After a brief hiatus from track days, I finally got out again! Yet again, we found ourselves at Streets of Willow (SOW). I'll admit at this point 90% of our track days occur here and I'm starting to get a bit bored of this track. That said, there's...
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2007 Mazda Miata NC MX-5 (SOLD - Aug 2024) Track Day 5 - Cold windy day but plenty of fun to be had!
Updated 1 year 7 months ago
So the fifth track day out for the NC Miata was yet another success at Streets of Willow. We were running Clockwise, which is the direction my GF prefers driving this track in, so she was happy. Unfortunately, overnight freezing temps and a lot of...
Updated 1 year 7 months ago
So our NC Miata fills a lot of roles. It's taught and continues to teach my GF to drive a manual, it's served as a track car for her, and it's a buddy or backup car for everybody else. With the needs of this car being so diverse, figuring out just...
Updated 1 year 7 months ago
So my 12th track day is now in the books. The temperatures were again quite cold and windy. As with last time I struggled a bit with tire temperatures and traction, but dropped my tire pressures a bit further and seemed to get better traction. I...
Updated 8 months 3 weeks ago
The time between these last few track days was quite significant, clocking in at over 30 days. I generally am trying to run at least a track day a month, so this was quite the gap from that goal. However California was having a ton of rainy weather...
Updated 1 year 8 months ago
This page will serve as a place for me to keep notes on various details about maintaining and servicing the bike. It is currently in it's infancy, but will grow to contain useful information that I will likely need to refer back to at any given...
Updated 1 year 8 months ago
One thing I cannot deny is that when I get a new toe, I get an itch to go shred it! Unfortunately for my bike but fortunately for the local extreme drought, it had been raining a ton lately. That meant I simply couldn't really take the bike out to a...
Updated 1 year 1 month ago
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:...
Updated 1 year 7 months ago
10th track day is at Streets of Willow with Xtreme Speed track events!Repairs, upgrades and general plans for this track day:So there were three significant upgrades done to my car going into this track day.First, I got a rollbar installed. I'm...
Updated 1 month 1 week ago
When it comes to things you worry about on a car you track... blowing up a significant part of the drivetrain is a serious concern for most. The engine blowing up is definitely one of the biggest concerns in that regard, and for sure one my...