Really? Another Miata thread....

[rherold9]

This was looking mighty fine (and fun) at Summit at Saturday.  Keep it up!

Thank you and thank you for the pic!

Recap:

This weekend I decided to ask for a TT check ride. Edgar hopped in my 2nd session and we were only out 3 laps before he said I was good for TT. His shortest check ride he said. I'll take that for a good ego boost. The rest of the weekend was uneventful and I had a blast. I gave ride-alongs to Brandon Itkin and Ryan Allen.

Saturday evening basic sunset pic between T9 and T10:



I decided to send the car on the 1st session on Sunday morning and was running some consistent low 1:27s. With the fastest of a 1:27.1x. That's an improvement of 1 second from April Summit and I still have areas I can improve on! Just to put that into perspective, that's on par to what Spec Miata and SE30 guys were running. I'm running 2690 lbs with a half tank of fuel and ~155whp peak (vdyno estimate)



[video=youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN-TIBPqwg0[/video]

My only goal for the weekend was to focus and push hard in T4 as that turn has always been my weakest link. I mean it's the fastest turn and the one with the most margin for error and carnage if you get it wrong so most people take it easier there. Well, on two of my faster laps below in my YouTube video I hit 100mph and 103mph through T4... Some other fast laps I was hitting 98-99mph. In April I was hitting 95-98 max. A significant improvement which made me very happy and now I know I can consistently push through there that fast without a hiccup. Now I just need to realize I have to brake harder for T5. Plenty of brakes to do it as well.

Only issue I found this weekend was there is an easy 1/8" camber wear on my driver's side outside tires. The outside is basically a slick and the inside as about 1/8" more tread haha. This is after I increased my front tire pressure 2psi as I felt them rolling over. 31 cold front. 27 cold rear. I need a lot more camber! Time to call Kevin @ FlimFlamSpeed as he has not replied to my email. Need more cambers asap. Also going to flip the tires to save them as long as possible.





It started raining in the middle of the 2nd session on Sunday. After it was done I decided to pack up and call it a win even though there were two sessions left. Rather take the weekend with stride as I knew I achieved my goal and pushed the car pretty well to lower my times. It's only halfway through the season so I don't want to play too much and risk anything especially with my tires turning to no tread.

Side note: First time loading the trailer in the rain not on pavement aka wet grass and rocks. Just don't even attempt it... My rear tires shot out the wood from under the car and the car would not grip wet grass at all. After my second attempt I decided to just pull the trailer onto pavement to load and headed out.