charlie's na6

Suspense · Postby **Suspense** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:03 pm

itrungs wrote:Maybe you can trick the cops by putting something like GRANNY LOLOLOL ... jokes

I know a guy who (with a combo of letters and numbers) has GUILTY as his plates. Needless to say he's lost a LOT of points from his licence...

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:04 pm

charlie_91 wrote:So to try and get something that will read out everything and have an analog tacho i found the STACK cluster. it will display speed, tacho, boost, oil pressure, oil temp, water temp, voltage and also has a lap timer built in.. The beauty with this cluster is that its all standalone so makes it easy to install Also being able to display 4 readings at once and with a button to flick through makes it a lot easier and safer for me to know whats going on.

How do you propose to do the normal warning lights (indicators, high beam, lights, alternator etc) when you install your dash? If you haven't solved this problem let me know as I'm considering the Racepak dash. Anyway I'm going to start discussing this with MX5 Plus and the possible solution, however it would be silly to do this as a seperate exercise considering your plans.

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:26 pm

Charlie

Will you have it ready for Lakeside Monday 23rd?

Hope so! Looking forward to watching how you go

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:12 pm

Hey mate. Yeah car will be all ready to go. Manifold and rear housing are just getting coated now

so one I fit that, flip the tires, wing back on and it's ready to go

gslender · Postby **gslender** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:25 pm

charlie_91 wrote:Hey mate. Yeah car will be all ready to go. Manifold and rear housing are just getting coated now so one I fit that, flip the tires, wing back on and it's ready to go

Hey Charlie, have you done any back to back testing of the wing? Does it really make any difference to the rear end grip through corners? What speed do you need to be going for it to have any improved grip?

G

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 9:48 pm

gslender wrote:
charlie_91 wrote:Hey mate. Yeah car will be all ready to go. Manifold and rear housing are just getting coated now so one I fit that, flip the tires, wing back on and it's ready to go

Hey Charlie, have you done any back to back testing of the wing? Does it really make any difference to the rear end grip through corners? What speed do you need to be going for it to have any improved grip?

G

Hey mate, no testing was done on the wing but I can assure u it works. Driving it hard on the street the rear feels light and unstable at speeds. I was gonna do some testing first track day but I decided to just put it all together how I built it and try it from there.

U notice the grip saw for instance around turn 1 and 2 at QR and coming though thre back section at lakeside and under the bridge.

Ofcourse it will work better at higher speeds but that's usually a given. I dnt think I'd ever want to do a track day with out it now seeing tht I'm use to how it handles.

gslender · Postby **gslender** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:54 am

Was just wondering that if it had an effect, it would also cause tremendous drag, but with sh*t loads of power (aka F1 cars) then grip is the issue, not power. Do you think the always drag is worth the sometimes extra grip? Eg. You might be quicker round the track without it!

G

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:30 am

gslender wrote:Was just wondering that if it had an effect, it would also cause tremendous drag, but with sh*t loads of power (aka F1 cars) then grip is the issue, not power. Do you think the always drag is worth the sometimes extra grip? Eg. You might be quicker round the track without it!

G

I'd so much rather have a stable car with the wing then a twitchy car without. It's here to stay. Even if it is causing drag that doesn't bother me. I have power and straight line speed to deal with that do I don't see it as a problem.

Times don't bother me around the track. As long as I have fun and can drive it home at the end of the day I'm happy. I'm no f1 driver trying to gain every second possible.

Hjt · Postby **Hjt** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:37 am

Solution: build your own drag reduction system (DRS)

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:09 pm

yeah i should hey.. that would be the only logical answer :lol:

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:20 pm

here is one.

http://aeromotions.com/products/s-series/

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:36 pm

Update:
Not much happening atm. Waiting on my parts to be ceramic coated. Will put them back on this weekend and get the car prepped for track on monday

Back at lakeside again so should be good.

In other news, got bored the other day and wanted to see how a diffuser would look lol

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:57 pm

charlie_91

That's a nice sketch mate, i'd say frame it and wall mount!

See you Monday, but I will wander down Sunday to Lakeside and have a look at the Sprints and how much rubber they lay down!!