true.... more then anything I was excited about running 285's all the way around!!!! that IS a big differance.

 

so saturday, if i come out to watch oyu guys, what time will you guys be out there and for how long, is this an all day thing or more like a sunday championship?

 

it is sunday, not saturday.

so yeah it would be a sunday championship day. we work 2nd, and run 4th.... so if you are interested in watching us beat each other, then I would be there about....... 11:00 ???? or so.

 

Yeah, do it, and then give me your 245s.

BTW, how many runs do you have on your tires? I'll be running on a set with about 65, but haven't used them yet so not sure how the good they'll be.

 

oh I want to trust me!!!


I have 18 laps on them if i remember right.... I have it writen down at home. I know whare they were for how many runs.

(each wheel in numbered so I can keep track of whare it has been on the car. i rotate them around as I see fit)

 

My tires have about 51 runs and 150 miles on them. 36 runs on that killer stuff in Atwater which took off over half the rubber, they were below the wear bars. Then 15 runs at Fontana last sun.

I have a set with 10 runs and another with 24 runs in the garage, but I will save those for later.

 

i dont blame you.... for some of the local stuff whare you dont have much Competition, there is no reason for you to burn up the nice ones.

non tallented drivers like me need as much as we can get. you run your 51 lap tires, and let me run on new 285's. i MIGHT be able to keep up with you. he he he......... rrrriiiiiigggggghhhhhtttttt.

 

If I had better street tires I would run STU on Sun... But the Ecsta SPT wont keep up with the top ST tires.

 

I would actually suggest that you get there closer to 10:00 than to 11:00...you may miss us completely. It all depends on how big the first three run groups are. I know that the run group that ran before me last time only had 6 cars...made for a short work session

 

yeah that was pretty funny! must have been nice.

I worked the LONGEST work group of the day.... that sucked

 

Come on man, you gotta put those things to use. How am I supposed to compete with your fancy BSP car on fresher tires?

 

fancy??? not any better, just prettyer. he he he

 

 

thats pretty sweet man, wish I had one. i miss working in a tire shop, and having the ability to mount tires at will.

 

Swaybar info:

Stock Sport Front 27mm OD 3.40mm wall
Rear 16mm OD 2.46mm wall

Mazda Speed F 27.2mm OD 4mm wall approx 13% stiffer
MS R 17.3mm OD 2.6mm wall

Racing Beat F 32mm OD 4.76mm wall approx 118% stiffer
RB R 19mm OD 3.17mm wall

Tanabe F 30.4mm OD 5mm wall approx 86% stiffer
T R 20.4mm OD 4.2mm wall

Agency Power 32mm OD 3mm wall approx 64% +9% adjustment range 3 way adjustable

These are all I have. All OD and wall #s are from manufacture info. % stiffer than stock is approx just using a basic formula and assumes that all swaybar arms are the same length and mounting holes are in the same location, also that all bars are made of the same material. I did not bother with White Line because I would never use those heavy solid bars.

 

thanks Jason, I will put a special thanks to you in the thread.

 

Some more info:
The MazdaSpeed bar does not come with bushings, however the stock ones will work. For an upgrade DPE Web, forum vendor, has poly bushings for it, they fit perfect.
*the DPE poly bushing also work on the stock Sport bar.

Agency Power bar does not come with bushings and they will tell you it works with the stock ones, no way does the 32mm bar fit stock 27mm bushings, so get a set of Racing Beat or Energy Suspension bushings. They also don't tell you that the bar has 12mm holes instead of the stock 10mm. So you have to buy aftermarket end links to use this bar. The RB ones will work or get a nice set of adjustable ones like AWRracing.com or Vivid Racing sell.

 

More:
H&R front 29mm solid
rear 20mm solid

Eibach front 27mm solid
rear 18mm solid

Whitelne front 27mm solid adjustable or fixed
rear 18mm solid adjustable or fixed

The last one I know of is made by Speed Source and you can only buy it from Mazda Comp parts if you are part of the racer support program. 32mm OD 6.3mm wall speedway style bar that is adjustable. This is the bar that is on the GrandAm cup cars.

 

Quick question...looking for some feedback.

What does everyone think would be better...

MS springs/struts or Tein Flex coilovers?

 

Of the two I would go with the MS stuff.... The Tein struts are crap. KW has a nice system or for a guy on a budget MS springs with koni shocks.

 

Thank you for the feedback. This is what I was assuming. Just looks like I may be getting a pair of Tein Flex's for Snowfl8k, and was just wondering if they would be an improvement over my current MS setup.

 

okay, so i've been kicked out of the san bernardino meet thread by speeddemon, but i have one more question for you speed or kwes.

do you know what time the F stock class works and runs? and how many runs does each car get?

sorry for the noobie questions

 

FS runs 5th (right after lunch) and works 7th. You get 3 runs. FYI, all the schedule stuff is available here: http://www.solo2.com/calendar.asp

 

MP5...is speed correct that a stock G35 would be in F-class?

If so, that is going to make for one long day for you guys. You'll have to show up bright and early to register. You can do a course walk with us right after you register...can watch us run 4th...and then take a lunch break....then you guys would run right after lunch. The bad part is that you'll have to stick around another hour or so after you run, so that you can work. You should be done by 230.

 

If you are on street tires you could run in SK1, it is a local class for AS/BS/FS car on street tires, SK1 runs 3rd works 1st.