PTUNING Turbo Kit Owners Topic

[kanundrum]

Motul. I never fell into the amsoil hype but it all depends on BTOG forums and what they report. Ive been a motul fan for a long time

[sw20kosh]

Originally Posted by bjun

Hey guys, just curious what oil you guys are running with the kit.
I'm currently running Motul Eco 5-30w oil. Thinking of trying Amsoil 5w-30 next.

Motul

[kanundrum]

Here is my review to my Trip for the Tail of the Dragon


So i have a good friend who has a mini cooper and every year they have this big event called Mini's on the Dragon.

Basically 600+ mini's and 300+ other cars get together for a lot of fun events.


I will concentrate on the experience over all


Lets start with the road there, from my area and back including miles traveled around fontana village down to Bryson City and Robinsonville over the period of 5 days I put 1650 Miles on the car.





Out of those 1650 miles I did about 160 of those miles on the dragon and roads near by at WOT shifting most shifts around the 7 to 8k rpm range. Top Oil temps according to data logs were 129c


My first run on the dragon was at 11pm at night so it was definitely trial by fire, good thing the only thing that was on fire by the end were my brakes. I tackled it the first time at night with out any course knowledge so I was happy about that at least. On the way back I did slow things down a little bit just to be sure I made it back to base in 1 piece.

Over the next few days my buddy and I (who I trust and I know will not crash the car haha) tackled it a total of 8 times (Each time is a back and fourth trip so a total of 16 single runs).


0 Hiccups on the car and the turbo kit. I did find it hard to manage the hairpin turns as 2nd gear is a bit short while 3rd gear was a bit to sluggish for spooling up on those switchbacks that go right up hill but I did manage after a few laps of practice.


All in all I kept traction control on because this was a grip run and I wanted to stay in my lane and not swing anything out in order to avoid accidents. Traction came on about 3 to 4 times at the most thru out the whole trip so I definitely was staying within the lanes and technical grip I had which was immense.




I did manage to meet and see a few other FRS's and brz's there and got a chance to talk to one of the folks who is on the forum. While I am bad at names and forgot his he was definitely a cool person to talk with and I hope to meet more folks next time I go down.




The scenery out there is insanely gorgeous so in addition to driving the tail a few times I did want to enjoy the surroundings so on my last day there before tackling the dragon one last time I took it easy and drove around for some nice photo ops.




Other than that the dragon is extremely technical and over the few days I was there there were several accidents from people not staying in their lane. One of them happened to my good friend with the mini who originally invited me where he was driving at a very slow/normal pace outside of the dragon on the hell bender and a car came into his lane and side swiped him. The danger is real but so is the reward. All in all it was a great experience and I will be making my way back to the area when ever I can.



Big Thanks to @ptuning @Mrc@ptuning for helping me track down a vacuum leak before the trip happened.

Video of some runs of the dragon put together:

[ame]http://youtu.be/E4NfLquZopA[/ame]

[kanundrum]

[bjun]

Originally Posted by kanundrum

Video of some runs of the dragon put together:

[rb6freak]

Originally Posted by kanundrum

Top Oil temps according to data logs were 129c

129! Can you elaborate on your cooling setup and ambient temps that day? We must hear. @mkivsoopra

Originally Posted by kanundrum

The scenery out there is insanely gorgeous so in addition to driving the tail a few times I did want to enjoy the surroundings so on my last day there before tackling the dragon one last time I took it easy and drove around for some nice photo ops.

I saw the video, absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the footage.

[rb6freak]

Another track vid, enjoy the WOOOSH sounds :-)

@midnight23 kicked my butt today by 1 whole second his second time there. Better driving (and 50 more whp ) really make a difference!

[ame]http://youtu.be/Tj2LHyahLy8[/ame]

[Mrc@ptuning]

Originally Posted by kanundrum

My favorite pic

I'm glad everything went smoothly. Sorry to hear about what happen to your friend's mini.

MrC

[sw20kosh]

Lost traction at the top of 3rd gear... thanks @ptuning @jamesm

lol need new tires

[kanundrum]

Originally Posted by Mrc@ptuning

My favorite pic

I'm glad everything went smoothly. Sorry to hear about what happen to your friend's mini.

MrC

haha thats actually my buddy driving too! Yea it sucks people need to know the limits of their car first before they bring it out on the road, public roads are not a proving ground

[kanundrum]

Originally Posted by rb6freak

129! Can you elaborate on your cooling setup and ambient temps that day? We must hear. @mkivsoopra



I saw the video, absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the footage.

Thanks! Stock Everything No oil cooler. 129c is pretty warm actually. Ambient temps were about 75 that day maybe close to 80 in the sun.

[AllDayJonRay]

Originally Posted by rb6freak

Another track vid, enjoy the WOOOSH sounds :-)

Wanted to head out, but jacked my back up and can't sit an hour car ride atm... I'd like to come check this place out sometime. Never raced (other than carts) before.

[rb6freak]

Originally Posted by bjun

Hey guys, just curious what oil you guys are running with the kit.
I'm currently running Motul Eco 5-30w oil. Thinking of trying Amsoil 5w-30 next.

0w20 the purple stuff. Might upgrade the weight by summer if without an oil cooler.

[kanundrum]

Originally Posted by rb6freak

Another track vid, enjoy the WOOOSH sounds :-)

@midnight23 kicked my butt today by 1 whole second his second time there. Better driving (and 50 more whp ) really make a difference!

Both @Mrc@ptuning and I will be doing an event like this, this weekend. Results will be awesome. Sounding Great!