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[terrytek]

Just now, GlassBomb said:

Produced between 1948~1990.

its kinda weird how it's pretty much looked the same in the 40 years it was produced.

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, terrytek said:

its kinda weird how it's pretty much looked the same in the 40 years it was produced.

If it ain't broke...

[iDeFecZx]

1 hour ago, terrytek said:

its kinda weird how it's pretty much looked the same in the 40 years it was produced.

The Porsche method

[techswede]

Don't remember if i posted this. This was parked on the street during the cruise

Pro touring-ish 68 Camaro in a shade of blue my camera couldn't capture too well. 

[RevoltTrain]

22 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

The Porsche method

Aka the main reason I've never been interested in their cars.

[RevoltTrain]

Never see many Fiesta ST anymore. All anyone cares about is the Focus

 

 

[Killa Wall]

1 hour ago, iDeFecZx said:

The Porsche method

Let's not forget about the Lada method as well

 

[RevoltTrain]

Looking at maybe a new intercooler  

 

 

[chaozbandit]

In case nobody hears from me this week

 

1. No I haven't died from caffeine overdose 

2. Yes I'm busy working through a lot of photos

3. My internet is ded

4. KFC Zingers are actually pretty decent

5. Both my cars are leaking oil again

[PandaCopyRight]

57 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Looking at maybe a new intercooler  

 

 

DO88 ... i mean DO EET

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, chaozbandit said:

In case nobody hears from me this week

 

1. No I haven't died from caffeine overdose 

2. Yes I'm busy working through a lot of photos

3. My internet is ded

4. KFC Zingers are actually pretty decent

5. Both my cars are leaking oil again

Any more excuses?

[vetali]

12 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

5. Both my cars are leaking oil again

What cars do you have? 

[bcredeur97]

[AmpMC]

My track car. Was used for AutoX but now sees Road Racing a lot more.

[JoaoPRSousa]

20 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

 

 

WHERE THE V6 AT?

[warmmilk]

On 5/28/2017 at 7:07 AM, bcredeur97 said:

That track looks like so much fun compared to New Orleans haha!

 

 

Hmm you definitely have more grip than the RSX but the RSX was a bit faster in the straights. Do you think it's because your out of practice or that little extra power from the RSX gave you an edge?

 

what I don't understand is why when you're letting out the clutch is it so much easier in the NC to avoid that slight jolt... heavier flywheel perhaps? When I say my clutch is heavier too, it isn't much at all, only knew because I had driven mine (to the shop lol) the day before. But mines also about to get the excedy OE replacement clutch so that may be different or not idk)

 

As far as dailying a Miata goes... all I can say is you get used to it. You have to want to tho

yeah, its a really fun track! it has a couple dangerous sections though that can really cause a lot of damage to car and driver (especially in a convertible) if you go off... but its still lots of fun!

 

I'm not sure about the more grip part to be honest.  my 215 RS3's are pretty heat cycled by now, on the RSX I still had pretty healthy 235 Dunlop ZII's.  The other thing is the Miata really isn't set up yet with my new coilovers.  Height is just eyeballed with the rear considerably higher than the front, I'm still running the same alignment I got last year with the Fox coilovers. So being at different heights now, the only thing I can say about the alignment is that it drives straight.

The other big factor is the dangerous/scary track and the fact that the RSX was FWD.  I'm still at the point where I approach RWD with a bit of caution whereas FWD I can push right up to the limit.  So I'm pretty sure I drove the RSX harder.

Faster on the straights isn't really a simple comparison between the 2 cars.  The RSX is definitely faster, but I was on EBC Yellow brake pads... my stopping distance on the main straight was about double that of the Miata.  I haven't done a data overlay of the 2 laps, but the app shows me peak speed.  On the Miata its 121.3 and on the RSX its 121.5... its that super long braking distance that evens out the speed.  look at the braking point difference in the 2 vids (linked RSX vid below along with Miata again for easy access).  I guess average speed shows the difference, 77.0 on the Miata and 78.7 for the RSX.  But to be honest I'm pretty sure its not just straight line speed, I think a bit of that is in the corners also. Part of the crappy super long braking distance with the RSX allowed me to setup and really nail the corner entry.  The abrupt and somewhat violent braking on the Miata didn't really leave the car setup optimally for corner entry and I also ended up over braking a bit for most corners.  This is really more like 95% my fault as a driver and maybe 5% the car (gotta dial in the setup)

 

for reference, at the Ridge my best Miata time (fresh tires, Fox coilovers when are designed to run with no rear sway bar, proper alignment) is:

2:03.25  ave spd 71.5   max 113.3

for the RSX:

2:05.99  ave spd 68.5   max 116.9

 

ah yes, the shifting.  I'm slamming gears and the clutch pedal pretty much the same in both cars... pretty sure the difference is the clutch and flywheel.  the RSX had a stock clutch while the Miata has a carbon clutch.  Its out of production now (but can still be rebuilt by RPS), but what they did was take a stock Miata clutch and flywheel and replace all the friction materials with carbon.  The result is a lighter clutch with a quicker engagement.  So part if it is that its lighter clutch and but more is the quicker engagement.  Part of the jerkiness on the RSX is the longer engagement window and just the weaker clutch in general.  When I slam a gear, it takes a bit for the clutch to fully grip, and thats what gives it the jerk.  With the carbon clutch on the Miata it just sticks...

 

haha, I hear you on the dailying a Miata thing.  To be honest, when I was your age (assuming 19-22) I'd have no issue dailying my current Miata and I'd think the current me is a soft ass douchebag...  I wouldn't comprehend driving a boring sloppy auto 328 over a razor sharp manual Miata...

 

 

RSX lap

 

Miata lap

On 5/28/2017 at 0:58 PM, chaozbandit said:

Let's play a game: LS swapped or nah? 

 

@bcredeur97 @warmmilk

 

On 5/28/2017 at 1:00 PM, bcredeur97 said:

what kind of game is that? it's impossible to tell in a picture 

 

yeah. sure. it's LS swapped

I'm gonna have to second this, kinda impossible to tell from the pic...

 

 

 

 

@bcredeur97

just saw the pics with no engine in your car, what exactly did you end up  going with about your engine?

[vetali]

17 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

 

 

been reading this for a few hours.

 

http://www.focusrs.org/forum/154-focus-rs-troubleshooting/49833-failed-leaking-head-gasket-resource-thread.html

 

headgasket failures, cylinder head/block cracks on a small # of focus RS. 

[chaozbandit]

1 hour ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Any more excuses?

I ran out of coffee for the day and I'm sulking in a corner. 

 

1 hour ago, vetali said:

What cars do you have? 

Nothing too exciting, just the mdx and the family fan. 

[RevoltTrain]

When you walk out of work and go to the car meet next door. 

 

 

[chaozbandit]

 

[AlwaysFSX]

Found a middle eastern store here a couple days ago and got some lutenica, that's some good shit for being in the States. Y'all gotta try it some time.

[FuzzyYellow]

Happy memorial day to y'all, and thank you veterans for your service. 

 

 

[RevoltTrain]

So is @carguy86 still alive? 

[FuzzyYellow]

1 minute ago, RevoltTrain said:

So is @carguy86 still alive? 

last visited May 12.

[RevoltTrain]