Elevate's E30 Evolution

[Lof8]

Rallycrossin in the Miata!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cavMx-zU6RE

[Lof8]

Miata #2. This is for bombin the streets and rallycross. $1500 with hardtop.

[kingston]

Nice! You're going to love racing Chump! Not only is it wheel-to-wheel racing, but Endurance racing gets you LOTS of seat time!!

Maybe we'll have to haul our butts down to Road Atlanta for a race :)

[Lof8]

Whats new fellas? I don't have any changes with the car to report, just some more documentation of having fun with it! Last weekend the local club put on an "endurocross". Its basically an autocross with several laps per run. Pretty cool idea.
One of the runs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOG7EewX6-A&nomobile=1

The black open wheel car is my Uncle's Super Stalker. Its got a supercharged GM v6 and some wide hoosiers. He usually takes FTD pretty easily.


A few friends and I have also bought a Miata were building into a chumpcar. I'm really looking forward to doing some wheel-to-wheel racing!

[squidmaster]

great thread and work, car looks great

[Lof8]

I'm much happier with the look of mine now. 8mm spacers in the rear, 5mm up front. S52 swap starts tomorrow. Can't wait.



Thanks again for all the info & encouragement!

Good luck with the swap!

Great setup! The feedback I've heard on the street kit is that they overheat on the track. I'll give them a run this fall in AZ and then look at upgrading either to the sport kit or installing brake ducts.



Great work !

I wasn't experiencing overheating with my street kit, but the surface of the pads was relatively small and thickness of the pad material was also lacking. I would eat a set of pads every track day. I'm coming up on my third track day with the sport kit pads and I'm less than half way through them. Much better!

[giantkeeper]

Great setup! The feedback I've heard on the street kit is that they overheat on the track. I'll give them a run this fall in AZ and then look at upgrading either to the sport kit or installing brake ducts.

Great work !

[kingston]

I'm much happier with the look of mine now. 8mm spacers in the rear, 5mm up front. S52 swap starts tomorrow. Can't wait.

Thanks again for all the info & encouragement!

[Lof8]

Lof8,

Are you running spacers behind the TRMs? Yours are a lot more flush than mine (mine are only 15x7, though)...

Thanks!

Mine are 15x8 all around with a 5mm spacer at the rears.

[kingston]

Lof8,

Are you running spacers behind the TRMs? Yours are a lot more flush than mine (mine are only 15x7, though)...

Thanks!

[kingston]

The sport kit is great for the pad life and braking abilities.. My $30 rotors lasted 2 DE's pulling double driver duty - which is fair. But they started to crack. Heavy Duty rotors are available for $130 each!! I bought a replacement set of $30 cheapies. I will dish out for the HD rotors next time. I just want a setup that will last 6 months or a year, damnit!

Dude, you are a wealth of information! Thank you!!

[Lof8]

Thanks for the info! Still really happy with the Sport kit?

The sport kit is great for the pad life and braking abilities.. My $30 rotors lasted 2 DE's pulling double driver duty - which is fair. But they started to crack. Heavy Duty rotors are available for $130 each!! I bought a replacement set of $30 cheapies. I will dish out for the HD rotors next time. I just want a setup that will last 6 months or a year, damnit!

[kingston]

Sorry, I meant the Sport BBK! Looking at buying the same kit...

[Lof8]

For years, I was running IE3 springs with a coil cut in the front with bilstein sport shocks and some fixed IE camber plates. The car handled like a dream. For $2000 in GC suspension upgrades, I did not see a huge improvement. It was an improvement, once I dialed it in a bit, but not worth $2k. The IE3 Bilstein setup is killer for its price.

[kingston]

Thanks for the info! Still really happy with the Sport kit?