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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby Hjt » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:38 pm

BTW, i've got no idea what actually happened to cause that lose


You lost traction? ;)

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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby Guran » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:11 am

mitch_f1 wrote:BTW, i've got no idea what actually happened to cause that lose

Did you have racechrono running? Looks to me like slightly faster entry speed with a slightly unsettled rear (from the ripple strip), and then too late with countersteer. Hope you had your windows up! :lol:
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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby evil_weevil » Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:26 am

Guran wrote:
mitch_f1 wrote:BTW, i've got no idea what actually happened to cause that lose

with a slightly unsettled rear (from the ripple strip), and then too late with countersteer. Hope you had your windows up! :lol:


refer to my comment a page ago :d

Mitch,
Great driving in that vid mate (prior to brown pants moment!) I have certainly come off there chasing people too. Was this when the GV lip was damaged?

the GTR had some punch in a straight line, Im sure he/she would have been checking the review mirror going WTF an MX5 still behind me?
Love that feeling hehe

your MX5 certainly punches well above its weight mate.
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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby mitch_f1 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:58 am

Bryan: Racechrono was running, and it actually showed that I was a few kmh slower than my best lap of the day in the previous session. I think you are on the money with the ripple strip; I think it is unsettling the car way too much. WIndows were up :P Didn't stop all the dust and crap coming through the vents though :P

Chris: This is where the GV lip was damaged, yes. I had a similar off there (didnt go off as fast) in the prev session, which cracked it, but was otherwise intact. This off just demolished it though. Yeh, I was imaging what might have been going through his mind :P Thanks though :)

I'm right now uploading a video of some better driving from the day... ;)

In reference to previous comment about GV lip, it's kinda in a few pieces now :P
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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby mitch_f1 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:03 am

ALSO!!! Excited!!!! I was just looking at my split times; I was a full 1 second faster in the first sector than my 13.9 lap (from racechrono) from the mx5 club day, but then lost that second on the last sector. SOOO that means that if I can tie together some good sectors, a high 12 is ABSOLUTELY on the cards!!!!

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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby mitch_f1 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:39 am

Here is said video


Just to prove that I wasn't on the grass all day :P

I was having issues through the fish hook with getting the power down. I just called Dave at Mania and had a quick word with him, and rekoned that the inside wheel was lifting, and all the power was going to that wheel, because that is what the torsen does. Poo. Might try disconnecting rear swaybar, see if that helps to keep the tyre on the ground. Does that sound like a reasonable solution?

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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby Babalouie » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:32 am

Hey Mitch, were you looking for ATE Super Blue brake fluid?

www.hsy.com.au has some, $16/L and they have a branch in Artarmon :)
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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby mitch_f1 » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:40 am

Awesome, thanks so much for that :)

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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby evil_weevil » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:49 pm

I've got the factory rear sway bar on mine and mine grips well at fish hook
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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby mitch_f1 » Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:36 am

Went under the car the other day to check everything out. I also wanted to drill holes into my cannon brace so I could see the alignment markings.

Took the nuts off and found that the bolt was dug into the alignment disc, which just means bad news for an accurate wheel alignment, so I replaced them all with the two-groove alignment bolts as I did on the front. $50 for 4 SECONDHAND bolts from mania!!!!!!!!!!! Must be made of unobtanium or something
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Drilled the holes
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Found the source of one of my bump noises
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Fixed
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Removed broken GV lip. Looks homo now, but makes speed bumps and driveways SOOOOO much easier
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Few things wrong with the car now:
-rattle from the rose joints in the rear top hat
-the left rear coilover has about 10mm difference in height adjustment compared to the right, despite having a ride height slightly HIGHER. So I think either something is bent on chassis, or coilover is very worn....
-got an alignment, and there is a lot of freeplay in the front bushes, so I couldn't quite get the same camber on front as before. I think there was about 30-45minutes difference in camber now
-need new lip...

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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby A.Chen89 » Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:25 pm

sucks about the lip,

are the alignment bolts really worth that much?!

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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby mitch_f1 » Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:29 pm

I really doubt that they are, but I didn't have the time to hunt for cheaper ones.

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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby hks_kansei » Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:32 pm

$50 for 4 bolts isn;t much when you think about it.


Especially when you consider that they're for a fairly one-off application (ie: just for the MX5, made with the properly sized and aligned notch etc)
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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby cooper1896 » Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:43 pm

Babalouie wrote:Hey Mitch, were you looking for ATE Super Blue brake fluid?

http://www.hsy.com.au has some, $16/L and they have a branch in Artarmon :)


Is supposed to be on the website? Couldn't find any mention of it?
Might give them a call on monday
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Re: mitch_f1's mariner NA6

Postby mitch_f1 » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:28 pm

Bit of a bump. Not much has changed at all recently. I have spent the last couple days washing polishing and waxing the car, so I took it out for some pics this afternoon.

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