Secret Ghetto Miata

Postby **NitroDann** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:43 pm

Like magna said, Id use straps (or chain, but noise etc) as droop stops.

Dann

M1474 · Postby **M1474** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:02 pm

I've seen seatbelts used to stop dampers topping out on VW beach buggies.
I'll see how they go next month, hopefully I won't have to do anything.

I'd like to introduce the latest member of Team Ghettocet Racing.

In keeping with the theme of affordable motorsport it was free. (Thanks Don)

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:02 pm

M1474 wrote:... it was free ...

I think I can see why

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:22 pm

Your new car carrier!

M1474 · Postby **M1474** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:20 pm

During the many roadside pit stops on the 4hour, 20km trip home my dad and I repaired/cleaned/replaced the entire fuel system.

The 'Cet just fits in the back. Not sure what we will do once the splitter it fitted. I guess reverse it in.

Wife is not impressed with her "Mothers day present".

M1474 · Postby **M1474** » Fri May 01, 2015 4:27 pm

I'm not even really sure how I feel about this.

Made of copper only as prototype

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Fri May 01, 2015 4:35 pm

It is erect.
Good thing I grabbed the handle from u.

M1474 · Postby **M1474** » Sat May 02, 2015 12:03 pm

Stainless version.

I'm not sure why but I have a lot of trouble doing handbrake turns in an NA6.
Maybe it's the weanie rear brakes, or my weanie arms, or the silly Californian influence handbrake lever location.

No idea if this will help but twice the leverage should mean half the effort.

Going to try to de power the steering rack the FM way in a park tomorrow - ambitious?

olboy · Postby **olboy** » Sat May 02, 2015 5:25 pm

Try bending the lever a bit to the left
It's not very strong and it bends easy as
makes it more comfortable to use
Sounds silly but it works

M1474 · Postby **M1474** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:45 am

Thanks olboy, noted.

Today we took the Ghettocet to a classic car show, I wish you could buy things with dirty looks because I was given heaps.

Seeing as we were stuck for 7 hours we decided to properly de-power the steering rack. While sane people are lunch and looked at cars we got dirty.

Removed from car, disassembled, cut and bashed of the seal, greased, reassembled and refitted.

To be honest I can't tell the difference from when it just had looped lines but we probably pulled 2kg of lines and brackets and junk from the front of the car so it's still a win.

M1474 · Postby **M1474** » Mon May 04, 2015 1:08 am

Did an alignment on the way home as we'd just eyeballed it when we built it.

Should be a lot nicer to drive now.

I was planning on -3 deg front camber and a half deg less castor than we ended up with but the front left maxed out at -1.5 and we would have had to sacrifice some of that to pull the castor back. I was running late for work or I would have pulled the rear camber back to -1.

I might try to make some offset control arm bushes. Is nylon Ok?

The easy answer would be to lower it but it drags its arse driving it on to the truck as it is.

madjak · Postby **madjak** » Mon May 04, 2015 1:32 pm

M1474 wrote:I might try to make some offset control arm bushes. Is nylon Ok?

The easy answer would be to lower it but it drags its arse driving it on to the truck as it is.

How can it drag it's arse? It doesn't have one!

I reckon the ISC racing offset Delrin bushings are better than the poly ones and not much more. Might be able to get a GB going on them? Gotta be careful with toe settings though as the Delrin ones will bind up as there is no rotational give along their axis.

Edit: btw you can always make them yourself. Just use a bronze insert into solid ally bush or by some delrin and machine them up. I'll take a set!

M1474 · Postby **M1474** » Mon May 04, 2015 10:21 pm

Drags it's underside.

M1474 · Postby **M1474** » Mon May 11, 2015 1:39 pm

First Run of the day at the Motorplex Sprint taken with my iPhone.

http://youtu.be/yW-CuUMhl0M

I like this view but the wind noise is a bit much and it's a little distracting.

Have goPro footage of later and faster runs that I'll try to upload soon.

By the end of the day I was about a second a lap ahead of the next fastest in my class and 4/5 seconds behind the guys on R compounds.