Evo X upgrades - Page 35

Matt D. · 05-20-2010

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Originally Posted by A//// Guy

Whats wrong with the stock fluid? Are you really going to be pushing the car that hard? Racing/autox?

He is going to be spending a lot of time at BIR this summer so I commend him for proactively maintaining his brake fluid. The stock fluid is probably fine, but putting in something like ATE Super Blue is never a bad thing.

**Kracka** · 05-20-2010

I think he is heading up to BIR.

**mlomker** · 05-21-2010

Ignorance bit me again. Valvoline put a quart too much oil in at the last change and I didn't know that being a little too full is very bad on turbo cars.

Swifty coated DB's dyno with coolant and very late last night my car covered it and my engine bay in oil.

FML. Only got one pull in...said it did 350 at wastegate (21-22psi).

**Murlo26** · 05-21-2010

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Originally Posted by mlomker

Ignorance bit me again. Valvoline put a quart too much oil in at the last change and I didn't know that being a little too full is very bad on turbo cars.

Swifty coated DB's dyno with coolant and very late last night my car covered it and my engine bay in oil.

FML. Only got one pull in...said it did 350 at wastegate (21-22psi).

Sounds right for power, i checked my thread and i hit 355 at 20psi, checked my "twitter" feed in my thread, lol, when i was posting all the results.

Damn it, i wanna see what this makes.

**Kracka** · 05-21-2010

Any damage?

**mlomker** · 05-21-2010

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Originally Posted by Kracka

Any damage?

Too early to tell but he voiced concerns about the turbo seals if the return line couldn't function.

He said that dialing in the ID2000's was a pita due to having fewer tables available so that took some time. It was 1am by the time Shane cleaned things up and drained some oil from the car.

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Originally Posted by polishmafia

You know what else is bad for turbo cars? Taking them to Valvoline.

No, this one is on me. They show you the dipstick before you leave and I checked the level multiple times. I just didn't know better.

turbotalon1g · 05-21-2010

Badass on power, just bad on the motor oil thing.

**scheides** · 05-21-2010

Oil can be cleaned, don't worry. Hopefully it's not indicative of a bigger problem.

polishmafia · 05-21-2010

You know what else is bad for turbo cars? Taking them to Valvoline.

A//// Guy · 05-21-2010

You dont know how to read if the oil is over the level on the dipstick??

That sucks dude, hopefully the turbos ok.

**mlomker** · 05-21-2010

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Originally Posted by A//// Guy

You dont know how to read if the oil is over the level on the dipstick??

It was a little over the top line when measured cold. It was on the top line when I changed it at 1k miles (using the amount listed in the owners manual) so I didn't think anything of it.

I guess we need to use less than book and have it between the lines when cold so that when hot it isn't too full.

**mlomker** · 05-21-2010

**Kracka** · 05-21-2010

Hopefully the turbo's fine and it's nothing more than spilled oil.

A//// Guy · 05-21-2010

That was a good zing, gotta admit.

**mlomker** · 05-21-2010

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Originally Posted by A//// Guy

That was a good zing, gotta admit.

I would have laughed if any of my friends on here said it.

The first thing I did, of course, is to Google the matter. The manual says 5 quarts. Valvoline used 5.1. Consensus on the forums is to use a little less, perhaps 4.8.

Shane thought it was a quart over. It must have been due to heat expansion while on the dyno because 4.1qts would put it at the bottom of the fill line, I should think.

It didn't pop the dipstick while I had it but I kept it under 5k rpms.

311evo · 05-21-2010

sucks man, good luck getting it all sorted out.

I think someone needs to invest in a jack?

ignore the hate, it's just people feeling superior for whatever lame reason.

Matt D. · 05-21-2010

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Originally Posted by 311evo

ignore the hate, it's just people feeling superior for whatever lame reason.

Yep, the condescending comments lately are getting old. This is MistuStyle, not NABR.

**scheides** · 05-21-2010

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Originally Posted by Matt D.

Yep, the condescending comments lately are getting old. This is MistuStyle, not NABR.

+1 keep it above the belt guys, maybe a little higher.

**mlomker** · 05-21-2010

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Originally Posted by 311evo

I think someone needs to invest in a jack?

I have a nice one...some of the guys used it on the newb mod day. I don't have a garage and buying one of those isn't in the budget right now.

311evo · 05-21-2010

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Originally Posted by mlomker

I have a nice one...some of the guys used it on the newb mod day. I don't have a garage and buying one of those isn't in the budget right now.

I've changed my oil outside more times than inside. :P Totally worth it, just to have the piece of mind that you knew what came out, and what went in.