Sailor's NC LE

Charlie Brown · Postby **Charlie Brown** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:02 am

Sailor wrote:Finally ready to go
The beautiful Enkei PF01 17X8 50ET with Toto T1Sport 235/40/17

More pics soon (I'm embarrassed to show a pic of our filthy car)

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They look great!!

Just park the car outside today and it will get a wash.

Are they going to do the PISS tour?

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:19 pm

Pics as promised
Enkei PF01 17X8 ET50 with 235/40/17 Toyo T1Sport.
Absolutely no clearance problems

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Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:50 pm

Time for an update.
As many of you know, a bunch of us from NSW made the trek down to Phillip Island for the RDA-EBC Brakes AROCA Supersprint on 11th December.
My little toy was fitted with a towbar :shock:

and dragged an extremely lightweight and outstandingly stable trailer both built by and courtesy of Paul Byers which carried two sets of wheels for myself and RODG to use.
The was a leisurely affair which covered a few of the beautiful MX5 roads we have in this country.
I was a little dubious about the trailer towing but was astounded at how little I noticed it.
A couple of stops on the way down to fine tune the Ohlins ended up with 22turns off hard front and 24 rear.
At these settings the car handled the bumps really well on those roads but tended to 'jiggle' just a little on the smooth (boring) highways.
The Toyo T1 Sport tyres were amazing, quiet and plenty of grip. A dramatic improvement from previous models of a similar tyre, the T1S (IIRC)

PI was a blast!!!!

Set the R888 at 28 all round, wound the Ohlins up to 6F and 8R (much softer than I'd used at Wakefield previously when I felt the car was a little locked up).
Left the rear bar in the mid position and didn't touch the car all day other than a check of tyre pressures after the first practice and a huge off into the gravel trap in the southern loop on the first session in anger.
Brought out a red flag (sorry guys) but managed to eventually extricate myself by rocking on the clutch....lsds are really good in gravel

Balance was good with very slight understeer in a couple of corners and gentle oversteer through others.
Spent the day learning the circuit which is FAAAAST!! with 150, 160 and 205kph seen regularly on any lap when I had time to look.
Finished the day with a whole bunch of laps just on the high side of 2:03 with a 2:03.08 being the best.
Can't wait to get back there and knock a couple of seconds off 2:00 dead is I believe a realistic target with RaceChrono showing that as an optimum lap....and that southern loop had me a little spooked all day.

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:34 am

After due consideration and 6 years of hard use, I decided that it might be time to look at replacing brake lines.
These SS ones were ordered from MX5 parts UK and arrived in 5 days!! Amazing.

Reviews indicate that they are a perfect fit unlike those available elsewhere.
The couple of extra sets of pads might be required after my decision to do as many as possible of the Supersprint rounds this year.

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:57 pm

its been 6 months since a update

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:06 pm

It has indeed.
I'll get a pic or two of the brace,eyelids, the MotoEast box..oil cooler, softer front bar and alarm install over the next few weeks.
And there's a couple of goodies in transit

Guy_Coles · Postby **Guy_Coles** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:08 pm

Sailor wrote:It has indeed.
I'll get a pic or two of the brace,eyelids, the MotoEast box..oil cooler, softer front bar and alarm install over the next few weeks.
And there's a couple of goodies in transit

Ooooooh, do tell............

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:26 pm

Few little things in preparation for the Cosworth.

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:54 pm

Baby can breathe now!!

Cosworth not far off!

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kris · Postby **kris** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:11 pm

wow! Beautiful!

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:44 pm

A little more bling with function.
Guy put me on to this at below cost!
It works a treat, significantly reducing the slight 'flutter' that the front gets on uneven surfaces.
And the MC stopper really does work at the track.

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:07 pm

Been a while.
It begins again.

Badges gone and looking so much better for it

kris · Postby **kris** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:53 pm

I removed the badges too... I felt indifferent to the change in appearance but the weight saving really got me excited. Suppose I'd be interested to see your supercharger, /sarc

barge · Postby **barge** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:08 pm

Due to barge racing team peer pressure I will also be heading down the debadging route. Looks clean in that shot!!

Guy_Coles · Postby **Guy_Coles** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 4:02 pm

barge wrote:Due to barge racing team peer pressure I will also be heading down the debadging route. Looks clean in that shot!!

You thought the peer pressure for de-badging was bad, wait until you see the BRT tattoo Neil is working on. Keep the 17th Feb free in the afternoon...