Anxious to see how the 245s fit the 9.5in wheel. Seems like a good compromise to fit big tires on a stock body NA.

I posted some pics of 245 RC1/9.5” on an NA earlier. Easy with race camber and a roll.

Had the pad sret up again for a couple customers, through the daily on it for fun. 2649lbs with me in it and a full tank. Soft top delete, but otherwise fully equipped NB2 Sport pkg w/ABS and BOSE. I am also about to add a hitch and bike rack, so I expect that to be ~2680 in a worst case scenario. LOL. The 900/500 Xida from Tia(the TT6 car) can't come soon enough, but that car is stored in the trailer at Midwest Miata Parts and it has been too wet/muddy to get to the trailer.

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Snagged a set of of qually scrubbed 215/580/15 Hoosier S75 from a local FP racer. These will be what I use to attempt my essentially only remaining goal for 2020 track season, depending on schedule and COVID19 dwindling:
1:36 Gingerman
1:35 Mid O
2:14 NCM
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I received my tire machines on Friday, and have been assembling, testing, playing with them over the weekend. This allowed me to get caught up on customer wheel/tire packages and get my 245 RRs mounted up. These will be my HPDE/warm up and ST5 tires if there are not enough participants for Hoosier contingency. I have 1.5 sets of sticker 205 R7s from last season's winnings to use in TT and populated ST races. Goal is to win a set of 225/45s and switch over at some point, probably 2021 at this point.
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Long time friend/partner Midwest Miata Parts got another rusty na6 in for salvage, so I cruised down and pulled the dash out. I'll need a gauge hood and tomestone, so let me know if you have one for sale!
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Always amazes me how clean the 1.6 dashboard looks.

Hopefully we'll get to see it lay down some fliers this year.

Yea, it really cleans things up in there. I did the same swap in my previous NA8, with a suede wrapped NA6 two tone dash. The racecar wont be nearly this nice though...
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I still need an NA6 gauge hood and top third of a tombstone though! WTB!

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I need to chop the tombstone up, but I have all the bits now.

R-speed has new open box guage hoods for good prices. They have been who I have been sending my friends to.

Rolled it back outside today to lay down the MAZDA decals and wash the interior to prep for paint.


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First coat down. One more to come on the passenger side and parcel shelf. Drivers side is getting a Koolmat kit, so one is enough over there just to make it pretty.

Second coat today. It looks really good now.
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Over half a gallon laid down so far. #ballast.

I did the doors today. I told myself not to so I’d be more inclined to buy a pair of composite doors, but Quarantine boredom is real.
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Any reason you went with a roller and foam brush instead of rattle can or other medium?

durability and cleanliness based on my experience with Rustoleum and foam.



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Koolmat done. PITA, but after experiencing it in SPM shop cars, it’s amazing stuff.

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Final mock up. Need to make a couple brackets to hold the dash in better so it doesn’t vibrate like crazy. Super stoked on how it turned out.
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Yeeees destroy that minty tombstone for the racecar, make all the Miata preservationist fanboys cringe.

I was wondering why there was a belt retainer in the eyeball in some earlier pics, but now I see. Clever.

What all is going on the switch panel?

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My list is getting pretty short now. Just TSE 11.75” Dynapro Kit, TSE fuel pump relay kit and a fresh AEM wideband install left.

Seat and harness are back in, and boys let me tell you, it feels great. I’d love to splurge on a fresh Yellow Schroth Profi 2x2 harness, but that will wait for a little longer

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that paint looks really nice. I'll have to add it to my never ending list of "to-do's"

Quarantine has officially got to Dan: he is now sitting in his racecar making "Vroom Vroom" noises.

Always good to see the list get shorter. Keeps you motivated.