Mx5, Chapter 2

The American · Postby **The American** » Sun Mar 26, 2017 4:22 pm

The "B" Series Sprints at Morgan Park have been postponed indefinitely as a result of track maintenance and rain delays, and so about half of my year's motorsport plan is in the bin.

Do more of the NSW HCC events?
Find some other nearby events to do?
Can the Motorsport for this year entirely and do mods?

Daffy · Postby **Daffy** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 6:11 am

The American wrote:The "B" Series Sprints at Morgan Park have been postponed indefinitely as a result of track maintenance and rain delays, and so about half of my year's motorsport plan is in the bin.

Do more of the NSW HCC events?
Find some other nearby events to do?
Can the Motorsport for this year entirely and do mods?

Thats a bit crap mate- but when they say track maintenance, do they mean patch work or a proper track re surface?

The American · Postby **The American** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 6:22 am

Daffy wrote: ....do they mean patch work or a proper track re surface?

I was under the impression that it has been a complete resurface. I don't believe the track has been used yet this year. The series will still run, just that the first date is TBC. However, the more things that get postponed the less likely it is that they will all be able to fit back in only so many weekends in the year.

The American · Postby **The American** » Fri May 12, 2017 7:26 am

The Morgan Park sprint series did eventually get rescheduled, but for dates that mean I can't attend at least 2 of the 4 rounds. 'Work commitments' have now also rent asunder prospects of attending any further rounds of the NSWHCC. :cry:

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Fri May 12, 2017 7:44 am

Not good news, work can be such an inconvenience...

Daffy · Postby **Daffy** » Fri May 12, 2017 8:46 am

Being a shift worker, I have empathy with how the inconvenience in planning ahead can be, when the dreaded work commitments must get factored in. Hope you can make the most of those couple of runs you can make it to mate-

The American · Postby **The American** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:21 pm

Finally dragged the car out for a drive today. It begins with a game of garage tetris to extract the Mx-5 past all the other stuff to the nearest bit of free roadway.

The last three weeks have been a blur of vomiting kids and work travel so it was nice to escape for 150km this afternoon. Home - Samford - Dayboro - Mt Mee - Campbell's Pocket Road - Wamuran - Caboolture - M1 to Bald Hills for a splash of e85 - home.

Pittsworth Sprints are on again shortly. I'm not entered, but the clip is some inspiration to get myself along to something soon.

The American · Postby **The American** » Sat Aug 12, 2017 3:02 pm

I've had no spare time to really drive it, but I've managed to tick a few items of the safety gear list.

A two layer suit:

...and a 20 degree HANS device:

My helmet does not accept HNR posts, so I will be on the hunt for a helmet as well before the next event.

The American · Postby **The American** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:07 am

I pulled out and sold my perfectly good 3.6 T2 yesterday...

...to make way for something else.

Daffy · Postby **Daffy** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 12:07 pm

"Something else??" Thats playing cards close to the chest talk that is! :lol:

speed · Postby **speed** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 12:11 pm

Will the gearbox be coming out too?

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The American · Postby **The American** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:31 pm

Daffy wrote:"Something else??" Thats playing cards close to the chest talk that is!

It rhymes with 'Cos Chicken' - If I can find some croutons, there might just be enough for a Caesar salad...

speed wrote:Will the gearbox be coming out too?

No, although I do like the idea of the beefier BMW box (BBB?) option that's popped up lately, there would not be much change out of $5k for that adventure.

A casualty of the T2 sale was that the ES diff bushes that came courtesy of Minx went with the housing. 949 Racing had stock, and their webstore is easy for purchases from AU...

When the new LSD center arrives and is assembled, it will find its way back into the car with these.

The American · Postby **The American** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:29 pm

1) New diff is at the shop being assembled and should be back in the car by the end of the weekend.
2) Bulahdelah Hillclimb entry is in.
3) Noosa Hillclimb Summer Challenge entry is in.

The last time I did the Noosa Hillclimb my best time was a 65.15 with a toasted diff. I'd like to reach the low 64's.