Sunday, May 6, 2012

Transmission Oil Change & intervals

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Let's talk about transmission oil on a Spec Miata race car.  I finally changed the oil in the transmission the other day in preparation ...
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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Making weight on the Spec Miata - East Street Racing Ballast System

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For 2012, SCCA and NASA both increased the weight for the 1990 - 1993 Spec Miata to 2,300 lbs including driver.  The car weighed 2,275 lbs l...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Flipping Tires - Things you should know

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In the weeks after the race at Infineon, I spoke with other racers about my experience with my tires lack of grip.  Lots of speculation.  Mo...

Racing at a new track - SCCA @ Infineon

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So the next race was Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA.  I have only been to this track once before in my street car (RX7).  Infineon is known...

How to Diagnose a Bent Ball Joint

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If you ever need to diagnose if you have a bent ball joint, here is a video tutorial. Hope it helps.

Assessing and Fixing the Damaged Front End

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If you read my last post, you'll learn that I wrecked the front end of the car in a bad spin at the last SCCA race at Thunderhill in Jul...
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SCCA Spec Miata Race - July @ Thunderhill = Spin and wreck...

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This was a frustrating race. Blogging about it made it more frustrating. Hence the radio silence on the blog. I was having a great weeke...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

Preparation: Weight Loss

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I had my car aligned and corner balanced back in January when I finished the build.  A bunch of local winning racers that I met at the track...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Preparation - Finally got an exhaust

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My car is underprepared.  Till now, I spent most of my time and money on safety and reliability parts - and track time - figuring I'd ca...
Monday, July 4, 2011

Catching up on the 2 Laguna Seca races - June 16-19 - Carnage

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Laguna Seca race #2 - June 16-19 - Spec Miata Festival I came into this race feeling so confident.  I knew the track better now.  I could tr...

Catching up on the 2 Laguna Seca races - Memorial Day Race

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I haven't had much time to post lately so my apologies.  We had 2 races at Laguna Seca within 3 weeks of each other.  Balancing a challe...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

SCCA Spec Miata Festival race video - Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

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Just finished uploading my video of Sunday's race (June 19, 2011). Link: SCCA Spec Miata Festival race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Grassroots Motorsports stickers are on! Let the winning begin!

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What's a race car w/o stickers? Better question - What's a race car w/o Grassroots Motorsports sticker?! The car is now equipped...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Video systems - Go Pro Hero or Contour or camcorder for video?

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So, there was a long delay between my last race at Thunderhill in March and the last race at Laguna Seca.  This gave my budget some time to ...
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Racing Video from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca - Memorial Day 2011

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I'm still wiped out from the weekend but here is a link to my racing video on YouTube.  This is my first time running video.  I bought a...
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