burt604]

Faster than a 911 😂

[@camdenhodgkins5890]

It was n older gen around the 400-450mark so keep your nose out with your hate comments 😅

[@vrskiller9676]

100-200???

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

No actually time recorded yet. I'm still waiting for my vbox performance as the draggy was so unreliable

[@vrskiller9676]

@@stephenhodgkins1449 Sedan has better aerodynamics than a van so I hope it makes good time.😉

[@ARDEN440i]

I'd change the rims but other than that it's a really nice setup. Don't even think I've seen one in person.

[@spills_n_thrills]

Stock LSD helps handling if it's a 245

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

It's the 230 model, It's had a few changes since the video like being fast road track specked with traction and camber and also had anti lift kit fitted so driving a lot better 😊

[@spills_n_thrills]

I wonder if you can retrofit the VAQ ediff? 🤔

[@88tmilko]

I had a mk2 2.0tfsi with stage 1 Revo, that was fast enough 😂

[@MikeDelta32]

I came here to see this comment. If it was a 911 Turbo the driver just showed him what time it was with a quick blip of the throttle then let off and Skoda whipped past thinking they were still racing. I'm sure this Skoda will surprise a lot of cars on a run though not so much from a dig!

[@OrangeTash]

@@MikeDelta32he said it was the 400 odd bhp one which would probably be a 996 turbo, this would have no problem dispatching of a 996 turbo they are not that fast

[@MikeDelta32]

@@OrangeTash fair point. Wouldn't mind seeing the actual numbers on a stage 3 Octavia VRS though

[@OrangeTash]

@@MikeDelta32 I imagine it’s pretty useless at anything below 60 mph 😂 similar spec DSG VAG cars run 7-8 sec 100-200 which is very quick

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

That's correct its pretty useless below 60mph being 2wd but then it kicks in from 60mph and can all be seen from my Insta

[@jamesrobinson5931]

Just got rid of my mk3 vrs 😢 Just got a mk4 vrs 😊

[@johndebbage4226]

I love my VRS

[@j99bgr]

What a fucking cool car.

[@123rytisss]

How much you looking to pay for something like that?

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

Alot of money All in about 12-15k with brakes and suspension upgrades Up for sale if interested

[@sanapomu8234]

That fitment is perfect bro! You mind going more in depth with the suspension setup? I.e ride height, spacers? Got a stage 2 rs230 myself, still looks very stock on the outside but can hilariously gap most traffic on the road😂

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

Hi mate there has been changes since the video but it's running min 15mm Bilstein kit and since I've added racing line alloy wheels and white line anti lift kit and had the car fast road specked with camber etc , which has helped a bit being fwd

[@ozzyalis]

Another weapon ❤

[@tonylyons9772]

Nice whip good power but needs an anti lift kit to stop the wheel hop

[@bigboost2641]

I’m old and the only thing Skodas were good for was keeping your hands warm on the rear window heater when pushing them! Yeah yeah they’ve come a long way to be fair! ❤

[@dannyjayke8695]

They’ve come a long way since them days mate

[@pb3382]

Still waiting on Dale Steel’s usual hate comment (why didnt he just get an audi rs5) he must not have wifi again. Wait and you will see him folks. Mega hater on this channel 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pb3382]

@@stephenhodgkins1449 10000% hes really bad though this guy. Literally everyones cars get him annoyed. Really strange lonely little dude. Mega jealousy. He has nothing himself, so gets fuming at others who bring cars on here. Mega insecure.

[@eclipsegfxable]

He's wrote a great comment lol what are you smoking

[@pb3382]

@@eclipsegfxable click his channel its full of hate what are YOU smoking 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ohhh i just clicked his channel, some of hate comments away now. Good few still there. Least hes learning.

[@eclipsegfxable]

@@pb3382 I think you're schizophrenic

[@recursion.]

Saying on behalf of your dad to grown man is crazy lad 😭😭😭😭

[@charliebelton1994]

Really like this, interior looks lovely and tastefully done. Lovely car! Only thing that lets it down for me, is that 500bhp in the 2l vag lumps sounds so woeful regardless of what you do.

[@andrew-o5i]

have had 3 vrs , all of them were taken to jabba sport , great car but too much power for front wheel drive , try and pull away quick from the lights and you get that horrid knocking noise as it scrabbles for grip , then bought near new superb 276 sportline took that to jabba , running about 350 , but the 4x4 makes all the difference , cannot even spin it in the wet , if the vrs were made in 4x4 with 310 engine in it would buy in a heart beat , the superb is only 80 or 100 kg mor than octy , one of my vrs which was about 2 year old had a complete new 2 tsi engine under warranty as hair line crack in the back of the block , maybe next cat cupra formentor or cupra ateca ....

[@The-Audi-driver]

We need this car on carwow. I hope Stephen gives Matt a ring

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

I haven't as of yet but Matt's more standard cars

[@The-Audi-driver]

@@stephenhodgkins1449 I think matt would like this

[@bigmoney4685]

I take it this bad boy is 4wd?

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

Nope not yet only front wheel drive but that's in the plans

[@geo93_trelawney]

Finally ah 500hp fwd tsfi platform that's actually fast with ah dsg gearbox 😎😁

[@apathyapparel4192]

My mates dad’s car! Absolute weapon and even better in person

[@LivingLifeSlower]

Not a sleeper anymore

[@tomdavey4001]

Got one of these on a 2016 plate with only 30k on the clock, part of me wants to keep it standard and unmolested and other days I want to turn it into a beast

[@DaleSteel]

The stiff suspension is really badly effecting the traction. Softer suspension it would be quicker and not be so hoppy

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

It was just as bad standard suspension Like 2 months ago

[@DaleSteel]

@stephenhodgkins1449 I've had a few of these platforms mainly seat leon and I found best thing I did was fit michelin p4s tyres. Night and day.

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

@@DaleSteel I've only just changed to ps5s from ps4s And trust me the difference is tiny on this (car) End of the day it's fwd

[@tonylyons9772]

Anti lift kit will stop the wheel hop

[@yan4524]

Midlands accent, I don't recognise the train station though.

[@FanPhys]

"Sleeper" with red calipers, red trim, VRS badge / tuning shop badge, yuge exhaust tips, sports alloys... this isn't a sleeper lads.

[@Maqqaz]

sad to see this car for sale now

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

😢 and still up for sale

[@franco992]

Ok, but not it’s not a sleeper. At all.

[@65BravoS86]

Skodas nowaday are made by VW. Vw engines , so if you think about it , its not that different from your "usual" VW golf , Audi a series , Seat...

[@JMG_vRS]

These are always slept on and everyone regrets it after, got a 340bhp one forsale if anyone’s interested😉

[@mikemcl22]

How much👀

[@JMG_vRS]

@@mikemcl22 wanting £14k🙂

[@deanskidmore4495]

change the ugly wheels to more conservative ones to make it more of a sleeper

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

These are stock wheels

[@matthewstrange3778]

4D plate 😂

[@camdenhodgkins5890]

3D

[@MrGarycoww]

Way to go hard accelerating past the cyclists in the rain down a lane.😐

[@camdenhodgkins5890]

All within the speed limit what’s the issue ?🤓

[@muckspreader1able]

That clown cnt drive lol.

[@camdenhodgkins5890]

Shut ya mouth ya geek get off the key board and happy new year ya wanker

[@stephenhodgkins1449]

Post hate and hide 😂

[@garns8878]

Nice car. Definitely not a sleeper. Term is overused. Sleeper would be a poverty spec nova with a 2 litre turbo in it and no badges or anything whatsoever. Certainly not a top spec car with an MRC badge which is a dead giveaway 😂