FR-S Test and Learn Day
Meet new friends and shake down day for Fred’s FR-S.
Including live telemetry and video streams.
Great 2023 Baja Adventure
Your one stop shop for all the Baja details. We built, we went, we broke, we fixed and finally we survived.
BajaXL Day 6 - Los Cerritos
El Cerritos and Todos Santos, beaches and small town. Great times with great friends. A day to forget we have driven 1,500 miles in the last few days, cracked an oil pan and nearly ruined the car multiple times.
BajaXL Day 5- Las Cruces to Playa Los Cerritos
Vultures scoping out the Miata, hopeful for dinner. Not today bird!!
Making our final leg of the trip south, from town…to ocean…to Jurassic period. Very long day of good adventures.
BajaXL Day 4 - Bahia De Concepcion to Las Cruces
Being responsible? Mostly checking that she’ll keep going for the next week. Making new friends and having a chill day in Baja
BajaXL Day 3 - Bahia De Los Angeles to Bahia De Concepcion
A day of beaches, broken oil pans, broken Jeeps and very very long drives. This was likely one of the longest days of our journey.
BajaXL Day 2 - Diablo Canyon to Bahia De Los Angeles
San Felipe for breakfast after a morning sand bath. Leaving our very temporary home at Diablo Canyon. Another fun day off road and meeting more dogs.
BajaXL Day 1 - Tecate to Diablo Canyon
Finding police, tacos, dogs and sand. Our first day in the dirt and first time to enjoy new “long travel” suspension on the Miata.
BajaXL Day 0 - Traveling to De Anza Springs and Pre-Event Activities
Here we go as Team La Respuesta #82
Baja do your worst!!!!
The Great Baja Adventure Begins
The last post before we leave for Mexico!
Testing out the Miata upgrades with lots of new friends.
Porsche 996 Turbo DME Connectors
When you have to become an master internet part number sleuth. It is fun, but damn frustrating at times.
New Project Car - One of the Twins
Whirlwind of buying a car in Phoenix. Thanks Fred for the fun day off and leading to meeting a great car enthusiast.
RS Blog 5 - Rivets and Drilling Holes
Making those panels fit perfectly. I do enjoy the methodic nature of this work, but am eager to get into some other stuff like suspension and wiring. Things with more margin for error…
Why?….Rod do you knock on my door at the worst times.
Why do you come in here? This was supposed to be a happy Miata post…
RS Blog 4 - Fitting Cockpit Panels
Making those first cuts and fitments. The start of a long slow road of measure twice, think about it, measure again, think about it and finally cut a little. Eventually I’ll get comfortable.
Reverting from Hover to Wheels
Long travel suspension installed and ready for more pre-Baja testing. Moving from 1.5” of wheel travel to 4” of travel from static is gonna be awesome!
RS Blog 3 - Removing the Final Portion of Body
With a bit of help from friends I’ve unlocked the chassis and let’s me start thinking about making actual progress.
Hover Mode Enabled
Where we are going we don’t need wheels! Well maybe not. Okay most likely I’ll need them at some point.
RS Blog 2 - First Ultima Drilling
Drilling holes and removing body panels. Early stages of the build.
Light Switches!
A post about Lando! Not really, he is just ready for our next miata off-road trip. This covers some little updates for Miata lighting.
Image used to support interest in Lucky Dog Racing League, the best amateur series ever. Taking our BMW E30 to compete with real race cars.