Ongoing project thread: DoinkWRX - Page 2 - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

Kevin M · 2007-08-17, 03:32 PM

Scott, if you still have those fogs I'm interested in buying them. Shoot me a PM.

sperry · 2013-06-24, 11:10 PM

Meh, might as well bump this... it's been a while.

MattR · 2013-06-25, 06:04 AM

Cool, good update. Good luck this weekend at the track, sorry I won't be able to get out there to see it run.

sperry · 2016-06-03, 10:41 AM

Bump. Sold the car. 1st post updated.

k-dogg39 · 2016-06-03, 11:52 AM

Congrats on the sale, and sending it back to Reno. HA HA

MattR · 2016-06-05, 02:19 PM

What a time-warp it was reading this thread again, looking forward to seeing it in action at some point.

AtomicLabMonkey · 2016-09-12, 10:03 AM

I'm just reading this now, what a flashback of a thread.

Good times were had in that beast, glad you got it sold.

sperry · 2016-09-13, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey

I'm just reading this now, what a flashback of a thread.

Good times were had in that beast, glad you got it sold.

Yeah, it's nice having one less car parked at the house... but I miss having a "done" car. I've already got a new seat and rollbar on order for the Miata... and I'm planning on getting the floor-pan dropped for more space in Nov.

Dean · 2016-09-13, 10:34 AM

Ah, another chapter closes, but another opens...

Glad it found a new home and is coming back to Reno...

Look forward to the chronicles of the Miata. I have been thinking a Turbo would make my '01 just that much more of a hoot to drive. Maybe a motor refresh and new clutch at the same time.

What is wrong with the existing Miata cage?

sperry · 2016-09-13, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dean

Ah, another chapter closes, but another opens...

Glad it found a new home and is coming back to Reno...

Look forward to the chronicles of the Miata. I have been thinking a Turbo would make my '01 just that much more of a hoot to drive. Maybe a motor refresh and new clutch at the same time.

What is wrong with the existing Miata cage?

No cage in the Miata (so far). It's got a HardDog Deuce roll-bar... which is a double hoop bar (one hoop behind each seat). It's probably just fine (NASA says it's okay for HPDE) but it doesn't pass SCCA's rules for a roll-bar. Recent rewording of the Track Night in America rules have now excluded convertibles (even with hard tops on them... I confirmed via several emails with SCCA) that don't have roll-bars that meet the GCR's minimum rules. That's all in spite of the fact that my car is still legal for both SCCA PDX and Club-Trials... just not TNIA.

TNIA events are the cheapest/easiest events up here, with several of them each year at both at PIR and The Ridge.

Anyway, I met with the awesome owner of Miatacage.com up here in Portland and was about to pull the trigger on a full Spec Miata cage, minus the upper door bars (so I can keep my windows and get in/out more easily) but decided not to go quite so far just yet, as I've done just 1 track day in the 2 years since I moved.

Better to keep the car streetable for now, since I mostly get to drive it on the streets one weekend in a while. After considering what happened to Debbie's son, I'd hate to end up with a brain injury because someone hits me sitting at a stop light and I bang my head on the cage.

I also talked to them about doing the (now Spec Miata legal) driver's side floorpan drop that nets 2-3" of head room by lowering the floor of the car, which I still plan to do. So, I've got a new custom 3" taller aluminum race seat for the driver's side (I'll be moving the current one to the passenger side). Plus the floor pan drop. Plus a HardDog Ace roll-bar, which mounts the same as the Deuce, but is just a single full-width hoop with diagonal braces and a harness bar that is SCCA legal. That way I can drive the car on the street, keeping the interior with matching race seats, and still hit the track when I can find the time. Also, I can save some cash for a TrackDog Rotrex kit. It's not quite as fast as a turbo, but it's far, far simpler/reliable to install and operate. I just need to sort out the budget and figure out how to adapt their intercooler to my massive Spec Miata radiator.

Hopefully, I'll have the bar and seats installed (without the floor drop, that's in Nov) in time for the Oct Reno SCCA T-Hill day. I'm flirting with hauling the car down there to play for a day. It's kinda a long drive, but I haven't done a single track day this season. I just need to get Dave to make it a double event so I can submit two trials event results to Mazda to re-activate my racer's discount.

2007-08-17, 03:32 PM	#26
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	Scott, if you still have those fogs I'm interested in buying them. Shoot me a PM. __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2013-06-24, 11:10 PM	#27
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Meh, might as well bump this... it's been a while. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2013-06-25, 06:04 AM	#28
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	Cool, good update. Good luck this weekend at the track, sorry I won't be able to get out there to see it run. __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2016-06-03, 10:41 AM	#29
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Bump. Sold the car. 1st post updated. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2016-06-05, 02:19 PM	#31
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	What a time-warp it was reading this thread again, looking forward to seeing it in action at some point. __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2016-06-03, 11:52 AM	#30
k-dogg39 Little Slugger Real Name: Kevin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Lake Tahoe, NV Posts: 777 Car: 05 WRB STI Wagon/00 BRP GC Sedan Class: 39 TSM I'm not crazy, I'm just passionate!	Congrats on the sale, and sending it back to Reno. HA HA

2016-09-12, 10:03 AM	#32
AtomicLabMonkey Nightwalker Real Name: Austin Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oshkosh, WI Posts: 4,063 Car: '13 WRX YGBSM	I'm just reading this now, what a flashback of a thread. Good times were had in that beast, glad you got it sold. __________________ "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you.. you're locked in here with me."

2016-09-13, 10:34 AM	#34
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Ah, another chapter closes, but another opens... Glad it found a new home and is coming back to Reno... Look forward to the chronicles of the Miata. I have been thinking a Turbo would make my '01 just that much more of a hoot to drive. Maybe a motor refresh and new clutch at the same time. What is wrong with the existing Miata cage? __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

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