... with some race cars passing me so turn it up for some awesome racecar noises! Quick run down of the BITOG-related stuff included.
I go with a buddy and his daughter so we are the VW crew! Ran the first 2 sessions of the day in advanced group but there were some race teams testing...IMSA Lambo Trofeo car and some Porsche Cup cars. So fast. The closing speeds were mental and really unnerving so I backed it down to the upper-intermediate group and had a lot more fun not worrying about getting runover. Car did well as usual, no real issues/drama. Uses about ~1/4-1/3 qt of the HPL Euro 5W40/day where day = 4 20-25 min sessions. Oil temps were in the 265-275 F range with cool ambients. Fram Endurance filter didn't implode
Coolant gauge never moved so that means it stayed under ~235; My 70:30 water to coolant mix + water wetter seems to work well. Tires were kicked at the end...15 days on the Nexen N'Fera Sport R 200 treadwear 245/40/17s...that's about 60 heat cycles which is pretty good. Front left started to look bad after day 1 (some areas on the outer tread where the rubber was worn through to the inner layer. Lots of hard rights at VIR which kills that tire position. I rotated that evening so I could run hard on day 2. Had to swap out f. brake pads as well, right front outer pad was tapered enough to be near the backing plate on the lower forward portion so had to toss on my spares; EBC RP-X. I usually get 3 days out of them (these had 2 + a few K street miles)...I need to start rotating them which should help. The Endless RF650 fluid is amazing, no change in pedal feel ever like I used to get with the Motul RBF600. I may add a catch can in to my modified OEM PCV for this fall's event I'm doing just to keep that oil out of the charge pipes/cooler...my silicone hoses are sweating oil! Ran 93 octane on the first day and on day 2 I splashed in some E85 I brought along for the hell of it - I know I make a touch more power with it as an octane booster based on max speeds. I also ran a can of Liquimoly Speedtec each tand (Toluene) b/c LIQUIMOLY RULES!!! If I had a BITOG sticker I'd run it.
Here are a few highlights (I suggest you adjust it to 1080):
I go with a buddy and his daughter so we are the VW crew! Ran the first 2 sessions of the day in advanced group but there were some race teams testing...IMSA Lambo Trofeo car and some Porsche Cup cars. So fast. The closing speeds were mental and really unnerving so I backed it down to the upper-intermediate group and had a lot more fun not worrying about getting runover. Car did well as usual, no real issues/drama. Uses about ~1/4-1/3 qt of the HPL Euro 5W40/day where day = 4 20-25 min sessions. Oil temps were in the 265-275 F range with cool ambients. Fram Endurance filter didn't implode
Coolant gauge never moved so that means it stayed under ~235; My 70:30 water to coolant mix + water wetter seems to work well. Tires were kicked at the end...15 days on the Nexen N'Fera Sport R 200 treadwear 245/40/17s...that's about 60 heat cycles which is pretty good. Front left started to look bad after day 1 (some areas on the outer tread where the rubber was worn through to the inner layer. Lots of hard rights at VIR which kills that tire position. I rotated that evening so I could run hard on day 2. Had to swap out f. brake pads as well, right front outer pad was tapered enough to be near the backing plate on the lower forward portion so had to toss on my spares; EBC RP-X. I usually get 3 days out of them (these had 2 + a few K street miles)...I need to start rotating them which should help. The Endless RF650 fluid is amazing, no change in pedal feel ever like I used to get with the Motul RBF600. I may add a catch can in to my modified OEM PCV for this fall's event I'm doing just to keep that oil out of the charge pipes/cooler...my silicone hoses are sweating oil! Ran 93 octane on the first day and on day 2 I splashed in some E85 I brought along for the hell of it - I know I make a touch more power with it as an octane booster based on max speeds. I also ran a can of Liquimoly Speedtec each tand (Toluene) b/c LIQUIMOLY RULES!!! If I had a BITOG sticker I'd run it.Here are a few highlights (I suggest you adjust it to 1080):
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