Cape ST Owners Dyno Day, 5 March 2016

On Saturday, 5th March, I went to a Cape ST Owners (CSTOC) Dyno Day at Dynotech in Brackenfell – the first dyno day of the year and damn, it was awesome! Even though we had a spot of rain, it didn’t stop the #CarJunkies from coming out in droves to socialize and support the event.

The scheduled time of the event was 08h15, but they already had their first car waiting from before 7am…totally insane!  I guess that’s what happens when you attend a CSTOC dyno day – you HAVE to be there early to even stand a chance at putting your car on the rollers as numbers are limited and you want to be in on the action!  Before you knew it, they had already sold 63 of their 80 slots and it wasn’t even 10am yet. People just started lining up to have their cabby's output tested on the dynamometer.

CSTOC is vastly known for their charitable efforts, but the ultimate purpose of their dyno day is to gauge how many kWs your car has under the bonnet. Dynotech only provides flywheel kWs and not wheel kWs. Although this is an ST event, they are not race-ist and all cars across all brands are welcomed with open arms.  After all, you never know when a sleeper might surprise you with all those hidden POWER and TORQUE… in addition they had boeries and refreshments on sale with Monster Energy handing out free samples.

I didn't stay for the entire duration of the event, but I stayed long enough to experience the vibe and admire the kWs being pushed out by the various cars.

The Top 3 of each class results are as follows:

Class A - Hot Hatch:
1 | Entry 73 Alan Jacobs | Merc A45 | 313 kW / 707NM = 1020
2 | Entry 53 Adiel Becker | Golf 7 Gti | 299 kW / 590NM = 889
3 | Entry 37 Rameez Ebrahim | RS3 | 305 kW / 535NM = 840

Class B - Fiesta ST Class

1 | Entry 48 JP Barnard | Fiesta ST | 219 kW / 413NM = 632
2 | Entry 15 Bevan Gorridon | Fiesta ST | 163 kW / 354NM = 517
3 | Entry 26 Melchoir M | Fiesta ST | 167 kW / 343NM = 510

Class C - 1.3 - 1.9 N/A
1 | Entry 63 Mujtaba Dien | Citi Golf Cti | 81 kW / 161NM = 242
2 | Entry 71 JJ Van Den Bergh | Bantam | 85 kW / 145NM = 230
3 | Entry 40 Devin Camber | Mk3 | 80 kW / 145NM = 230

Class D - 1.3 - 1.9 Turbo
1 | Entry 22 Matthew Roos | Polo TDi | 143 kW / 514NM = 657
2 | Entry 19 Bryan | Polo TDi | 143 kW / 487NM = 630
3 | Entry 58 Nick Luiz | Astra 1.9 CDTi | 144 kW / 470NM = 614

Class E - 2L N/A
1 | Entry 76 Enrico February | Accord | 163 kW / 248NM = 411
2 | Entry 75 Gary Barends | Type-R | 160 kW / 221NM = 381
3 | Entry 9 Carl May | Type-R | 158 kW / 210NM = 368

Class F - 2L Turbo
1 | Entry 6 Abe Radowsky | A3 2.0T Sportback | 258 kW / 457NM = 715
2 | Entry 35 Ian Calder | S3 | 230 kW / 423NM = 653
3 | Entry 78 Gavin Cyster | A3 2.0T | 216 kW / 411NM = 627

Class G - Open Class
1 | Entry 52 Yaseen Ebrahim | Nissan GTR R35 | 503 kW / 948NM = 1451
2 | Entry 49 Ismail Kabley | Merc E55 | 345 kW / 698NM = 1043
3 | Entry 80 Ziyaad | BMW 135i | 287 kW / 712NM = 999

VIP Class
1 | Entry VIP Angelo | Focus ST | 386kW / 576NM = 962

You can find all vehicle results here CSTOC Forum or on their Facebook Page.

CSTOC hosts 4 dyno days per annum which is confirmed early in the year and spread quarterly throughout. They also arrange monthly park-offs and little get-togethers so that old and new members can meet and build long standing friendships.

Their next event is a Park-Off scheduled for Thursday, 10 March 2016 @ Daytona Events Venue in Killarney Gardens.

Cape ST Owners Park-Off

Hit like and keep up to date with all Cape ST Owners' events held:

Cape ST Owners Facebook Page

Some of their other charitable events are as follows:

-         Easter egg collection for the children of Thornton Children Village.

-         Lending a helping hand with the animals at Uitsig Animal Rescue.

-         Soup runs to distribute soup to the homeless in different areas during the winter months.

CSTOC and Monster Energy are the sponsors for all dyno days as well as some other upcoming events that can be found on their forum, facebook page and Instagram!