Lightyear's SE Replica Track/Road MX-5

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:27 am

That watermark makes it look like it's perpetually losing a wheel, lol.

Postby **beavis** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 6:29 pm

I think I have now realised what the spoiler reminds me of.

speed · Postby **speed** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 6:42 pm

^ must give good speeches then

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 7:01 am

Those ears would create a lot of drag.

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:13 am

Trackphotos wrote:That watermark makes it look like it's perpetually losing a wheel, lol.

That's what I think every time I see it - an unfortunate design choice to use on car action photos.

rascal · Postby **rascal** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:00 pm

Lokiel wrote:
Trackphotos wrote:That watermark makes it look like it's perpetually losing a wheel, lol.

That's what I think every time I see it - an unfortunate design choice to use on car action photos.

Or deliberate..... so people actually pay for the images taken...

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:05 pm

There are intrusive watermarks, and there are watermarks that make the car look broken lol.

Postby **beavis** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 2:21 pm

rascal wrote:Or deliberate..... so people actually pay for the images taken...

this

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:43 am

The new rotors are wanting to do there own thing. Will have to look into options.

I checked them after the first session and noticed the cracks. The rotor is also warped, you can see the surface on the rotor how it's uneven.
I need to find out if the hat is a standard size bolt pattern. Then I can find some thicker rotors, and space the caliper to suit.
Beavis read up online and a lot of people are happy with these brakes. I am not impress at all. They didn't even last half a day.
Phillip Island is not that hard on brakes compared to other tracks. it only has 2 major braking points with plenty of cool down between.

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lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:48 am

The SE transformation continues with the SE headlight conversion.

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greenMachine · Postby **greenMachine** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:40 am

lightyear wrote:Phillip Island is not that hard on brakes compared to other tracks. it only has 2 major braking points with plenty of cool down between.

Might that be contributing to the problem? And if you are running brake ducting that would add to the cool-down between those two big stops. Pads?

IIRC you were a participant in the earlier thread about cracking and fastener torques, so I guess that is not a contributor here.

I would be surprised if it was simply the rotors, I would guess that lots of people use those rotors at that circuit without problems. As the circuit is a 'local' for you blokes down there, there must be some useful chatter amongst the regulars about brakes and what works and what doesn't.

As I use those rotors too, I am interested in others' experiences with them so please keep us posted on developments.

:mrgreen:

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:48 am

Haven't had chance to put brake ducts on as yet. Pads are DTC60. In Victoria there are not many fast MX5's. So nobody to turn to, except the Boaks.

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 8:42 pm

and I seem to remember their recommendation was the 286mm Yellowspeeds because they were thicker.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:11 pm

Yellow speed was mentioned.Will try one more time with another rotor, maybe it was a bad batch.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 1:43 pm

Not the best driving. But the video shows how easily the car did a 1:47.1

With some grip and nice driving it should get into the 1:44's next time. I don't really like it when the back end lets go coming onto the straight. There is a small correction in this video. But on a couple of laps, it was a lot more. Does not give you much confidence to push harder.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsSG9l3wu34