(10-09-2017, 02:51 PM)Tyler.M Wrote: What kind of care do you need to do with the turbos? Is a turbo timer still a popular thing on a twin turbo setup like this? I remember a little bit about lincoln's S4 back in the day and how many issues he had with the turbo and such.
I don't think you have to do much, these are both oil and water cooled, so you shouldn't even have to let it sit and cool too much before shutting it down but I do anyway out of habit. Just make sure you're up to operating temp before having any fun and it should be alright. There's plenty of other things to go drastically wrong, but burning up my oil/turbos hopefully isn't one.
The heat generation is real though, I was genuinely concerned the first time I opened the hood after just a few miles. I've almost gotten over it now since it's "just what they do" but I still think popping the hood would help cool things down better after use and maybe prolong the life of the timing belt. Sounds like the 35k interval was due in part to how quickly the excessive heat deteriorates the rubber.
(10-09-2017, 03:14 PM)GTBrandon Wrote: This car seems like a beast and I'd be curious how similar it is to the S7. It seems to be much smoother of a ride and I could not for the life of me get it to really push me back in the seat like my car does, but it also isn't tuned due to dad logic of keeping the warranty. I would be curious to know if you've mastered the peddle dance for smoothness from a light, or not as if it really gets on your nerves, I'm sure a propper re-tune could fix all of that. Not sure if these are drive by wire or line, but a lot of tuners boost up the response to make the car seem quicker, assuming everyone wants to go balls out from a red-light, they also could have simply tuned it for a pretty dynograph or high numbers, not with consideration of daily driving. None the less, would love to see the car soon, and have a few tuners in mind if you decide you can't deal with the response anymore!
No, I haven't found a good balance point yet, Rex swears it's because it doesn't exist but I'm determined to prove him wrong solely on principle.
It hasn't gotten fully on my nerves yet but I can see it being less fun as a daily once the honeymoon wears off. It's also a much nicer example than some of the other ones I was looking at. Part of me wants to squirrel it away and only drive it when it's me in the car so it doesn't get too beat up and trashed by offspring.
Stop by the SSC some time and we'll take it out for a bit.