Spec Miata as street-legal beginner car (2-door Corolla)?

General chat that fellow COM'ers may be interested in.
User avatar
Kai Noeske
Speed Setter
Speed Setter
Posts: 126
Joined: Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:51 am
Location: Cambridge, MA
Contact:

Re: Spec Miata as street-legal beginner car (2-door Corolla)?

Post by Kai Noeske » Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:37 pm

Dave, that's brilliant!!! :sunny:

Only worry, it's a Miata - Ivy, you think you can handle seeing 40 Miatas at once being scratched and tiremarked in a race start going 6-cars-wide into turn 1... ?
93 Corolla 1.6L 4AFE 3 spd auto, #831 SSC / HS
99 Civic SI, #9 NER SCCA SSC / COM SSB

CP
Speed Racer
Speed Racer
Posts: 524
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:19 pm
Location: West Simsbury, CT

Re: Spec Miata as street-legal beginner car (2-door Corolla)?

Post by CP » Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:32 pm

Many guys race both SM and SSM on the same weekend. They've already paid to get there, sleep and eat there so the additional entry fee isn't too painful. And you get twice the track time. A nice thing about racing a Miata is that someone at the track has the spare part you need, no matter how obscure. I'm going to have parts to basically rebuild an entire car in the bed of my pickup next season and what I don't have with me I've got at home.

Jeff: get the proper safety gear and do a school or two next spring!

Kai: you can work out car storage with the place I PM'd to you.
-Cy
99 Spec Miata (SM/STU/STL/EP)
2011, 2013, 2014 NER STU Champion

User avatar
Kai Noeske
Speed Setter
Speed Setter
Posts: 126
Joined: Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:51 am
Location: Cambridge, MA
Contact:

Re: Spec Miata as street-legal beginner car (2-door Corolla)?

Post by Kai Noeske » Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:09 pm

Cy: So, thinking about how I never get tired of track time, I could in principle run SM, SSM, and ITA the same weekend if they run them all separately??? :D

May just need a lot of fuel, sets of tires, pads, brake fluid.

Should be fine on the engine since it remains stock - my Toyota engine (1.6l DOHC) is just fine spending 2hrs at high rpm on a good track day...
93 Corolla 1.6L 4AFE 3 spd auto, #831 SSC / HS
99 Civic SI, #9 NER SCCA SSC / COM SSB

cuppatea
Fast Lapper
Fast Lapper
Posts: 33
Joined: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:45 pm
Location: New Haven, CT

Re: Spec Miata as street-legal beginner car (2-door Corolla)?

Post by cuppatea » Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:01 pm

As with everything, I'll cross the bridge when I come to it :twisted:

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest