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Hi there!
Boy do you have a lot of Miata’s! Good for you! Very cool that you were able to get your g/f into Autox. This sport definitely needs more female talent, I have no idea why we tend to be so outnumbered, although I spent some time drag racing, and can attest for this area at least that more females autox than they drag race or most other forms of racing for that matter. I have tried to get acquainted with other non-scca groups just for the sake of seat time, but to be honest, I didn’t really “mesh” with any of them other than a miata group in Chicago that comes out to the tirerack once a year.
I’d love to swap notes regarding miata setup for autocross. My first question is, do you run with adjusted camber/toe? I’ve got a setup now that I pretty mild, and won’t wear my tires too unevenly when driving on the street but I’m not sure its enough to really make a difference.
Here’s my setup info you asked about: Currently, I am running in an SCCA class, CSP, which is a “street prepared” class and is probably on the upside of half of the allowable modifications, (which stinks because I’m just barely into that “half” and not enough to really be at an advantage). A car other than stock can run in either street prepared or street mod, which are both classes for street legal cars, but if you go much farther, your into prepared, and those cars usually have no windshields, no body parts that are not necessary, no interior, usually no passenger seat, and are basically tin cans. I have done quite a bit to the “Miatatude” over the years, including some things that are either unecessary for autox or hurt more than they help, but I did them before I knew much about autox and was more aiming for a nice drag car or a show car. The most relevant mods that I am running for autox are: cold air intake with K & N filter, Jackson Racing full exhaust system (including aftermarket header) (if my memory serves me, it is a 4:2:1 system, roll bar, body kit (no help), aftermarket 3 stage clutch with aftermarket flywheel (this also puts me in a higher class which seems irrelevant since I’m only shifting once), eibach lowering springs, current have tokico non-adjustable shocks but just picked up a pair of adjustable Koni’s and can’t wait to install them, This season I will run on 225/50/14 Avon autox tires, last season I did Kumho victoracers, but burnt them up on a day at the evolution driving school; there may be more that I am forgetting. I’m also running on a ’96 engine even though my car is a ’94. I blew the engine on a 75 shot of nitrous while drag racing (time was 14.3 sec) and that was pretty much the straw that broke the camel’s back for me and drag racing considering I had already broke a clutch and a rear end.
The car also has some “prettys” which is purple leather interior, purple engine bay, lots of purple lights, and clear tails, oh and the veil side body kit which is molded…….
Sorry if that was like way TMI, I get kind of excited when it comes to my car.
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