Starting out

With Nationals now over, Mollie (the blue BSP car,) can now move from daily driver status to a BSP car.  With that being the case, let's start with where we currently are.

The car is a 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata with the GT package.  This is the top of the line package with leather interior, Bose sound system, blind spot monitoring, lane departure warning, automatic headlights, rain sensing wipers, etc.

I had already done a number of modifications to move the car in the right direction.  It has Dynamic coilovers with Swift Springs in 728/448 F/R rates, a Mazda Motorsports front speedway style swaybar with 0.188 wall thickness set in the middle, Flyin Miata Little Big Brake kit, AVO short tube header, Goodwin Racing midpipe, Goodwin Racing Super Q for Header muffler, and a Ecutek tune.  So the car basically has a very similar build to my STR car, although some of the lightening such as seats, battery, etc. had not yet been done.

To start the build, I decided it would be good to document the starting weight.  Pics below, but the car is starting with 15,809 miles and a little over a 1/4 tank of gas.  The starting weight is 2278 with the stock BBS wheels and 205/45/17 Bridgestone tires from my STR car.

So, now the rest of the build can start.  First up will be some weight reductions, mostly in the way of stereo removal, seatbelt removal, race seat swap, and 15x11 949 Racing wheels with 275/35/15 Hoosier tires.

More to come.