That makes 2 of us. At least i beat my brother Charlie, although it was his first event.

 

Thanks Rick for the killer footage!

If you need any help setting up your miata, don't hesitate to ask. I know a thing or two about them and will be pleased to help.

Ed

 

Jim and Rick, thank you such more for the videos. you have no idea how much I appreciate it. As well as just viewing pleasure, i kind of wanted to see how much the car swayed (haha) since i'm probably going to be putting some 9 inch wide wheels on that sucker.

 

Same to you!! My gawd! I can't believe I had to follow up behind you and that cobra. My exhaust beat had NOTHING on you guys. Sent you a pm concerning VIR....


-x-

 

PM back... I'll be in Florida that week.

 

Thanks Ed, I'd really appreciate the help. I have a 95 "Popular Eqiupment Package" As you probably know, that includes the Torsen LSD. It also includes cruise control, power windows, mirrors, and antenna. I'd be interested to find out how much my car weighs compared to your R Package. It has 115000 miles on it, and I'm assuming the shocks are kind of tired. I've never driven another NA, but I HAVE test driven a crapload of NBs. My car feels kind of mushy compared to them. I have zero mechanical mods on the car. I have a Lanny Chambers alignment, with Falken Azenis Sport tires on the OEM Enkei 14" alloys. I assume they're OEM. They look like any other 94-97 Miata allows, with the Mazda center cap, but they have Enkei stamped on the back side of the spokes.

The car has some interesting history. My mother was dating a guy who sold used cars at a local dealership. He sold me the Miata, and told me it had ONE owner. A year later I decided to do a CarFax report on the car, and realized that I'm the FOURTH owner. It was registered as a Colorado RENTAL for it's first 10,000 miles. Ouch! Still, I've never had a problem with the car that I couldn't diagnose with a Miata.net forum search.

What would you recommend for suspension mods?

 

Rick,

My R weighed in at about 2220 some years ago in racing trim. I probably can take some weight off with some trick wheels, but the stockers are pretty light @ 10# and I'm NOT gutting the A/C. Telehowski's CS National NB was something like high 2100's.

Go for the ADDCO front sway bar (7/8th I believe), and some off the shelf Koni's. Get it aligned somewhat more aggresively than Lanny's recommendations and you'll be ready to roll with a regionally competitive car.

If they move 'em to ES the NA will be Nationally competitive, but until then the '99 Sport NB or 10 AE is the only way to go if you want to "wear the jacket".

You are welcome to do a fun run at the next event that I run the car. Don't hesitate to come over and ask questions, I'm pleased to help.

Ed

 

hey dash, you got the right car, thanks for the footage man. Does anyone on here have a video capture card on their computer so i can convert some of this footage on my old camcorder to the computer? got some pretty good footage of cobra4b, xavier, crate, and a bunch of others from the 1st 3 heats

 

i think my roomate has some Allen.

 

I guess I have been away for too long ! But then my normal car that I auto-x with was not out there (I was in the Red Mini Cooper this time).