"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
09/25/2013 at 16:18 • Filed to: Miata, mightycarmods, mighty car mods, racing, track
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"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
09/25/2013 at 16:18 • Filed to: Miata, mightycarmods, mighty car mods, racing, track | 1
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MonkeePuzzle
> JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
09/25/2013 at 16:34 |
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dunno if its just me, but you appear to have no link in your post
190e30-Now with COSWORTH
> JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
09/25/2013 at 17:09 |
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Jeff! I've known Jeff Denmeade since I was a baby, he and my dad raced together. So crazy and shocking to see him in this, but I'm not surprised
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JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
> MonkeePuzzle
09/25/2013 at 17:11 |
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Whoops! Sorry, thanks!
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JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
> 190e30-Now with COSWORTH
09/25/2013 at 17:24 |
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That's incredible; I can't imagine how crazy that would be to see someone you know! Awesome about your dad racing with him, he seems like a really cool person. Sorry I didn't have the video up at that moment.
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190e30-Now with COSWORTH
> JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
09/25/2013 at 17:39 |
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It's definitely very strange.
The two of them plus Peter McKay (who I can't remember meeting-I was too little) did the One Lap of America in 1999, in a Mitsubishi Evo IV, turned into a rally car by RalliArt in Australia, then shipped over. They ended up coming in first in class, fifth overall, losing to only a Mosler Raptor, Lamborghini Diablo, Superformance Cobra, and something else. Not too bad, considering apparently there were a few hired drivers.
Unfortunately, my dad hasn't told me any awesome stories. All I've heard is the one of them rotating to get their sleep, making a bed in the backseat in which you had to slide yourself in and bend yourself around the cage and pray you didn't crash.
I freaked out when I saw him though. Thanks for posting, might have missed it otherwise
Squid
> JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
09/25/2013 at 20:01 |
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I'm amazed they let the Miata out on the track with out a roll bar. Now I need to go and watch them turbo this thing. I know it can be done on a budget but it takes the knowledge to piece together a kit and then be able to find the parts. Most of the off the shelf solutions are ~$3,500 which can get you around 200-225 ponies at the wheels. The one thing I would disagree on with his suggestions is to just add wider rubber in the rear, that would upset the balance of a miata if you were to run a staggered wheel set up. I think they are also neglecting the fact that you can gain a whole lot just by changing the alignment on these gems.
I also wonder how close they came to poping that headgasket. . . Stupid nonlinear coolant temperature gauge. . .