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Old 08-12-2017, 06:47 PM
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Awesome! The livery is perfect. Fantastic build.
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Roll cage looks quite robust!!
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Originally Posted by Matt Romanowski
Awesome! The livery is perfect. Fantastic build.
Thanks Matt.
Originally Posted by analogmike
Roll cage looks quite robust!!
We'll try not to test it Mike.
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Here's the Miata seat which I turned into an office chair for the garage! It still reclines,....ahhhh.


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Dave you're a weirdo. But a good weirdo.

Very nice car. Best of luck to you guys.
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Originally Posted by MUSSBERGER
Dave you're a weirdo. But a good weirdo.

Very nice car. Best of luck to you guys.
Yes, yes I am! Thanks!
Old 08-13-2017, 08:37 PM
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Congrats Dave. Love the livery. You will love owning and driving the car!
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Originally Posted by mglobe
Congrats Dave. Love the livery. You will love owning and driving the car!
Thanks Mike. I'm sure I'll have questions for you!
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How are these cars on Brakes? I noticed the Brembo front set up and what looks like stock rear? Does it work? Bias OK? Getting decent life out of them? Not suggesting at all that it is not a good set up, just curious!
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I loved driving this car at Skip Barber school. Mazda really knows how to build a fun to drive car.
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Originally Posted by altonj
How are these cars on Brakes? I noticed the Brembo front set up and what looks like stock rear? Does it work? Bias OK? Getting decent life out of them? Not suggesting at all that it is not a good set up, just curious!
In my opinion, the brakes, multilatic shocks, and BFG slicks are the secret sauce in these cars. The brakes have the hand of God power, but are very easy to modulate. A smooth release of the brakes gives you very good control of entry rotation.

The shocks when properly adjusted allows the car to handle just about anything. When you hit curbing, either intentionally or not, there is very little drama.
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What's the full-up cost of this lovely?
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Originally Posted by fhp911
What's the full-up cost of this lovely?
The car is 59k.

Plus the Options we went for:
Cage/Interior paint: 500
Smartycam: 1000
2 sets extra wheels with dry and wet rubber mounted: ~4800
Kit to convert Miata seat to office chair: 145
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Two kitties
One cup ?
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Originally Posted by Veloce Raptor
Two kitties
One cup ?
Hmmmm, maybe I'll go to Dairy Queen for some chocolate soft swirl.


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