The Skoda Fabia Super2000 has established itself as a well-known car this year, starting with a really solid performance in IRC Rally Monte Carlo and following up with leading the PWRC championship after Patrik Sandell’s and the Red Bull Skoda team’s two victories in a row in the WRC. However, as we all know, the car has no turbo – since the Super2000 regulations currently doesn’t allow that. A turbo kit has been discussed by the FIA for 2010 and forward, but the decision came that the Super2000 cars will run without turbo kit until 2013, when a new Super2000 specification in the WRC may be adopted and allow for 1,6 litre engines with turbo in the championship.
With that said, the question is… Have Skoda despite that started to test the Fabia Super2000 with turbo? I have no clue, but listening to the sound and the “bangs” of this Skoda test video very much suggests to my brain that there is a turbo involved. If anyone have some good info on this, please inform me by mail (rasmus@maxattack.net) or in the comments.
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Here’s a video of Hänninen testing Fabia last November.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=348RORh8lJ0
It’s the same route, so it’s easy to “compere” sounds – and frankly at least I can’t tell difference. It bangs a lot
on both videos.
But turbo or no turbo – I just love the sound of Fabia S2000.
Its only the gear-cut.
It’s the Oreca signature on engine, same like in the Clio S1600.
No like someone sad itäs the gear cut,besides you never hear the car “get off” the boost pressure wich would give it away instantly.and it revs like a s2000 machine aswell..sick sound anyway.
This isnt car wit turbo. This video is from one of the first tests of Fabia S2000. Difference in sound between this video and from November is very clear – they had problems with big noise, so they need to change the exhaust sytem.
Sorry, its like they say. A turboengine would have been lower rews too.
The backfires is caused by the sequential transmission. It turns off the ignition when its about to change gear and fuel is still coming through the engine to the exhaust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at6caxPgucg
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