Racing
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Bulding a Track Car – The Miata has wheels
This morning the 16″ Enkei wheel arrived from Tire Rack mounted with a set of Bridgestone RE-11 Potenza tires. The call came from the guys at Performance Chassis and I headed right over. After cutting them out of the packaging… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Really close to completion
With the seats finally bolted in and the interior just about complete I was waiting for the coil-over shocks to arrive from Flyin’ Miata. Friday came and so did the UPS truck with the box from Flyin’ Miata. I took… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Is it done yet?
Progress continues. The big accomplishments are: Getting both the seats in! The Miata is not easy to fit racing seats in. There is not much space and it got even tighter when I installed the optional door bars that came… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Miata door panels fabricated
I can’t get any credit for originality here, but I really like how these ABS plastic door panels turned out on the track Miata. I searched about on the Internet to see what others had done to improve on the… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Back from paint and back to work.
It was nice to unload the Miata from the roll back yesterday and nicer still to take a look at it this morning. I spent the day re-installing all the lights on every corner. The headlights were in but all… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – The Miata being prepped for paint.
Yesterday I drove out to Masterblend to meet with Phil and see how things were looking as regards the Miata. He had already been working on the hardtop prior to Mark and I bringing over the Miata. I had thought… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Closer to Paint
Today a few for details were taken care of on the front bumper cover and a lot of time was spent on the rear deck area behind the seats. With the carpeting, the convertable top, and other interior trim pieces… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Oil cooler
With the engine running and in great shape it was time to add one more piece. A good deal came up on a used Cobalt kit that relocates the oil filter to the firewall and also adds an oil cooler. … Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – a Very BIG Weekend
This weekend’s work on the Miata really was a milestone for the project. Last weekend Doug lent a hand and changed out the timing belt and the water pump. Two very important components on this car with over 150,000 miles… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – have a seat
The factory Miata seats were pretty well worn out and a replacement set was received a while ago. They are not true “race seats” as I am watching my budget and this is an HPDE car, not a race car. The replacements have… Continue reading
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