467hp SMOKIN HOT HATCH! Seat Cupra // Nürburgring

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00:00 intro/specs
01:50 Lap
11:20 Outro

[@rodrigolj]

Gotta love that your summer is so hot that oil temp cam is now a feature

[@mgcharoudin]

🤪

[@tnadolsky9341]

If you can have the temp shown more often it will serve as a useful database of what cars are good cooling-wise or not

[@PlaywiithMee]

@@tnadolsky9341 i fully agree :D

[@clayton96mx]

Car needs a oil cooler asap, i was over last weekend done 50+ laps never when over 120 degrees

[@ZenzDeluxe]

50+ laps sounds like a bunch of nonsense as even on a dedicated NR trackday weekend that kind of number of laps are rarely attainable (accounting for introductions, briefings, cooldown time, breaks, eating at noon and in the evening ect). On TF with all the closures? Forget about it lol.

[@YoungMarketingInc]

When Misha's triceps are flexing during corners you know it is serious 😂

[@Sumofallfears]

Is is a good Hany Rambod sponsor😜

[@Smitherrrrs]

That's not a good thing....

[@stoneeh]

Misha casually mogging us just by handling a steering wheel 😅

[@Raidenovic]

This kinnda of men are always self flexing

[@obay.r]

@@Raidenovic its not like he means to flex, his muscles are tense because hes trying to hold the steering wheel in place.

[@rereg543]

I feel like everyone that gets Misha to drive their car should know to have an external oil cooler by now.

[@vmuv615]

fakkssss😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@phipo666]

Many times he is over revving the cars. For no reason.

[@thegiantgaming7592]

​@@phipo666the revs are there for a reason. Use them. If your temps can't handle designed revs its shit and needs upgrading.

[@EndstyleGG]

@@phipo666 The rev limiter is there for a reason and he pretty much always asks where the "redline" is aka when the owner wants him to upshift. Also these kinds of big turbo builds usually make their peak power near the limiter and in almost every car the gearing disadvantage when upshifting is worse than the torque lost to higher revs, so it's usually better to rev it out anyway.

[@GustavoVazquez-sf7nz]

I would of told him to pull over and kicked him out the 🚗🚨

[@davidsmall7676]

Very well managed lap. The clouds of smoke were a bit disconcerting.😮

[@RDEnduro]

I think he said it was blow-by, in which case a good catch can system can help. Although if the blow by is from worn piston rings then maybe it is disconcerting :p

[@Jonathabr1]

Thats pretty normal on ea888 engines.

[@domfaustino2887]

What is that even from? I don’t fully understand ? From oil getting into turbo ? How would you get rid of this ?

[@dreamcrusher112]

@@domfaustino2887 think it's the pcv valve that gets clogged when the car is run hard and there's heavy braking. A catch can does sort it yeah.

[@yajohny]

My car is doing the same thing from time to time during hard braking on the race track. Stock 280 ST. But not every 2nd corner like here :) Once per 2x25mins maybe.

[@stoneeh]

Positively surprised by everything this thing did; well except the smoke and cooling. But suspension look extremely sorted (just lowering springs? amazing), and it put the power down surprisingly well. FWDs can handle a lot of power these days, thanks mostly to modern tires.

[@mgcharoudin]

We both were surprised!

[@Ricek73]

@@mgcharoudin Do you think a larger oil cooler would help keep the oil below 130C?

[@TBagger489]

Fellow Cupra owner but mine is stock on stock suspension, amazing fun and I’m desperate to take it on the nurb. With good tyres and a couple of tiny mods it’s an absolute monster In the corners. Very underrated car 👌

[@beaugator]

@@mgcharoudin I liked the Bridgestones a lot on my C6 Corvette!

[@alexaoo]

Awsome video!!! Awsome car 👌 it just needs it's external oil cooler

[@BWSTT]

He must be thinking about transmission oil cooling

[@BenjaminStubbs]

Also any engine with a manual or automatic can get and should have an oil cooler.

[@WhiteP01]

The most underrated hothatch of the last 10 years. Invested-received win-win.

[@Fatlace24]

Same with the Astra J OPC

[@TheEditorize]

@@Fatlace24 Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@xtrfy1439]

@@TheEditorizehe isn’t wrong…

[@andy110492]

Seat leon cupra's are everywhere like golf R's they are far from underrated

[@Fatlace24]

@@xtrfy1439 i bet this kid never been in one. I actually have one now, it’s a lot of a car for the price.

[@TheCluelessEnthusiast]

Once the cooling issue is sorted this will be a very capable car. Amazing performance for a fwd

[@xzst]

All that power aint that big of a use when your engine is overheating after 3 minutes of using it 😬

[@crazyfrank3866]

It would’ve done better in cooler weather it was just hot but yea he definitely needs some cooling done to it

[@fl1xmeister699]

To be fair in UK this cooling would probably be adequate as cooler weather and you cant really rag the car like on the Nordschleife

[@mmelling4410]

Seems like a cool little car however That overrun noise is appalling

[@RDEnduro]

Is it anti-lag or just what it does?

[@mmelling4410]

@@RDEnduro just sounds like one of those generic pop and bang maps to me.

[@davidmusil4145]

Cool might not be the right word haha

[@catnapwat]

​@@RDEndurostandard chav pops and bangs map

[@fnxl11]

I agree. Pops and bangs on these cars should be illegal! They just sound like the car is broken and they don't please anyone who has a brain more developed than a teenager's. This why people generally think the EA888's sounds like crap, when actually they sound pretty good for a 4 cylinder without the trash pops tunes and anything better than a ebay downpipe.

[@koolzgaming3374]

love the layout with the speedo and tach where they are keep up the amazing work

[@TomNyon]

This is why i am current on my third 5f cupra. Love the handling and the power delivery.

[@davecrook4233]

Over run mapping is chav-tastic. The smoke is the turbo on overrun surely.. or breather pipes

[@yunggung4342]

looks more like oil blow by

[@Vano287]

This issue is very common on the 2.0 TSI, an oil catch can will fix it. This will prevent the oil going into the intake of the engine, which gets burned. That is the smoke on the video

[@mdev8846]

If you instal a catch can oil ( Racing Line brand ), the smoke problem never appears again.

[@JabolMakaveli]

Best Cupra I’ve ever seen, good job man. Mine is 450ho stage 3 dsg albo 5f hatchback and your thing is as fast as dsg, gotta love this manual transmission

[@milanvujasin2553]

One of the fastest rides in recent times. But a little higher water temperature (at one point it reached a max of 130) and oil.. Excellent car, it lies well in curves..

[@destructivekuboomer1880]

I can't be more surprised by anything than Mishra's driving skills and handles.

[@WhippyPoopy]

The oil temp is great addition, thanks for adding it!

[@alexmk6tsi]

Needs a oil catch can to avoid that smoke problem👍🏻

[@travisfs7526]

Couldn’t tell if it was a breathing issue or baffling issue it need a oil cooler sump baffle and catch can either way

[@optimusmaximus56]

It's crazy how much power you can get out of this small engines with turbo.

[@Sumofallfears]

Yes its very cool. My Skoda Fabia 1.0 TSI has 200 hp now with some adjustments. But thats almost the max possible😂 ultimate sleeper

[@kealke]

Its even crazier how fast the wear gets on them xD

[@Sumofallfears]

@@kealke at 38000km I achieved the 200hp and I am on 120000km now without any problems. Proud of that little engine

[@optimusmaximus56]

@@Sumofallfears Nice one! Yeah, I have to admit that I still remember some of the early Audi S3 1.8T 4-cylinder turbos, which had about 220hp. It was mind-blowing when I drove one for the first time about 20 years ago. So, to see these small hatchback cars now with 400+ HP is mind-blowing for someone like me.🤩

[@Sumofallfears]

@@optimusmaximus56 poh yeah I agree, that was awesome!! Back than it was a major achievement to get 220hp out of that 1.8T engine with the available technology of that time. The 200hp I achieved was easy, so much technology available. Software upgrade, few intake and exhaust system adjustments, bigger intercooler another turbo and minimal RON98. Done. But I wouldnt drive it on the Nürnburgring😂😂

[@J__HUTTON]

That is a fast little hatchback well done on the build looks amazing ❤

[@markthegamedriver]

Found your channel 2 weeks ago and I can’t stop watching ❤

[@tobytoxd]

Impressive and fun lap! Thank you!

[@mtien46]

This thing is absolutely INSANE! Amazing video👏🏼

[@VdubK]

Good lap, really high temps, btw, you can add an oil cooler to manual and dsg, the oil cooler if you get Racingline for example just replaces your oil filter. So one end goes where your oil filter is and the other end is the little radiator which you just mount behind the front bumper, you're getting confused with the dsg gearbox cooler.

[@GrabberSmurf]

I had no idea the ring got so HOT! In a weird way, it makes me happy because I started to detour from my dream of living there one day with how cold and cloudy and no sun it seemed like. I’m from CA and days without sun can be difficult. Thanks for the video Misha & Adrian, amazing shots in B-roll.

[@dreamcrusher112]

Europe is mid heat wave, so another 10 degrees hotter than what it was in this vid. Europe gets up into the high 30s c each year now.

[@nnakaudoh]

dont go to germany or netherlands it will rain so much. go to lower europe for warmth. Although upper europe is nicer financially

[@tiks1862]

I like the addition of the oil temp been on the screen good to see what it’s at 👍

[@mikoajcyran8709]

Love the turbo sounds!

[@xXxH8TERxXx]

That was alot a smoke 😬 Some James Bond shit 😋

[@macklinegodinho8450]

I was thinking the same

[@chopedandsectioned]

loving the rear cam

[@leons_cupra]

Great video, shows just how capable the cupra’s are. With some better tyres and more cooling the next time round he should be on too a winner

[@ISOLATICN1]

guys from uk all these kids want is power, no handling no good brakes and defiantly not expensive tyres, sad car scene over here unfortunately lol

[@donhu6578]

Nice, now the owner knows where he still has to invest time. And it's great to see what he has performed so far

[@Luigifazz]

Thats looks like a nice car and goes pretty well

[@yoelpixel]

Oil catch can solves this common issue on ea888. When the engine is run hard the crankcase ventilation (pcv) dumps the oil in the intake again. And it gets burned in the cylinders. Hence the smoke.

[@muhammadilhamilham92]

that fast cupra with manual just awesome

[@Y33JGL]

Wattis cupra, the man the myth the James 👏👏

[@LOMACKING]

Damnn i think i might have to look into a cupra after this Awesome lap as per Misha!

[@leoperkovic9405]

I got it power to weight

[@chrisarnold4747]

Spoke to this lad at bhp, this car was in the show and shine. Nice car

[@infinitepower1206]

That little flash at 2:44 🙌🏻

[@sickjohnson]

That Cupra is on the extreme side of theatrics Misha...smoke and pops...had me waiting for the boom! LOL

[@ndyke020475]

WHAT A CAR AND WHAT A DRIVER shame about oil temp I've had 4 SEAT LEON two CUPRA two FR DEISAL HYBRID turbo I just love the way they can be thrown around think there the strongest and they love being ragged SO YOU SHOULD BE PROUD

[@gkscoob1507]

“Gonna be the tire that give way first” no mate your oil coolers already giving way 😂

[@jeremyglover5541]

Put your phone down and hold on man!! Misha already has 3 cameras :)

[@hostmeto2448]

I'm not too keen on front wheel drive but the popcorn is cooking very nice back there :D

[@craigmabbit89]

that seat goes hard man!

[@tear728]

What a little monster this car is 😅

[@longform]

Man I love Cupras. Specialy wagons.

[@hagzroalac]

That' s front drive experience 😍

[@RaudiS3]

Catch CAn needed... Problem in Gen 888 engienes. maybe install oil cooler too &make the "overrun" switchable on cruise controle or AC, it also will drop some degrees ;)

[@mdev8846]

You are right. Racing Line catch can oil is the solution.

[@jurjito]

And i was thinking the same, that overrun must be helping with the engine "cooking"

[@beaugator]

Living in a hot area, and tuning one of my vehicles, I always leave a little AFR to the rich side to help cool the engine a bit. While leaning it out for max HP might use 11.5/1 AFR, I usually run 12.x/1 to save the engine a bit. The few HP you lose is worth it for me to keep the engine alive.

[@MaximusHexon]

I seem to have some kind of glitch in my car. Previously I had a 12 AFR with the gas pushed all the way down at high rpm. Currently I have around 10.9-11, and sometimes even 10.5. I am so wondering if the lambda probe is to blame? I rule out injectors because the car has very low mileage(87000 kilometers). Although who knows... The pressure on the injection rail is ok. In addition, I noticed that the long-term correction is on the very large downside(-25%).

[@beaugator]

@@MaximusHexon Sounds like an air leak. Start the engine and warm up. Take brake cleaner and spray around at leak prone areas of the intake and vacuum tubing. If the RPM spikes up, you found a leak in the induction system.

[@MaximusHexon]

@@beaugator Good idea. Will try this method.

[@MrZenooo5]

this is what it looks like when someone puts power into the car and doesn't think about other things - Oil catch tank, oil cooler and other

[@dynamitedavies]

Whats the optimal oil temperature on these things? I always try to keep it at 115°C max. Oil cooler is definitely needed

[@mikespeedyfpv321]

Great drive ❤❤

[@liamkilroy9478]

I thought the speed was in kmh until about halfway through the lap 🤯

[@ScottZ370]

Makes me want my Cupra back this video!

[@Smitherrrrs]

Do yourself a favor, get something interesting instead

[@JoseGonzalez-hd7gr]

I think the car needs a good oil catch can to resolve the smoking problem. When you go very fast you have to put it on. Racingline it's a good one.

[@jasonboyle7203]

Surprised they lad With some amazing control..

[@burnsz09]

Lovely watch , james is a top man with a brilliant build x

[@Smitherrrrs]

Brilliant with all that smoke and heat problems?

[@leeg8973]

@@Smitherrrrsjust needs an oil cooler and a catch can sorted

[@Smitherrrrs]

@@leeg8973 so why hasnt that been done already? If its all so simple

[@leeg8973]

@@Smitherrrrs probs because in U.K. we don’t normally have such hot weather compared to Germany so probs don’t have the issue over here

[@TheCinderellaman10]

Just saw james w post on insta today i think and there it is on tube. Thats a nice proper quick upload

[@mikos321]

Micha, what is your opinion of people filming the race with their phone in their hand flopping around like that? I would probably find it somewhat disturbing knowing that a phone might come flying in to my face in a hi-g corner/bump.

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

I don't think it should be allowed.

[@strobi0001]

What i find stupid is that he is watching the whole lap through his phone 🙈 . I would just enjoy the moment and Micha makes much better videos anyway.

[@MrXispas]

We can only understand the real speed by the rear view camera.......That's insane........I must try that some day!

[@DanDanTheGuitarMan]

Love the videos, this one was hard to watch with the front window reflection and the gauge overlays. Cheers!

[@shiftdnb]

Is that the smoke screen function they got in those Bond cars?

[@Yatess95]

Man’s out here praying his Seat don’t blow up with Misha driving it 😂😂

[@NeudinamixSG]

Car needs Oil Cooler & Oil Catch Can Kit ASAP. Waterpump surely having an issue has this engine handles water temp way better then the engine found in the GTI.

[@OlderthanIlookyoungerthanIfeel]

I wouldn't know what Seat or the Cupra was , if it wasn't for Gran Turismo . If I remember correctly they actually had a race series called the Cupra Cup . And because I live in Canada , that game is the only experience I have with the Nurburgring to .

[@Crisheight]

Looks like an absolute riot

[@royprime6635]

With great power comes great need of cooling...

[@VinnetouCZE]

2:44 Other Leon saying 'Hi' to more powerfull brother 😄

[@backlog2389]

Sick James Bond car you got there.

[@gabbiz9052]

Hi misha how was the tire ? For a daily car /sport use is ok? Cimpare to the michelin s 4 s?

[@oktoji888]

Sounds insane that thing is quick haha

[@blackdeckerz0r]

Did you guys already bring the bilstein blue bmw to the nurb? looking foward to it

[@Jason300]

Nice car but need's a oil catch can so unburnt oil doesn't leak out the pcv valve and go down the downpipe

[@quikie1984]

Without doubt one of the coolest reactions 😂 that thing sir is a little weapon! 🫡

[@w0nd3rlu573r]

This is the best short thriller/horror movie I've seen this year so far 😈

[@Red6er]

If the owner is trolling around here. few questions. Engine mods build summary? Turbo: Fuel: Front/rear rotor size: Brake pads: Car year model and weight (estimate): Car seems to have impressed Misha, great car.

[@Kappo288]

Wow this car have so much grip :o

[@BasRikken]

turn of the pocorn to keep the turbo holding out a bit longer

[@mituc]

The car is pretty amazing but was ruined by this vanity tunes with farts and shits. People simply do not realize how much heat these poops&farts tunes throw into the turbos, cats (who still has them), and so on. And as always amazing drive from Micha! Awesome stuff!

[@motorsportislife9598]

He burnt more oil than fuel in that lap😂

[@clestonefei]

I don't understand why there are so many upgrades and no upgrades in oil cooling.

[@Smitherrrrs]

Went for a pop and bang map and ran out of sense

[@alexsmtbfriends4954]

This is the ChavTastic Tune. Car doesn't need to hold to 21kms of track, only to pop and bang from 5 blocks away. It is fast, no hate about that, but the valves and turbo are not happy.

[@blacksky9621]

Do you have any update from the volvo 240 that blew up? Did the owner fix it? :D

[@sohappy7389]

Der Misha kann alles fahren, links wie rechts! Schalter, Automatk, einfach alles! 👍🏼👍🏼💪🏼💪🏼 Unglaublich der Kerl! Aber sind 140 Grad ÖL nicht etwas zu hoch? 🫣

[@maranello77]

Миша не бери больше таких пассажиров...они раздражают своими телефонами...лучше девочку бы покатал...а за езду жирный лайк!! круто!! Seat шикарный...

[@manueljaha5861]

Extra Öl Kühler with Thermostat 200 € or $ even if you have one bring one more on. You Put it in the Öl Filter is (Easy) to put on

[@autoliebe6024]

Amazing Car 😍😍🙌

[@Tonician0]

Wow the temps, quite frightening...

[@jbmectronic4314]

Its a racecar, you change the engine once and a while and so 😅

[@Tonician0]

@@jbmectronic4314 with the EA888, there are several aftermarket options for cooling thought

[@fizzlechicken01]

The car was just doing it’s best Spy Hunter impersonation

[@richardbruce1296]

Hi bud love your channel and content .....is there any way to say to people ....enjoy the drive I'm already filming it

[@Underp4ntz_Gaming_Channel]

Nice popcorn machine :) i see what you did there with the oil temp reading 😅😅

[@TheNismo777]

All that power, thats alot to be asked from the engine without oil cooler! Car itself seem having alot of potential

[@dazayit]

Like thebcar other than the silly pops amd bangs

[@mdev8846]

7 minutes of glory...and a new headgasket that the young driver will buy it.

[@checkyourself164]

Nothing is wrong with the head gasket grandpa.

[@emre_asil_]

Smoke is due to bad design of the factory pcv system. It drinks oil through pcv breather on hard brake right turns. Can be solved with a good catch can, or an updated pcv valve.

[@TheCinderellaman10]

Maybe he has the original older pcv valve, I'm sure there is a newer revision of PC valve for the gen3 ea888

[@ccke-juicehardwarereviews8668]

Love you videos misha! You are one of the best driver’s I’ve EVER watched man!! 💯 it’s my 40th birthday soon and would mean everything to me if you would take me around the track for it? I’m disabled and don’t have a fast car though…😔

[@MikkoRantalainen]

This car needs oil cooler and something to avoid slushing oil into the turbo + scan for error codes to figure out why it switched to limp mode during the lap. I'd guess overheating but definitely check the ECU data.

[@lugs12345]

This guy is a driver listen to that cupra sing 🔥🎧💯👌

[@aerox20003]

I can see water temp at 130 and oil 135! Oil rads needed, the temp is not real anyway but isn correct warming up so much. Install polar fis and read on cdb the engine parameter (ps I have cupra 300)