"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
10/26/2015 at 08:02 • Filed to: autocross, miata
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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
10/26/2015 at 08:02 • Filed to: autocross, miata | 2
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First time autocrossing a “good” car. First time autocrossing RWD. First time autocrossing a car with three plastidipped wheels and one that is being de-dipped. I had fun. I was the 2nd fastest un-modified Miata there, and the fastest un-modified NA Miata there. I feel like my $50 Cooper tires were holding me back somewhat, and my inexperience with the car.
Run #1 - 62.339
First one on the course. Just getting used to the car here.
Run #2 - 58.174
Run #3 - 58.174
Yay for consistency, I guess?
Run #4 - 56.448
My best run of the day. Didn’t chicken out on the launch and managed to carry a ton of speed through the first chicane.
Run #5 - 57.160 + one cone
This run was a disaster. Not sure how it was still faster than my first runs, but I was sliding errywhur.
JGrabowMSt
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/26/2015 at 08:19 |
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Cooper Tires? Say no more...
Get yourself just about anything else and it’ll be better. Contis are soft but grippy, they dont last a long time, that Ive seen.
Toyos are probably what I would seek out for a little car like that. Maybe Yokohama even. Maybe see if the MX5 models come with any sort of performance tire different than the base model as well, and get those.
I dont race the SL, but it runs a set of Hankook Ventus V12s, and theyre very good tires. They arent the pilot super sports that I first drove the car on, but theyre very good for the price, I would absolutely get another set.
bob and john
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/26/2015 at 09:16 |
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wait when did you get a miata?
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> JGrabowMSt
10/26/2015 at 09:35 |
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Eh. They were $58 each, the only thing the local tire store had in stock for 14” wheels that was less than $100 per tire, and they have a decent warranty. And I needed them *that day* so I couldn’t afford to wait for something to ship, nor could I financially afford nicer tires.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> bob and john
10/26/2015 at 09:35 |
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Last week. Traded the civic and some cash for it.
Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> JGrabowMSt
10/26/2015 at 09:37 |
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Cooper’s AT tires are pretty solid though... Actually come to think of it joke should put AT tires on the Miata and rallyx it
Stef Schrader
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/26/2015 at 09:54 |
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WOO! Yay.
F1Fan426
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/02/2015 at 20:38 |
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This is a really random question, but was this event in yoder Kansas?
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> F1Fan426
11/02/2015 at 22:20 |
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Yup