Have MX-5,Will Track Day – I bought an MX-5 NC to turn into a Grand Tourer and Track Day Car
So I’d noticed the footwell carpet was wet and there was a damp musky smell in the car. I pretty much knew what this would be as my previous MX-5 had a similar problem when the drainage channels under the soft top clogged up. The other well known fault was the plastic holders for the […]
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Given the recent monsoon-like conditions, it seems the Mazda has sprung a leak. This is not uncommon and happened in my first MX5. There are some fittings that give up under the windscreen on the weather side which will need some bathroom sealant. I noticed it looked pretty steamed up, then when I got in […]
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I’d been putting off a return visit to Castle Combe Circuit because it was in excess of £200, but I spotted that OpenTrack were doing it for a much better price in October and so jumped to sign up. I was last at this track about a year ago when we abandoned the day due […]
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Happy as I was with the seat position, I share the driving at track days with a person with less reach in her legs than me and so it was clear that for comfort and safety I would need to either move the seat manually at track days or fit a sliding runner. I decided […]
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So it’s done Well they’re in (more or less). I looked at Tillett as my favourite choice but they were too expensive, then I looked at Corbeau, Cobra and Recaro. I wanted GRP or Carbon but ended up with a steel frame, In the end I went for Cobra Monaco Pro’s with steel side mounts, […]
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