The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:44 am

Made it to Team Racepak 2019!

Listen here https://racersinrentalcars.com/2019/03/episode-19/

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:34 am

Congratulations. That's a big achievement.

3gress · Postby **3gress** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:46 pm

Awesome news Mate.

greenMachine · Postby **greenMachine** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:23 pm

Great work Magpie

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:39 pm

However, I will be putting a 'stig' into the car for a few months due to real life events...

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Wed Mar 27, 2019 10:35 am

Congrats mate. When's the Stig's first outing?

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Fri Mar 29, 2019 10:10 am

The stars may not align with the current stig.

Daffy · Postby **Daffy** » Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:57 pm

Magpie wrote:The stars may not align with the current stig.

StuwieP · Postby **StuwieP** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:41 pm

Magpie wrote:The stars may not align with the current stig.

I would be willing to volunteer.

I mean, I've got no qualifications and limited experience, but hey... what could go wrong? :lol:

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:43 pm

StuwieP wrote:I would be willing to volunteer.

I mean, I've got no qualifications and limited experience, but hey... what could go wrong?

Noted

Car is in getting a check on the driveline. Diff serviced and gearbox to be inspected.

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Tue Apr 09, 2019 5:46 pm

6 speed gearbox is now not economical to repair... putting in a 5 speed.

The 5 speed 3rd is very close to the 6 speed 4th - this is good
The 5 speed 4th and 6 speed 5th are equal (1:1 gear)
The 5 speed 5th and 6 speed 6th are close as well

The biggest issue will be 2nd will need to be used on the 5 speed (but not very often) and hence the change from 2 to 3. However the acceleration in 2 is MUCH better than the 6 speed 3rd!.

greenMachine · Postby **greenMachine** » Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:56 pm

You know the 5-speed is not as strong as the 5-speed?

:mrgreen:

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:01 pm

greenMachine wrote:You know the 5-speed is not as strong as the 6-speed?

Will find then!

Issue is now availability. 6 speeds are getting harder to find and even worse the condition of the internals are unknown. I would rather rebuild 5 speed boxes.

MattR · Postby **MattR** » Sat May 18, 2019 3:26 am

Meh, late to the party, but drive it right and gearbox will last.

Ask me how I know, I drove a 200hp 210ftlb of torque truck motor with a glass gearbox behind it for many race seasons with 6k clutch dump race starts.....

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Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:44 pm

Spent some time getting the Racepak software setup with custom pages to track suspension setup

One of the benefits of being on Team Racepak is the opportunities and contacts it opens. Been helping out writing custom pages for a local drag car. Whilst I cannot display a run, the acceleration of these cars has to be seen! However, it has 8 x AFR's and 8 x EGT's. I wrote a custom page that scales based on the time frame of the run that wants to be looked at.

Other news is decided to not renew the MX5 club QLD rego. To keep my CAMS license I have joined another club, cheaper membership cost AND a very active motorsport section! Look for the new club sticker at WTAC this year...