On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:45:15PM -0400, paul stenquist wrote: > Some nice shots here. > Tell us about the Miata. How does it differ from the stock vehicle? > Looks like an entertaining machine.
In gory detail: http://www.specmiata.com/specifications.htm In short: The engine mods that I'm allowed on the 1.6 liter motor are: Change the air filter Remove the catalytic converter Change the exhaust from the cat back I'm allowed to put in a specific Limited Slip Differential (not to confuse it with LakeShore Drive). There is a spec suspension: springs shocks swaybars I'm allowed to run 15" wheels up to 7" wide that weigh at least 13 lbs. In our region we have the 205-50-15 Toyo RA-1 spec tire (decent performance, excellent life for a race tire, keeps nearly full grip until the cord is showing) I'm allowed to strip the interior, I'm required to have a roll cage that meets certain specs, race seats, race belts, fire extinguisher or fire system, kill switch. I'm allowed to run a fiberglass hardtop (several seconds a lap in aerodynamics). I'm allowed to run racing compound brake pads. One very nice thing about the class is the factory support. You can buy parts from Mazdaspeed at dealer cost. The racing is amazingly close. The last race I ran with the SCCA the qualifying times of the guy 2 places in front of me and the guy behind me differed by about .060 seconds, that works out to about 8 feet on a three mile track for two rows of the grid in mid pack. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
