Streets of Willow - CCW (12/19/2008)

This highlights the four best laps of the day, all of which were in the last session.

Best lap: 1:26.394 (4th lap in film)
http://redlinetrackevents.com/times/Dec19/AdvancedIntermediateNovice6.swf

Alignment was compromised from the 1st session of the day. My camber (eccentric) bolts got loose and I ended up having to guess on where the last settings were. On the first two laps in the video, it felt like my diff was having problems, like it was acting like an open diff. You can definitely see/hear it with the tach in the video throughout the first lap. I think the car was either tripodding or the diff oil needs to be changed. Strangely, the problem mostly went away later in the session.

I was also there that day to test out some new things on the car.

1. Flyin' Miata 3" turbo exhaust
2. New turbo exhaust manifold locking nuts and grade 8 allen-keyed studs

The exhaust was awesome; the bump in power and quicker spool is always welcome. And the noise!! :D The exhaust manifold hardware however didn't do so well, I lost two nuts and in film had yet another exhaust leak. However, the studs at least stopped backing out. Back to the drawing board again... Hopefully this will be sorted out by Round 2 of the Miata Challenge on Jan. 11th.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• SoW
• willow
• springs
• time
• trial
• attack
• NB8C
• roadster
• CCW
• mazda
• mazdaspeed
• miata
• mx-5
• turbo
• oversteer
• grip
• battle

[evobeaner]

Great ass smooth driving buddy. I dig your line on the last sharp left hander using all the road. What tires are you running.

[VagaXt]

Tires were 225/45/15 Nitto NT-01.

[SonikDethmonkey]

Lookin' good. I'll have to try that ccw config someday, it looks fun.

[Augownage]

Dang, you are frickin' MOVING!!!!!!!!!

[pucsicsal]

Nice. Gettin' genuinely fast on me here haha!

[mrtopher]

I can see a noticeable improvement in your driving from even a few months ago. always enjoy these videos, keep it up!

[exotictofu86]

awesome driving! maybe it felt like an open diff because of the alignment.