September 6, 2009

Well, school will start in 2 days. Fun. I'm actually glad to be doing something that forces me to be productive and learn material well.

On another note, I feel like I may have jumped the gun with the miata in terms of modifications and such. Maybe for next season I will drive the car completely stock with a nice set of street tires (thinking AD08) .. definately need to learn the car a lot lot more to be fast. It's fun going back to driving a stock one to be honest because I learned to control the rotation of the car with throttle and steering combination quite well. I need to learn how to use the brakes for more rotation a lot better. It can definately help shaving off some time on your run.

No picture updates yet, but will update soon maybe with more school/random stuff. The car is planned to be stored for the winter and only bring it out on nice days... maybe I like miatas too much to drive it in rain and snow now. I'm looking at getting a beater for daily use and trashing.

September 2, 2009

More updates:

Got my short shifter from Winky after some trade bartering. It's a C's short shifter replica. This is my first experience with a short shifter so feedback should come later. For now its getting used to having such notchy shifting. Not used to it as I usually try to smooth as I can.


Look at the damage.... damn ricer and his hard shifting.



Came with all components, what can I say I'm happy I got one.

August 29, 2009

A bit overdue but I finally got some pics of the bracket Jason made. Absolutely love it, no more stupid plate blocking the radiator.


Was planning to go to autocross (last minute decision) but alas, no battery tie down = FAIL. Maybe will ask Jason to make a J-hook so it is tied down securely.

Aug 25, 2009

Last night I picked up this license plate bracket from a friend of a friend, Jason. This peice of metal is NICELY fabricated, a lot more than I was thinking it was. Even came painted!

Super sturdy, aluminum construction. And CUSTOMMM.. much better than Cusco in my bias opinion =P....





Pictures of it mounted later.

So I thought I would document one of the most basic maintenance proceedures.

The rotor on the right is the driver side front rotor. As you can see from the pic its pitted and scored pretty bad. Basically the pad compound never really grips and the only braking power comes from friction between the pad and the rotor pressing against one another. Nowadays brake technology is supposed to utilize the pad compound as well to create a "stickyness"

This is the new rotor after being cleaned in hot water. Notice the cross hatching hone marks. This set of rotors was pretty cheap, $80 for all 4 corners.



The rear rotor doesnt look as bad...



Uhh... look at the pad life left though.



And the pad composition. WTF?! Its pretty much a useless pad now. Chunking and became soft like cream.



This is how the rotors look brand new out of the package. Notice the smear marks are from the packaging grease so that they have a longer shelf life without corroding.



Decided to use this PBR brand brake pad for daily driver use. Its supposed to be pretty good and from what I can tell I like it more than the HAWK just in stop and go traffic.



While i'm at it might as well show what my old spark plugs look like. As you can see... =)

Introduction

First I would like to say that this blog is meant for boredom/entertaining myself purposes. It is not inteded to be informational, but you will get some insight and personal opinion on what I blog about.

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