Per my review of various upgrade brake options on the market for the C5, the option that stood out the most was utilizing the Cadillac Brembo 4 piston calipers with 14" C6Z06 calipers on the front. The price was reasonable, parts...
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There's a lot of information floating around pertaining to the NC Miata and common upgrades and repairs, but very little of it is all captured in one spot. It exists either in community information repeated endlessly on facebook and can be hard to...
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NOTE: This is a work in progress. Some measurements may not be entirely correct. Some upgrades I've not captured in here. I'll update it all when I've completed researching. In the mean time, please do contact me if you've got any other suggestions!...
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While researching coilovers and then subsequently researching why the QA1 coilovers understeered and drove like shit, I took a lot of notes on sway bar diameters along with spring rates. A lot of informaiton I took from other folks and from...
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So when it comes to nearly all of the Miatas (NA-NC) the wheel hubs are a known weak point. They can fail, sometimes catastrophically, leaving the wheels up front just held on by the brake caliper, and in the rear the brake caliper and maybe the...
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Short Version:Overall the QA1 Proma Star coilovers for the C5 Corvette and the progress sway bars are solid products that can be dialed in to produce a very balanced handling car other drivers will be envious of should you let them try your...
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So Laguna Seca is a bucket list track for most folks out there. I know for me it was a big deal when I got out there for my second track day ever. Since I was last there though, I've progressed a ton and also refined the car a lot and I also...
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So for the 12th track day, Boh came full circle to Laguna Seca. Laguna Seca was the third track I'd ever done, and the first track where Boh had gotten to ride as a passenger out on the track. That day inspired her a lot to get into track cars...
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So somewhere during my 16th and 17th track day I suffered the near catastrophic failure of a wheel hub. Nothing about that was entirely surprising really, as the C5 Corvette OEM hubs are known to fail as you begin to progress to a more...
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This page seeks to try and capture as much alignment suggestions as I can find for retention by the community at large. I also have a document with my "dialed in" suspension values you are welcome to play with as a starting point.DISCLAIMER:...