Have MX-5,Will Track Day – I bought an MX-5 NC to turn into a Grand Tourer and Track Day Car
These posts are for things other than car development and tracks.
Last June (2025), Silverstone was hot and sunny, we took a support car loaded with tools, tyres, gazebo and picnic table; and iit was glorious. This year the June track day was cold, breezy and rainy, though to be fair it settled down after 14.00 and the sun made an appearance, but what ever the […]
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Choices I’ve been flirting with a number of ideas about the steering wheel in my car. The high sides and front lip of to Cobra’s made getting in an out of the car a little awkward. At first I thought I might try a removable wheel. I spoke to a mechanic about this who told […]
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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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