"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
05/14/2019 at 11:40 • Filed to: None
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"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
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When I left for the weekend, it had been overcast most of the week here in Los Angeles. Then when I got home, it has been more fog again. Weird since I went to the PNW, the capital of the world on foggy/rainy weather and had full on sun and 80 degree temps. I actually quite like this weather though since its such a change from the usual 300+ days a year of perpetual sunshine.
And since I totally needed more canyon carving after a weekend dedicated to just that in British Colombia, it was a perfect time after work to head on down to my favorite road, Piuma. I spent some time earlier in the day to replace my spark plugs and wires in order to hopefully solve my cylinder 2 misfire code. So I figured it was a good test to drive the doors off of the car up a mountain. It definitely felt smoother and there were zero hesitations at any speeds. Finally bounced off the rev limiter with the car for the first time since I went through a tunnel and had to hear the exhaust at 7000 rpms.
Next up is roll bar removal from the other car and hopefully completed installation in this car this coming Saturday. With that completed, I can move onto fixing the sway bar mounts (some broken bolts that are clunking on bumps) and look into what I want to do about coilovers. Either way, I think I am going to sign up for a PCA Autocross on Jun 1st as my first foray into motorsports with this car. Then if all goes well, I will be ready for Laguna Seca at the end of June!
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
05/14/2019 at 13:17 |
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It’s pissing rain here, so we really lucked out
way2blu does a rev update
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
05/14/2019 at 14:03 |
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If you can find a road that takes you to the right height, you get this effect:
How’s the Miata? Looks like you have good roads for it.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> way2blu does a rev update
05/14/2019 at 14:54 |
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The mountains I am generally in are the Santa Monica mountains, which are certainly too low for this effect most of the time. That spot where I was at is probably around 1500 feet at most in elevation and is often covered in clouds. But it has a great view when the sun is out. Take from the same parking spot:
Mount Wilson (somewhere around 6000 feet) off of the ACH is my favorite spot to go to for the same type of view you are talking about. DTLA is usually buried under clouds/smog and the ocean is rarely visible. But its always there in the distance if its clear enough. On a quite clear day up there:
And on a more typical day:
The Miata is doing well so far. Been chasing the “cylinder 2 misfire” problem but its its intermittent so I have been steaming along as I can. Just been busy being out of town, havent gotten much chance to canyon carve or road trip with it. Doing Piuma road two days in a row now has me very happy though. I realllllly want to drop $2k on Xidas coilovers but am trying to hold out on spending that kind of money.