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Updated 6 months 4 days ago
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...
Updated 4 months 1 week ago
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...
Updated 7 months 4 weeks ago
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...
Updated 7 months 4 weeks ago
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...
Updated 1 month 4 weeks ago
As I started to experience some rather significant overheating problems during various track days, I began researching all of the different options out there folks are using. I then decided to put this article together to help others, or...
Updated 6 months 3 weeks ago
This track day happened to occur on fathers day for me, which worked out pretty good. For the last 10 or so years now I've been doing Corvette stuff in honor of my father. This though is the first year without my dads 1968 corvette that I...
Updated 10 months 2 weeks ago
This was both Boh and the NC Miatas first time at Big Willow, along with the third different track ever for both of them. Boh was the only driver of the NC this day and she had a pretty good time, stating frequently that she enjoyed the...
Updated 10 months 2 weeks ago
After spending a bunch of time installing my 9 Live Racing Splitter and adding just a bit of extra spoiler to the rear of the C5 corvette, I was ready to hit up two back to back track days!Day 1 - Big WillowFun track! Nowhere near as intimidating as...
Updated 2 months 5 days ago
So when it comes to Aero in the track and race car game... there's not many companies getting more mention than Nine Lives Racing. Between their solid reputation for producing product that works at pretty fair prices and their RADiculous "big wang"...
Updated 11 months 3 weeks ago
The next track day with the NC Miata was to take place at Buttonwillow CA. Thus, this would be the first track besides Streets of Willow this car had ever been on and my GF had ever driven the car at.Modifications going into this track day were two...

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