^- most really track oriented people tend to rate the kw's v#'s to be too soft.

 

a KW V3 is nowhere near a competitive setup for this car. Its well suited for a club type track day, etc, but would be out of place on a competition setup.

 

Most would say V3's, just like the Koni Yellows would need to be re-valved and correctly sprung for anything more than intermediate track-day lapping. There's a couple threads on the forum that has seen sets sold because they were too street oriented. But if you can get them for a good price and can wait a few weeks for a re-valve and spring they may be the best bargain.

 

laze1 my windshield got busted from hail man. the storms in my area literally destroyed my car. i am going to need to repaint almost my entire car after all the body work i am about to have to do. oh well i kinda wanted a black pathfinder anyway.

 

what is the next event your going to be attending?

 

Hey, NP..but you missed a great weekend...

Basically I plan to run the entire NASA-SE schedule...see below

Good Luck!

http://nasa-se.com/

 

okay i went to skip barbers 3day mx5 this past weekend at road atlanta and i ran a 1.50 lap time in the mx5 and they gave me some information about the mazda speed challenge they promote and i was wondering if that program is a good way to go? if anybody has any knowledge about it or information that would help please let me know.

 

the mx5 cup isn't a bad way to go but it is very expenses and a limited schedule with a bunch of pro drivers. I think a better option is the standard spec miata. its a lot of fun, competitive, large schedule, and reasonably priced

 

yeah but the series offers driver coaching for 200 and the fastest lap from the winner in a mx5 was a 1.45.6 at rd atlanta and i feel like i can compete with that. i was thinking that it would be a good way to get a little recognition even if i don't win every race. i still have to take the advanced two skip school and i am going to see if i can get it at lime rock
. and i am required a practice session before my first race that i was going to try and do at road america that way i can have 3 of the tracks in the series pretty well down. also it would keep me from having to build my own car since they let us use theirs.

 

Actually, the winner of the April race ran a 1:40:88, and the top 5 all ran sun 1:42's. 10 seconds a lap is a long way to go. There are some rally good private coaches in the south east you can take advantage of (Mike Skeen, Peter Krause, ETC) in any series, plus a lot of schools that offer coaching and hot laps, plus competition all in one nice weekend package.

Go down that road if you want, but I think you will end up spending quite a bit of money, and learning a lot less than if you take one of these other routes.

 

If given the choice in your situation.....I'd run SM over MX5. Much less costly, tons of competition, and a million events all over the place.

 

im talking about the maszda speed challenge by skip barber. i think your talking about the actual mx5 cup. the mazda challenge is how you get into the cup. if you win it over all they give you a car the kit to build it and free entree fees into the mx5 cup for the following season. i talked on the phone with evan g from the main office at skip barber earlier today and he gave me that 1.45.6 time for the winner of the mazdaspeed challenge at road atlanta. i am still confused by all these different classes and organizations. spec miata is sccas? i already signed up for the sb advanced 2day school at lime rock so after that i will be able to see where i stand in lap times there too.

 

Trackpedia has the Spec Miatas in the 1:44 range, 1:40's seem to be a long way out on that. What mods do they allow in that series mhowart1?

+1 here,

 

mainly it's HP. The MX5 Cup cars have around 195 HP and a higher rev limit.

The SCCA Spec Miata Record is 1:42 and change, and the NASA one is 1:43 I think.

 

Ahh.. Ok that makes sense.