MX5 CLUB OF QLD TRACK DAY 17 SEPT 2012

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:36 am

Cheers!

Sad to hear he is over it. Cars are a money pit i suppose.

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:55 pm

MINX

Thanks for the link to Ross's photos!!

Plohl, agree but very damaging for a young guy if on a tight budget

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:58 pm

yep - tight budgets suck ass

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:13 pm

plohl wrote:yep - tight budgets suck ass

Tell me about it!! Years ago that was me, things do get better but I had to give it away when I wanted my own home and then many many years later I came back into it, first by buying my first MX5, and then doing 'track'

No regrets now at all :wink:

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:25 pm

haha - someone mentioned house deposit to me today - such a depressing collection of words.... worth sooo many tyres.

adidistyle · Postby **adidistyle** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:33 pm

Rephrase "House Deposit" to "4 Car Man Cave with attached bedrooms". That helps with the pain.

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:11 pm

adidistyle wrote:Rephrase "House Deposit" to "4 Car Man Cave with attached bedrooms". That helps with the pain.

I like that!! Now re-wording the advert for my place!!

Man-cave mansion close to beaches with room for a pony, fronts attractive landscaped parklands, quiet cul-de-sac with great neighbours! 4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms etc etc attached - lots of local attractions like 'Motorised Scooter Racing', overarm lawn bowls, and for the sports-minded you can try 'hide behind the letterbox and crash tackle those walking past with the poo-ing dog!!'

Question: Can you clean carparts using the washing machine and degreaser :?:

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:51 pm

haha. I lived for a while in my grandparent's loft - 4 car garage underneath with all the tools i could have ever needed at the time. Would be awesome to have that now!

CAR53 · Postby **CAR53** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:24 pm

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OIi30utBC9A

Wet wet wet

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:55 pm

watching that was pretty helpful. Cheers John!

gslender · Postby **gslender** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:51 am

Fun, fun, fun....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R55aUiSOS8

G

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:01 am

Cheers Grant,

had a quick watch - will have a better look tonight.

Curiously, what diff ratio are you using? 4.1 or less? Where'd you pull the accelerometer data from? I seem to follow a similar line on turn three - which is completely different to john.

gslender · Postby **gslender** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:44 am

plohl wrote:Cheers Grant,

had a quick watch - will have a better look tonight.

Curiously, what diff ratio are you using? 4.1 or less? Where'd you pull the accelerometer data from? I seem to follow a similar line on turn three - which is completely different to john.

I'm running stock open diff.

I get all my data from Megasquirt ECU via a Bluetooth Android logging app and Qstarz 818 GPS

I'm slow so don't follow me. I also come unstuck at 5:20 in the video!!

Also, I have a rumble, rumble noise that appears when turning hard. In the car it's from the rear and is either diff or wheel bearings I think.... Any thoughts?

G

CAR53 · Postby **CAR53** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:58 pm

gslender wrote:Fun, fun, fun....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R55aUiSOS8

G

got to get me one of them there hair dryers

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:11 am

gslender wrote:
plohl wrote:Cheers Grant,

had a quick watch - will have a better look tonight.

Curiously, what diff ratio are you using? 4.1 or less? Where'd you pull the accelerometer data from? I seem to follow a similar line on turn three - which is completely different to john.

I'm running stock open diff.

I get all my data from Megasquirt ECU via a Bluetooth Android logging app and Qstarz 818 GPS

I'm slow so don't follow me. I also come unstuck at 5:20 in the video!!

Also, I have a rumble, rumble noise that appears when turning hard. In the car it's from the rear and is either diff or wheel bearings I think.... Any thoughts?

G

Is it only turning right?