Should I push HPL longer than 4K OCIs with track use?
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Who cares about oil when that slug of a wagon teeters and totters around a track. How about stripping all that plastic fat interior and start pushing that wagon. A sawzall would do wonders with that extra hatch and backseat weight.
Here is my heavily weight reduced Kia Spectra5 enjoying the bluebonnets.
Here is my heavily weight reduced Kia Spectra5 enjoying the bluebonnets.
Maybe one day it will turn into a caged track car....
I admit to being a bit of a novice when it comes to sampling oil. All my previous UOAs were done during a drain.
I’ve since bought one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099FG68K3?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
And some tubing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCJZLRZ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Which allows a “clean” sample to be pulled (fresh tubing each time) from the oil while in service. Both were recommendations from @wwillson and this is the system that @High Performance Lubricants uses.
I’ve since bought one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099FG68K3?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
And some tubing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCJZLRZ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Which allows a “clean” sample to be pulled (fresh tubing each time) from the oil while in service. Both were recommendations from @wwillson and this is the system that @High Performance Lubricants uses.
4WD
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Put your eye patch on and eliminate half of that mess
I use a disposable large syringe and fresh poly tubing, snake it into the dipstick tube, pull sample. Throw it away.
SammyChevelleTypeS3
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Got my second order of HPL today. Actually 2-3 days ahead of their estimated delivery date. Decided to use HPL in wife's car since her car is used in conditions considered (severe/harsh) just about daily.
She is also very hard on vehicles (she admits it) that when she leaves the house I throw a few comments her way like, "ok Ms Petty, no burn outs please" or "no wheelies or driving on two wheels etc...." "try to keep it between the ditches?" She been driving me around lately (me in the back seat) to Doctors and tests / appointments since I can't drive these days. I swear the way she takes off from a stop will give a person whiplash. She also seems to be totally unable to miss or keep from slamming into every pot hole or speed bump we come upon. Sorry off topic. Maybe HPL or someone can make an oil that makes a vehicle impervious to damage from rough handling and misuse by the operator....
She is also very hard on vehicles (she admits it) that when she leaves the house I throw a few comments her way like, "ok Ms Petty, no burn outs please" or "no wheelies or driving on two wheels etc...." "try to keep it between the ditches?" She been driving me around lately (me in the back seat) to Doctors and tests / appointments since I can't drive these days. I swear the way she takes off from a stop will give a person whiplash. She also seems to be totally unable to miss or keep from slamming into every pot hole or speed bump we come upon. Sorry off topic. Maybe HPL or someone can make an oil that makes a vehicle impervious to damage from rough handling and misuse by the operator....
Dave will say everything is a-ok!
SammyChevelleTypeS3
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Seems to be hugging that track pretty darn good for the type of body. Have you invested in many suspension changes? Asking because it looks like you have it set up sitting real nice and low for track use.....? I know you can feel some roll in the corners but it could be a lot worse. Roll or not I am sure you are having some good times behind the wheel.
I have but it's all pretty mild as this is my draily driver for the most part. It's great for track use if you accept that it's not a track-only car and has limits. Basically a nice sport/touring cup kit, sway bars, camber, and chassis stiffening.
Here's my chassis/suspension mod list:
H&R Sport springs (spring rubbers in fronts)
Bilstein B8 dampers
Golf R rear jounce bumpers
Euro Sport Street Camber Kit (-0.8 deg camber)
H&R front (27mm)/rear (25mm) sway bars
Tyrolsport front subframe deadset kit
034 rear subframe inserts
Tyrolsport rear subframe deadset kit (custom)
034 Dynamic+ front/rear adj sway bar end links
Superpro aluminum lower control arms (+1 deg caster/-0.5 deg camber)
034 Density Line engine/transmission mounts
034 Street Density dog bone pucks, upper/lower dog bone inserts, and billet dogbone mount
Superpro rear trailing arm bushings
Alignment specs: [front -2.0 camber/7.9 caster/0 toe] [rear -1.7 camber/0.08 toe]
SammyChevelleTypeS3
$50 site donor 2023
Oh yeah. I love how you managed to create your very own road / track set up on it that allows you to really enjoy both places.
So doing my 2024 HPDE planning/reservations this week, looking at 8-10 todays total, mostly VIR with one day at Summit Point and a day up the road at a small track called Dominion. So I'll put this fill I just did at ~100K miles through the ringer. May only get 4 total days in H1 and the balance in Nov so will pull a sample mid-year after it makes sense/half way just to make sure viscosity isn't an issue. I have a sample at BS now that is showing "unpacked" with 5 track days on it so will be a good one to look at as I *think* that's the most I've done on the HPL since starting to use it.
Survey sayyyyyyyysssss
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2018 tuned/tracked Golf Sportwagen 100K/4K OCI HPL Euro 5W40 - uh-oh.....
~100K mi UOA back from sample collected almost a month ago now (BS is slooow). Well, it's not pretty. This HPL Euro 5W40 had ~4K mi including 5x track days over a relatively short time period (~2 mos). These track days saw oil temps in the 270-280 deg F range for 20-45 min at a time. I have...
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False economy to me.
HPL won't do a bit of good over all.Got my second order of HPL today. Actually 2-3 days ahead of their estimated delivery date. Decided to use HPL in wife's car since her car is used in conditions considered (severe/harsh) just about daily.
She is also very hard on vehicles (she admits it) that when she leaves the house I throw a few comments her way like, "ok Ms Petty, no burn outs please" or "no wheelies or driving on two wheels etc...." "try to keep it between the ditches?" She been driving me around lately (me in the back seat) to Doctors and tests / appointments since I can't drive these days. I swear the way she takes off from a stop will give a person whiplash. She also seems to be totally unable to miss or keep from slamming into every pot hole or speed bump we come upon. Sorry off topic. Maybe HPL or someone can make an oil that makes a vehicle impervious to damage from rough handling and misuse by the operator....
SammyChevelleTypeS3
$50 site donor 2023
My attempted joke should have said "maybe I can get a car for the wife made out of NERF material."
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