Sebring HSR Fall Classic In My 90 Red Miata...Follow Up As Promised

Can you tell that I am absolutely stoked about my driving experience
at the HSR Fall Classic held this past weekend at Sebring.

I had dreamed of driving this historic race track for many years, and
my dream finally became alive last Saturday and Sunday. I had
recently performed some upgrades on my 90 Red Miata, including
upgrading my brakes with Aussie cross-drilled and slotted rotors, Hawk
HP Plus brake pads and Goodridge Stainless Steel brake lines, with
synthetic brake fluid of course.. Also I had upgraded my shocks to
Tociko Performance shocks, a strut tower brace and a Wave Roll Bar to
improve chassis rigidity and handling. For appearance I had upgraded
my wheels to 17" with Fuzion ZRi 215 R 17 tires and dressed up my
calipers with a red high temp paint.

The car handled like a dream. with plenty of stopping power to allow
driving deeper into the turns before braking, with no brake fade
whatsoever. It is always a wonderful sound to hear the rev limiter
cut out the fuel ..that sputter tells you it is time to shift...at
7400 rpm without turning the engine into a 'hand grenade'. I have
been using synthetic lube (Red Line) in the engine, transmission and
differential after a 1000 mile break-in period on convential oil.
This was a long time ago, since I received delivery of my beauty
October 5,1989...and over 146,000 miles ago.

More to follow.....

On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:55:17 -0800 (PST), bayman2222 >
wrote:

>.... It is always a wonderful sound to hear the rev limiter
>cut out the fuel ..that sputter tells you it is time to shift...at
>7400 rpm without turning the engine into a 'hand grenade'....

That's an interesting approach.

To me, that sputter is the opposite of wonderful -- it tells me I've screwed up
and lost time on the track.

But to each his own, I guess...

Sebring is fun. I was down there a few months ago and did some practice laps.
But I do find that any of the airport tracks (Burke Lakefront, Sebring,
Hagerstown) require extra effort to maintain your focus without elevation
changes to make it more interesting. They're also much bit easier to drive at
the limit of braking, since you don't have those nasty elevation changes varying
the braking effect for a given pedal pressure. 8


-- Larry

"I'm ready to hear more, carry on, carry on!
Video posted somewhere?
Pics posted somewhere?

Chris
99BBB