Hello everyone and welcome to the blog section! This wil be my first post in this now reserructed section where I will put infromation about experiences adjacent to all of my other projects. I don't want to bog down other project writings with lots...
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Updated 9 months 1 week ago
NOTE: There's a lot of non-corvette information in here as I was instructing and I wrote a lot about the instruction. I'm going to be coming back to this article and seperating out the instructing notes from the C5 specific information and...
Updated 9 months 3 weeks ago
Another track weekend, and more success! The Miata continues to hold up pretty good! Aside from needing to change the front brake pads, the car conintues to go very easy on consumables. The Hankook Ventus RS4 tires continue to show minimal wear but...
Updated 11 months 3 days ago
Coming into the track weekend with the MX5 Miata there really wasn't anything new mechanically to speak of. Tires were still fine, brake pads were without issue, everything was happy on the Miata. We just got straight to the point of shredding it,...
Updated 11 months 4 days ago
Unfortunately, this track weekend started out with a headache.I went to pick up my Corvette from where I've been stashing it in California, and sure enough as I backed out of the storage spot we noticed there was a flat tire. A quick inspection...
Updated 10 months 2 weeks 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 8 months 3 weeks 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 1 year 1 week 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 1 year 1 week 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 3 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...