Strict budget, slow restoration. *Now with moar budget*

[Wh33lhop]

what's problem with GC eibach spring?
or you just wanna upgrade it to stiffer one

Yep. I felt 450/600 was too soft when I put the R888s on before, so now it's 600/780.

[Wh33lhop]

Great driving! Car looked very composed throughout the course.

Thanks dude, and it wasn't at all, lol. I am super ham fisted because it's constantly trying to swap ends on me. It really screws with you during quick transitions and trail braking.

[agent]

Oh look! Another AutoX course NOT tailored for Miatas...

[MikeK]

nice arms bro

[cyberkaa]

He exercises his Constitutional right to bare arms.

[phreshkid]

He exercises his Constitutional right to bare arms.

**bear arms**

[AndrewBird]

Did the S50 cams make much of a difference? Worth the money? What are you doing for tuning?

[cyberkaa]

**bear arms**

His arms are pretty hairy, I guess.

[Cabriolet]

Yep. I felt 450/600 was too soft when I put the R888s on before, so now it's 600/780.

this is so true. for a good track rate like your baby. you need to be way higher than the 450. esp with the weight of the M50.

did you figure out the over heating issue?

[88SuperETABD]

Hey man!!! Never saw your thread till now...did I drive your car when it was on the 600/780 or 450/650? Its Branden, from the Food Truck Meet, you drove my car too if you remember haha.

[0203]

nice build!

[george graves]

Yep. I felt 450/600 was too soft when I put the R888s on before, so now it's 600/780.

QUESTION: With about a 50/50 (Ok maybe 54/46?) weight distribution. And the rear springs in-set to the rear a-arms....I'm surprise that most guys don't run a much higher spring rate in the rear.. Like a 600/900. or 600/1200 (I don't know - just asking for learning)

[Wh33lhop]

Rotating tires



This is how soft R888s are



Raised the front a bit, tired of bottoming out and bump steer



Now kiss!



Sortaflush... offset is something

nice arms bro

thanks bro I flexed extra hard for you trying to get that 10mm nut off (;D)

Did the S50 cams make much of a difference? Worth the money? What are you doing for tuning?

They made a good amount of difference--stock M50V isn't much of a high-end motor. S50 cams make it sing a lot more up there. If I stuck with the stock cams I would probably hate it since the NV was more exciting to wring out. The cams are worth about 20whp and it really comes alive at 5k instead of wheezing out shortly thereafter; also seems they made the intake sound more aggressive.

Just a TRM chip.

did you figure out the over heating issue?

Yep it seems fine for now. And it's not my baby, it's my dirty hobag.

Hey man!!! Never saw your thread till now...did I drive your car when it was on the 600/780 or 450/650? Its Branden, from the Food Truck Meet, you drove my car too if you remember haha.

I remember you dude. You drove it with the higher rates on it, but the rears were riding on the bump stops and the front was too low. You can drive it again if you like, now that it has suspension travel. Way less bounce.

QUESTION: With about a 50/50 (Ok maybe 54/46?) weight distribution. And the rear springs in-set to the rear a-arms....I'm surprise that most guys don't run a much higher spring rate in the rear.. Like a 600/900. or 600/1200 (I don't know - just asking for learning)

It's been my understanding through observation that you typically want a higher front wheel rate (natural frequency) than rear. I can't give you an exact reason but I haven't seen a single setup that has a higher rear wheel rate. It'd be interesting to discuss this at length but I don't have any particular theoretical answer right now.

FWIW the motion ratio of the rear is about ~.65:1, so my rear wheel rate is about 780*.65^2 = 330lbs/in, whereas the front is more like 500-550lbs/in.

[tinkerputzer]

Those 205/50 r888's look like a pretty good match for an 8. Not over or under stretched just nice and square. How do you like them as a dd/autocross tire? I'm trying to decide between them and the rival for my next set.

[cyberkaa]

My tires rotate every time I drive the car. How 'bout dem waffles, cool guy?