Finally got my car on track. Autobahn country club.
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It was great to get back on track after a few years off and reconnect with old friends. I really considered it a shake down day so I was not super focused on lap times. The car ran pretty warm and I think heat soak was a big issue. the oil was getting pretty warm at about 265 so I obviously want to work on getting that down a bit. handling felt pretty good, no specific complaints except the steering feels really light at speed and I think the lack of feedback made me a little overly cautious at times.my brake bias was off so I had difficulty locking my fronts anytime I got on em hard. I have another day lined up in October so hopefully I can make some changes and get a good alignment.
The good news is my shifting improved due to installing the racing motor mounts. The stock mounts were very compressed and worn so I'm glad I spent the money to get something a little more rigid. The 949 suspension felt pretty good but I need to spend sometime playing with the settings. honestly I was just happy to be back on track so I never came in mid session to make changes. That was my biggest mistake.
I used Harrys lap timer to get 14 total lap times, but only a few clean laps. I'm not really sure what happened but apparently the app was not set for much of the day. my best was a 2:50.54 with a virtual best of 2:50:30 so i guess the narrow margin is pretty good. my average speed was 75.9 mph with a top speed of 105.1mph. I dont think the car makes much power, especially when it is hot because the spec miatas top speed is a bit over 100 mph on this track. I really don't have much data, so if anyone drives autobahn speak up.
The good news is my shifting improved due to installing the racing motor mounts. The stock mounts were very compressed and worn so I'm glad I spent the money to get something a little more rigid. The 949 suspension felt pretty good but I need to spend sometime playing with the settings. honestly I was just happy to be back on track so I never came in mid session to make changes. That was my biggest mistake.
I used Harrys lap timer to get 14 total lap times, but only a few clean laps. I'm not really sure what happened but apparently the app was not set for much of the day. my best was a 2:50.54 with a virtual best of 2:50:30 so i guess the narrow margin is pretty good. my average speed was 75.9 mph with a top speed of 105.1mph. I dont think the car makes much power, especially when it is hot because the spec miatas top speed is a bit over 100 mph on this track. I really don't have much data, so if anyone drives autobahn speak up.
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I've ran north and south. Never got clean laps in on south since it was a gridlife event last year. But north I've ran a few times i think my best is a 1:15 or a 1:14. My friend in 600whp mkiv supra runs 1:16 on north. lol North is such a fun tight track perfect for low power/ spec miata.
You have any videos or pics? You run Gingerman yet?
You have any videos or pics? You run Gingerman yet?
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I've ran north and south. Never got clean laps in on south since it was a gridlife event last year. But north I've ran a few times i think my best is a 1:15 or a 1:14. My friend in 600whp mkiv supra runs 1:16 on north. lol North is such a fun tight track perfect for low power/ spec miata.
You have any videos or pics? You run Gingerman yet?
You have any videos or pics? You run Gingerman yet?
I do not have any recient video or vids of gingerman but I've driven it many times. no times off hand, never been a big video guy, but years ago I did a few runs with the family camcorder on a few tracks, but I only have a link to a lap at Autobahn messing around with a buddy of mine so it is not really a fast lap but kinda entertaining by 2005 standards, but boring as hell now. lotus and my Audi A4 + mods. below is the link if you care to view easy 10 years old.
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