We're Back at the Track, Baby!

We're back at the track, baby! It's been a long time coming, but the Miata finally has a turbo on it (engine roaring). So we figured it was high time that we came back to the scene of the crime, back to Willow Springs International Raceway, to see if we could improve our track time results from last time and whether or not all these mods and all this money we've spent has been worth it.

I'm Zach, and this is Turbo Pit, baby. Let's race (upbeat music). Alright, we've been here before. Our friends at EAD Exotics are hosting another trackday at Willow Springs, so we've got the run of the big track all day. Last time we were here, things didn't go exactly as planned. We had a few issues with the car, like we were overheating and my gauges kept shutting off. So since then, we fixed the cooling system. We've added big brakes, and most importantly, we have added the beautiful CX racing turbo kits to the car (engine roaring).

Yeah, sutututu! - So if you've been following along for the last six weeks, you know that kit came with everything we needed to turbo this car save for some fuel injectors. We got a turbo manifold, we got a downpipe, we've got the turbo itself, we've got the whole inter-cooler setup. We've got the blow-off valve and we added some fuel injectors. And then we finally dyno-tuned it to make a whopping blistering insane (car engine roaring) 227 horsepower. Now that's almost double what we were making before that we were making about 120 horsepower. So the question still remains, whether or not all the money that we spent getting to that 227 horsepower has been worth it.

And if I'm actually gonna be able to run a respectable lap time at the track today, last time I was trying to run a one minute forty-six second lap, but now I've got almost double the horsepower. I mean, there's no reason in my mind that I shouldn't be able to stop on a 1:46 and walk myself all the way to a 1:40 flat, maybe even a 1:40. Alright, so I'm gonna give it one more go, one more hot ass lap, and I'm gonna try to break into the 1:40s.

It's still not the goal that I had in mind, but you know I'm really good at changing my goals and sliding my expectations based on what's happening. Let's go shred (upbeat music). Alright, so I'm back out again, but you're smoking. Oh yeah. Dang, all this oil! I wanna keep running, we're getting faster.

Alright, so I mean, there is oil coming from seemingly a lot of places. Just check the underside of the hood. It's like wet with oil. This is not necessarily good; it's at least coming out around the valve cover gasket, but that is a lot of oil on the exhaust. Even the turbo's wet. Good Lord, not great.

A Lot of Smoke, But We're Just Gonna Keep Running!

So I'm gonna give it one more go, one more hot ass lap and I'm gonna try to break into the 1:40s. It's still not the goal that I had in mind, but you know I'm really good at changing my goals and sliding my expectations based on what's happening.

Let's Go Shred!

Alright, so we're still making a lot of smoke, and I still haven't gotten into the 1:40s. Probably be pretty easy to look at today and take it as an L, but I'm taking that as a win.

The cars are running great. We turboed this thing, and it's making power. Yeah, there are still some things to figure out like these oil leaks, namely, but that's okay. That's just more episodes. So thank you so much for watching. Huge thanks to EAD Exotics for having us out and having this great trackday and letting us come out and film an episode.

Huge thanks to them, follow them on Instagram @EADExotics. Don't forget to follow me @zachjobe. And of course, follow Donut @donutmedia. I'll see you guys next freaking week!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- We're back at the track, baby.It's been a long time coming,but the Miata finally has a turbo on it.(engine roaring)So we figured it was high timethat we came back tothe scene of the crime,back to Willow SpringsInternational Raceway,to see if we could improveon our track time resultsfrom last time and whetheror not all these modsand all this money we'vespent has been worth it.I'm Zach.And this is Turbo Pit, baby.Let's race.(upbeat music)Alright, We've been here before.Our friends at EAD Exoticsare hosting another trackday at Willow Springs.So we've got the run ofthe big track all day.Now, last time we were here,things didn't go exactly as planned.We had a few issues with the car,like we were overheating andmy gauges kept shutting off.So since then we fixed the cooling system.We've added big breaks.And most importantly,the PAs their resistance,we have added the beautiful CXracing turbo kits to the car.(engine roaring)- Yeah sutututu!- So if you've been followingalong for the last six weeks,you know that that kit camewith everything we neededto turbo this car savefor some fuel injectors.We got a turbo manifold,we got a downpipe,we've got the turbo itself,we've got the whole inter cooler setup.We've got the blow off valveand we added some fuel injectors.And then we finally dyno-tuned itto make a whopping blistering insane(car engine roaring)227 horsepower.Now that's almost double,before that we were makingabout 120 horsepower.So the question still remainswhether or not all the money that we spentgetting to that 227horsepower has been worth it.And if I'm actually gonna be able to runa respectable lap time at the track today,last time I was trying to runa one minute 46 second lap,but now I've got almostdouble the horsepowerI had last time.So there's no reason in my mindthat I shouldn't be able to stop on a 1:46and walk myself allthe way to a 1:40 flat,maybe even a 1:39.Those are my goals for todaybut to be perfectly honest with you,as long as I get to put some hard laps in,and this thing doesn't haveany major malfunctions,I'll be a happy camper.It's time to see what we got.So the game plan isI'm gonna head out and I'mgonna do a few shakedown laps,make sure this thing stays in one pieceand nothing blows up.Then after that,it's time to start trying to go fast.(upbeat music)(car engine roaring)(electric music)and hit the cone, yeah(electric music)yeah baby, let's go!Tamps look, good.Gauges are still on.I mean, that's twosuccessful shakedown laps,boys and girls.She works.It all works,- We got a little bit of smoke.- Coming out of the hood?- Yeah.- Yeah so this is the first timea lot of this stuff's getting hot,like real hot,although I should probably inspect.(car engine roaring)There's a little smoke smoking.Well, the car fields so good.That was awesome.I had my foot in it most of the time,I was actually kind ofpushing it a little bitand it ran great.I mean, it didn't skip a beat.The gate, just stay on.We didn't overheat.There is a little smokecoming from the engine bag.It looks like it's coming outaround the valve cover gasket.So that would be no big deal,but I'm gonna need tofigure out sooner than laterwhat's going on.Also, it looks like itmight be pushing outof the oil fill cap.And if that's the case,that means that we're probablypressurizing the crankcase.There might be some blow bygetting past the piston rings,which is a larger problem altogether.Not sure what's going on butthere is definitely some oilgetting pushed out of this engineand it's making a smoke.I think I'm gonna join the(beep)club and just run this thing today anywayand see what happens.It's now or never babymake it or break it.I hope it's not break it.I'm hoping for make it.Basically what I'm gonnado is I'm gonna go outand I'm gonna make a lapso I can come acrossthe start line at speed.And then that's the start of my hot lap.Christina is gonna be out therewith a stopwatch timing me.So hopefully we get into those 1:40s.Wish me luck.(upbeat music)- Solid click.- Thank you(car engine roaring)(electric music)(car engine roaring)1:50:22.Little slow.- Give me my time.Aah!Alright, I'm going back out.- But you're smoking.- Oh yeah.Dang, all this oil.I wanna keep running we're getting faster.Alright, so I meanthere is oil coming fromseemingly a lot of places.Just check the underside of the hood.It's like wet with oil.This is not necessarily good.it's at least coming outaround the valve cover gasket,but that is a lot of oil on the exhaust.Even the turbo's wet.Good Lord, not great.A lot of smoke,but I think we're just gonna keep running.So I'm gonna give it onemore go, one more hot ass lapand I'm gonna try to break into the 1:40s.It's still not the goalthat I had in mind,but you know I'm reallygood at changing my goalsand sliding my expectationsbased on what's happening.Let's go shred.(upbeat music)- 1:50 ooh.Ashamed of 22 milliseconds.- You just lied to me.- No you were so close, 1:50 flat .- Oh my God.You couldn't just...This is in your hands.(laughing)- It's not- You couldn't just hit it a little early.- It was ann accurate click.It was a very accurate click.- Oh my God I just wannago back out and try againand again and again.I know I can run that fast,but I'm really kind ofconcerned about the oil.I gotta check under the hoodand see how much is coming out.Alright so we're stillmaking a lot of smokeand I still haven't gotten into the 1:40sso probably be prettyeasy to look at todayand take it as an L,but I'm taking that as a win.The cars are running great.We turboed this thingand it's making power.Yeah, there are stillsome things to figure outlike these oil leaks, namely,but that's okay.We'll get that figured out.That's just more episodes.So thank you so much for watching.Huge, thanks to EADExotics for having us outand having this great trackday and letting us come outand film an episode.Huge thanks to them,follow them on Instagram @EADExotics.Don't forget to follow me @zachjobe.And of course follow Donut @donutmedia.I'll see you guys next freaking week.