2011 MD/NOVA Auto-X Thread
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It was banging off the bump stop all the way home.
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Welp....got the car fixed this morning....hopefully for the long term. Was immediately faster than yesterday. Ended up with a 38.41 with a passenger. Most of the people that ran both days were faster on Saturday .....not really sure why....though it was a bit cooler out. Might have had a 37.9 in it had it been warmer, without a passenger and I had a little more talent.
I'll see a few of you guys next Sunday at SCCA Practice.
I'll see a few of you guys next Sunday at SCCA Practice.
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Glad to hear that's sorted out, Mike.
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I found the biggest, thickest zip ties you have ever seen.....worked like a damn champ. Between Larry Casey and myself we put 11 runs on the car today without any hint of an issue.
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Utter fail of a day....broken phone, seat, and bruised knees from trying to hold myself in place. I was soooooooo slow and the quick fix turned out worse than the initial problem. Best was a 39.2 dirty I believe and 39.6 clean......fail. I wasn't planning on going tomorrow (even though I signed up), but I may come if the seat is somewhat fixed. I know the car would have done a low-mid 38 if I hadn't failed the car and the seat fail me. Good turn out of S2k's.....nice to put some faces to names.
What is wrong with your seat rail? I remember this from last year, is this common on the 350Zs? You should get a new rail.
I will be at the SCCA Practice event. STR looks fun we have a lot cars and very competitive people. I still need to work on my car, I have not touch it since last year; I have been really busy lately, but hopefully I will get some work done this week.
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I'll probably run the SCCA T&T this weekend. My car is NOT set up (just installed coilovers and have not had an alignment yet and I will be on OEM wheels/tires) but I want to get a sense of what the car is like.
Red Miata STR.
Red Miata STR.
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Mike,
What is wrong with your seat rail? I remember this from last year, is this common on the 350Zs? You should get a new rail.
I will be at the SCCA Practice event. STR looks fun we have a lot cars and very competitive people. I still need to work on my car, I have not touch it since last year; I have been really busy lately, but hopefully I will get some work done this week.
What is wrong with your seat rail? I remember this from last year, is this common on the 350Zs? You should get a new rail.
I will be at the SCCA Practice event. STR looks fun we have a lot cars and very competitive people. I still need to work on my car, I have not touch it since last year; I have been really busy lately, but hopefully I will get some work done this week.
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Definitely had a great time with CDC on Saturday and it was good to put some names around here together with faces.
I was surprised on pulling my times down to 43.9 on the final run.
Thanks to all for the morning ride-alongs & looking forward to the next event!
I was surprised on pulling my times down to 43.9 on the final run.
Thanks to all for the morning ride-alongs & looking forward to the next event!