BEAVIS' White Track Car

Postby **beavis** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:36 pm

Got myself some of that SFI45.1 roll bar padding that we're apparantly going to need at some point in the near future:

Of course, because some dork somewhere managed to convince CAMS that this stuff was a good thing to install, we're all forced to fit it.
I imported it from the USA, not going to give Revolution my cash...

Postby **beavis** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:09 pm

The car had its debut drive at Philip Island last week. Was reasonably happy with a 1:54.7 given the day was rather soggy and I'm still getting used to the thing, and these tyres are so darn old.

Will be at Broadford again this weekend, I should be one of the quicker cars there.
I've bought a new set of tyres which will go on the car sometime in the near future....

Anyhoo, video from PI:

Charlie Brown · Postby **Charlie Brown** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:13 am

Great lap

Really interesting seeing the difference between what your car does coming out of MG (T10) and my NC. I get snap oversteer if I go at it too hard, but then you do have a fair bit of down force.

A great car that should bring you a mountain of pleasure. :beer:

Postby **beavis** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:19 am

The car is very understeery due to the unique state of the tyres. Particularly through faster corners.
I did get oversteer at MG on the odd occasion, and given it is a slow tight corner, you would expect oversteer there if you pushed it.

Postby **beavis** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:01 pm

Video from Broadford today.
I was the fastest MX-5 of the day, and the second fastest car overall.
The only car quicker was an Audi RS4 worth some $100,000 with a supercharger and 300awkw.

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:03 pm

This must mean your MX5 is worth $100,001.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:19 am

[quote="beavis"]Video from Broadford today.
I was the fastest MX-5 of the day, and the second fastest car overall.

Only because I wasn't there... :twisted:

Postby **beavis** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:29 pm

I was at Winton on the weekend.
It's not my strongest track, I feel the corners are too long and understeery for my liking. And I don't go there much.
Nonetheless, I managed a 1:39... not bad for what is essentially standard running gear.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:46 pm

I find it hard to watch your driving, as I am trying to watch my car. You need a bit of aero now that the car has had it's shake down runs.

Postby **beavis** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:28 pm

I have many minutes of footage behind your boring red car. I will provide it to you for a small fee.
Everyone has a Red NA6. You should paint yours a good colour, like purple with polka dots.

Postby **beavis** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:36 pm

Winton 4-Aug-13

hejira · Postby **hejira** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:59 pm

holy sh*t. If I put a racing seat in and removed my aircon, I'd have the NA version of your car, even the same colour. I have the same mods.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:39 am

hejira wrote:holy sh*t. If I put a racing seat in and removed my aircon, I'd have the NA version of your car, even the same colour. I have the same mods.

Very doubtfull, as this car has a one off bonnet, roof, boot, rear spoiler, etc.
Pics....

hejira · Postby **hejira** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:30 am

mechanical mods not body/aero

Postby **beavis** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:42 pm

beavis="hejira"]mechanical mods not body/aero[/quote]

The body mods add minimal advantage to the rack speed of the car.
Is your NA running NB vvt motor?