2021 Ibiza 1.0TSI FR 95, new car experience with technical assessment

[Metalogic]

Spare wheel and jack kit sorted, details attached. About £180 delivered. Crazy that a spare wheel isnt fitted with state of roads when there is a space in the rear for one, money saving gone too far. If there is no space thats one thing (like in my Q7 with its massive gangsta wheels) but when there is its just nuts.

Correct (green) fully synthetic Quantum Platinum Longlife IV 0W20 VW508.00 oil and genuine VAG filter now in also, with a filter change, 4L goes to half measure on dipstick so perfect. 1L left for a top up bottle. Reused the M14 sump plug as washer looked new.

Filter S04E115561H, £12 delivered.
Oil ZGB115QLB02405, 5L, £50 delivered.

For my Ibiza FR I've also just ordered a genuine SEAT Ibiza full size spare wheel kit, complete with foam tool insert, scissor jack and wheel nut wrench. Will come with either a Falken or Hankook 185/65 R15 tyre. I'm driving to France in a few months and don't fancy going all that way and relying on just the inflation kit. When travelling to France I might take the inflation kit as well, in case I can't get the wheel off, though may also take a longer wheel nut wrench that I have. Cost was £189 delivered, which seems reasonable.

Hope it all fits okay in the wheel well, but I'm guessing it should, as it's the official kit for the Ibiza 6F.

 

[RobT]

For my Ibiza FR I've also just ordered a genuine SEAT Ibiza full size spare wheel kit, complete with foam tool insert, scissor jack and wheel nut wrench. Will come with either a Falken or Hankook 185/65 R15 tyre. I'm driving to France in a few months and don't fancy going all that way and relying on just the inflation kit. When travelling to France I might take the inflation kit as well, in case I can't get the wheel off, though may also take a longer wheel nut wrench that I have. Cost was £189 delivered, which seems reasonable.

Hope it all fits okay in the wheel well, but I'm guessing it should, as it's the official kit for the Ibiza 6F.

The official wheel brace is designed so you cannot over tighten the nuts but of course you never know who’s tightened them up last time! Best to use your long brace to take them out one at a time at home and then refit them with the correct brace. Then hopefully you won’t get stuck in an emergency.

 

[Metalogic]

The official wheel brace is designed so you cannot over tighten the nuts but of course you never know who’s tightened them up last time! Best to use your long brace to take them out one at a time at home and then refit them with the correct brace. Then hopefully you won’t get stuck in an emergency.

Good point! In an ideal world I'd have a 1/2" 60-200Nm or similar torque wrench on hand for tightening the wheel nuts (think they're meant to be tightened to around 120Nm?), but I only have a (recently bought) 3/8" 12-60Nm one currently (Halfords Advanced, actually made by Norbar) and my tool budget for now has been blown on that and a decent 3/8" ratchet and socket set...

 

[RobT]

120Nm sounds about right. If you snug them up tight by hand with the correct brace you won’t be far off. Halfords Pro stuff is decent kit, if you look after it will last many years. Don’t go beyond the max torque with it and always wind any torque setting off to zero after use and during storage.

 

[Metalogic]

120Nm sounds about right. If you snug them up tight by hand with the correct brace you won’t be far off. Halfords Pro stuff is decent kit, if you look after it will last many years. Don’t go beyond the max torque with it and always wind any torque setting off to zero after use and during storage.

Thanks, yeah I don't really want to have to buy a 1/2" 6-200Nm torque wrench just to deal with wheel nuts! I can clean the inside of the alloys pretty well with a wheel brush, so would only be taking the wheels off if I had a flat.

 

[RobT]

Amazing to read that folks are getting 185hp out of these 1L engines now with hybrid turbos, but apparently no internal engine mods.

Anyone on here done this?

JBS | VAG Performance Specialists

Based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire ( United Kingdom ), JBS has over 20 years experience working with VAG vehicles, being awarded Audi Driver Magazines

www.jbs.co.uk

 

[Metalogic]

Amazing to read that folks are getting 185hp out of these 1L engines now with hybrid turbos, but apparently no internal engine mods.

Anyone on here done this?

JBS | VAG Performance Specialists

Based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire ( United Kingdom ), JBS has over 20 years experience working with VAG vehicles, being awarded Audi Driver Magazines

www.jbs.co.uk

The product page for that turbo doesn't list any SEAT models as being compatible, though, and only some quite specific VW and Skoda models - there are some subtle, but apparently important differences in engine arrangement with the Ibiza and those cars. Also on post-2021 facelift Ibiza cars, they changed the ECU from a (re-mappable) Bosch ECU to a Delphi GCM 7.4 ECU, which no ones seems to have figured out how to remap, which would severely limit being able to take advantage of potential performance gains from performance parts.

Lastly, whilst it says no internal engine mods are required it does say:

Required Hardware Upgrades:

• De-cat or Sport-cat Downpipe [not available for post-2021 Ibizas AFAIK]
• Intake upgrade

Recommended Hardware Upgrades:

• Cat-back Exhaust [not available for post-2021 Ibizas AFAIK]
• BOV
• Turbo Intake Pipe Upgrade

Forge Motorsport do make Induction kits, upgraded turbo inlets and BOV kits for both the pre-2021 and post 2021 Ibiza, though performance gains for the latter are likely to be pretty modest, seeing as you can't (currently) remap the ECU on those.

Induction Kit for VAG 1.0 TSI Late 2021, 2022- | FMINDK52 | Forge Motorsport

FMINDK52 is the Forge Motorsport cold air induction system for the 2022 onwards 1.0 TSI engine found in a large selection of vehicles...

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Turbo Inlet Adaptor for VAG 1.0 TSI 2022- | FMTIA13 | Forge Motorsport

This product can’t be used in conjunction with FMINLH26 With the interest of tuning the VAG 1.0 TSI engines growing ever more, Forge...

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VAG 1.0 TSI 2022- Dump Valve | FMDV46 | Forge Motorsport

Similar to many of the newer VAG engines, the latest 1.0 TSI power plant is not equipped with a diverter valve fitted as standard, Forge...

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Shame, though, as would love a better-performing Ibiza, though 185hp would probably put a lot of strain on the 1.0 TSI engine and clutch.

I would have got the 1.5 TSI 150hp version of the Ibiza, but although this was (is?) widely available in continental Europe, very few examples were made available to the UK market and it's discontinued now (at least for the UK market).

There was going to be a new Cupra Ibiza with the 200hp+ 2.0 TSI engine that the VW Polo GTI has, but this was unfortunately cancelled: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/sorry-theres-not-going-be-new-cupra-ibiza

To be honest, though, the 1.5 TSI engine would have been plenty enough for my needs (especially as you could remap it) and cheaper to run and insure.