Transmission #5. I need to sell a GTX to get a Quaife gearset. Money is a bit tight right now with the wife laid off. I think I was leving some time out there. I thought I could get the record. I had a couple of things I wanted to try differently when the transmission broke. The third to last corner was tricky to figure out the fastest line through. In the end I think the answer was brake hard in a straight line coming off the sweeper and stay slow and very tight all the way around it. I think it would allow more speed deeper coming off the big sweeper and a better line for more speed throught the next two corners and onto the front strait. I didnt get a chance to try it quite like that, I tried a bunch of things that didn't work so well.
Car is kind of an over the top daily driver/track car the heart of which is an FM 2L stroker motor. Made a surprising nearly 400hp with just the local 91 Octane Pump gas and 17lbs of boost supplied on the FM dyno the day before. It has a GT3071R turbo and probably the only major difference from the other whole enchilada big 2.0L GT3071R kits a few others have slapped together is my own weld ell turbo manifold, 3" exhaust and my own intercooler and plumbing setup. I think the manifold might be getting me something. It has fairly long equal length runners compared to others I have seen. Quite a few other custom installation details have been done to it as well for cooling and fuel delivery. Chassis is seam welded with FM frame rails and hard dog door bars. also have other custom sub braces under fender braces and such. Probably about as stiff as anybody has reasonably made a 1st gen miata without a full cage. Suspension is just revalved Koni Sports with 550/350 springs and my own custom extended travel shock tops. Racing beat big hollow front bar and stock rear. Tires were 3/4 tread RA-1's mounted on 15X9" 6Ul's. After that trip they are now at the proper tread depth for track use. Brakes are also a custom setup I bolted on a kit from Wilwood for a Mini Cooper that has 11.75" rotors and Dyna-Pro calipers. 11.44" rear. With all the stuff on it I think it weighs nearly 2300 lbs. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Cardell" <[email protected]> To: "Wiseman, Curtis J" <[email protected]>; "Miatapower Power Miata" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 7:51 AM Subject: RE: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp > Hi Curtis, > Bob is on the list, so I'll let him tell you about his car. Almost 400 > hp and a really good driver is a pretty good combo for taking lap > records. And Bob and Kim drove down from Washington on RA1s. If Bob > hadn't nuked his (number 7?) trans he might have taken the overall car > record, which he was uncomfortably close to. I need to start pedaling > faster. > BTW, Tom Heath (from GRM) was rotating between cars, his time in the > Westfield was from the one and only time he drove the car on track (3 > hot laps), so he's a fast learner. > You shoulda oughta been there. > > > Bill Cardell > TurboDog's Dad > Flyin' Miata > 1-800-359-6967 (sales) > 970-464-5600 (tech support) > www.flyinmiata.com > www.fmwestfield.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wiseman, Curtis > J > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:36 AM > To: Miatapower Power Miata > Subject: RE: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp > > I see that FM has posted lap times and precious few photos from Summer > Camp this year. I also see that Bob Bundy apparently had a very good > day, judging from lap times. Can somebody (Bob, Keith, Bill) elaborate > on Bob's set-up? What was it that made him so stinkin' fast? If you > can beat a 300hp Caterham (Skip) with a Miata, you're doing something > right. > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
