I fix that by putting both feet on the gas, just in case one lifts. :-) Mark
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Bill Cardell <[email protected]> wrote: > You realize of course I have to go out and raise the bar for you. The > Westie has 59s in it, I just need to learn how to drive. I'm limited on > speed down the back straight by too much room in my panties, I think. > > > 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: Bob Bundy [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:25 PM > To: [email protected]; Bill Cardell > Subject: Re: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp > > 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 >
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