KIA K5 Turbo (Optima SX) racing : Turbo upgrade(360hp) VS ECU tune

KIA K5 Turbo (Optima SX) racing : Turbo upgraded(360hp) VS ECU tune 

 = Hyundai Sonata (2.0) turbo upgrade car VS ecu tune

Anyone wonder about the Performance difference between KIA K5 (Optima SX) : ECU Tune VS Turbo upgrade? It's no wonder that Turbo upgrade version is faster than ECU tune version. But we wonder how much?

Turbo upgrade car in the video has small turbine, so it's wheel power is just about 360hp and about 300hp with ECU tune car. How much those cars runs fast on the real roads?
Let's have a look.

*Turbo upgrade KIA K5 acceleration (360hp)

 



*ECU tune KIA K5 acceleration (300hp)


 

*Rolling race : Turbo upgrade vs ECU tune
  - Camera car : KIA K5 (Optima sx) ECU tune
  - Right lane : KIA K5 turbo upgraded



*Rolling race : Turbo upgraded K5 vs BMW E92 M3
  - Left Line : Camera car
  - Mid line : M3
  - Right : KIA K5 (Optima SX)












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DIY : KIA K5 (Optima) high glossy center fascia

How to convert K5 (Optima) black matt center fascia to black high glossy.

K5 has black matt center fascia cover like this. To create more luxury interior, I decided to change this cover from Black matt to Black high glossy as below


*Stock

*Aftrer

How to do this?
It is  very simple. 
1.Just disassemble center fascia cover from the car. 

 

2. Prepare a compound

  

3.Tape marking on the letters

 

  

4.Remove coating of the surface by rubbing with a compound liquid

5.Done

 

 

This is very simple, isn't it? But this 1~2 hours of work will change your car a lot.
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KIA K5 (Optima SX) tuning (Turbo upgrade version) rolling test

KIA K5 (Optima) turbo upgrade is very money-worthy item. It can easily gain additional 100hp~150hp. Many tuners are launching new turbo kits for K5 owners. 

Pross is well known tuner here in Korea due to its nice ECU mapping code. It is safe, well-balanced and faster than any other tuner in Korea.

Have you read our previous post about ECU mapping?
                               -> KIA K5 turbo ECU mapping
                               -> Hyundai Sonata turbo ECU tune                

Now, it is time to check how much fast it is..

KIA K5 (420hp with turbo upgrade) vs BMW 1M (chip tune)

*1st running

*2nd Running




* K5 ( small turbo upgrade 350hp) vs S4 (Chip tune about 400hp)

*1st race

*2nd race


When it comes to the real race on the track, I am very sure S4 can smoke K5 away. But on the daily road or highway, S4 can not ignore about K5's performance..

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2014 KIA K3(Cerato, Forte) Coup turbo tuning

After 2014 KIA K3 Coup Turbo released in the end of 2013, it is likely to be the hot icon to Korean young generation. K3 coup has nice looking body with 200 horse power turbo engine.

For better sound, the owner of the car in this post has decided to add blow off valve under the hood and Brake kit for better performance. PartsKor visited the tuning garage to see how they work.






Before we watch the tuning work, I like to mention that how much this car (K3) is fun. Not only K3's (Cerato, Forte) compact body, fast transmission and 200 horse power engine are the things you need to pay attention. The most important aspect of this car is it's light weight body. See this video






Comparison with

    - 2013 Mustang V6 3.7 (Left lane) *spec: 309 hp
    - 2005 Saab 2.0 turbo *Spec (Mid lane) : Chip tune 250 hp
    - 2014 KIA K3 Coup 1.6 turbo (right lane) *Spec:204 hp


This is rolling test from 80km/h~ 200km. At the beginning of the tunnel, KIA K3 took up the running leaving Saab behind..but after 160km/h Saab is getting push K3 back..KIA K3 made a good fight of it considering the it's small engine (1.6 liter).
However, K3 can be faster than this with ECU mapping. (It will be released soon).




Back to the tuning garage, this white pearl, just only 10,000 km mileage car visited the tuning garage.

This is the one the owner want to add to the intake line..

Just for information, this tuning garage has developed Turbo installing kit for KIA K3 sedan (non turbo car, NA engine) which can achieve 200 horse power at front wheel. Price? only about 3000 USD. I strongly believe this payment is worthy for the owner of K3 sedan.

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KIA K5(Optima tuning : Sports Steering wheel

Kia K5 Sports steering wheel (DIY)

Recently KIA released new 2014 Optima (K5), the one of most attractive change is sports steering wheel which has smaller size and more functional shape.








The picture below is the steering wheel of 2013- KIA optima.(Old type)

And this is 2014 steering wheel of KIA Optima (Normal type)

** This is the Sports type of 2014 KIA Optima sports steering wheel 

    ( D type)

    - Smaller size
    - Nice shape for sports driving

After this sports steering has been released, it got to catch on among many of K5 Korean owner's club members. If you have 2014 KIA Optima (K5) with normal type steering wheel, you can just replace this sports type without modification. 

But if you have ~2013, then ⓐ you need to modify the electric wiring system a bit
                   ⓑ you need to buy air bag module which fits to the sports steering wheel 

However, even the old KIA Optima owners (~2013) should pay for not only Sports wheel but also air bag module, changing steering wheel is getting very popular among old model (2013 K5-optima) owners.

This new type of steering wheel support paddle shift, Steering heating system and audio remote control. 100% compatible (made by Hyundai Mobis, genuine parts)

                        * D type steering wheel + air bag module

This nice looking steering wheel will add driving pleasure with your KIA K5.
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