Monday, September 11, 2017

List of things to do

This will be far from a conclusive list, but I wanted to start posting a to do list while reading through the rules.  Some of these items have already been done, but I will try to document them where I can.

  • Remove stock seat belts
  • Swap stock seats for race seats from STR car (25 pounds each, minus seat belt receivers)
  • Swap stock steering wheel for race wheel with quick release
  • Add front splitter
  • Add rear spoiler
  • Remove stock stereo, Bose components, CD player, XM components, and speakers (make plates for resulting holes)
  • Remove "fog" lights and replace with brake ducts
  • Remove rear view mirror
  • Remove lane departure camera (per update/backdate)
  • Remove rain sensing wiper assembly (per update/backdate)
  • Remove visors?
  • Add 15x11 wheels and 275/35/15 Hoosiers to start (update to 15x12 and 295/30/15 Hoosiers when available)
  • Add flares to cover wheels/tires
  • Replace wheel studs with ARP extended studs
  • Replace stock lugnuts with 949 Racing aluminum lugnuts
  • Replace stock shocks/springs with Dynamic coilovers and Swift springs.  Starting springs rates to be 728/448 F/R
  • Replace stock brake calipers with Flyin Miata Little Big Brake Kit
  • Add Pagid pads from Mazda Motorsports
  • Replace stock front rotors with 2 piece rotors from Karcepts
  • Add air ducts for brakes
  • Replace stock front swaybar with Mazda Motorsports speedway style bar
  • Replace stock rear swaybar with Mazda Motorsports rear bar
  • Add offset bushings to front suspension to get 3+ degrees of negative camber
  • Replace other suspension bushings with Delrin
  • Replace rear differential mount with JBR mount (per reliability/durability rule)
  • Replace stock battery with Battery Tender BTL35A480C Lithium Iron Phosphate battery
  • Replace stock exhaust with AVO header, Goodwin midpipe (replace converter with a resonator?,) and Fujitsubo muffler
  • Research replacing stock motor mounts
  • Replace stock flywheel with Fidanza aluminum flywheel (research getting "race" clutch made)
  • Replace stock differential with differential from automatic for better gearing
  • Add Cusco LSD to automatic differential (supposedly the same as the Fiat unit)
  • Remove A/C?  (Need to find alternate idler pulley or shorter belt)
  • Research alternate pulleys for engine
  • Remove plastic upper engine shield
  • Install Mazda Motorsports oil cooler

2 comments:

  1. Stock steering wheel with airbag weighs 5lbs 1.6oz. MPI steering wheel with Snap Off quick release weighs 3 lbs 1oz. Will need to get hub adapter of 70 mm or more. That weight Will need to be added.

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  2. Stock seatbelt assembly weighs 4lb 14.3oz per side.

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