RS Blog 9 - Fitting the First Hardware
Putting in some hardware and mocking up new brake pedal to improve pedal ratios. We shall see how this works out, so far it is promising.
From 3.3 to 4.5 (goal of 5.0)
RS Blog 8 - Finishing Floor and Flipping
Small progress on floor pan and getting ready for last of the riveting.
996 Turbo Wiring Again & Tuning!
Just a little minor updates. Working with Emre on remote tuning the new Syvecs S7 ECU. Quite interesting to coordinate a 10 hour time difference.
RS Blog 7 - Finally Attached Panels to Ultima
Sealing the panels and affixing them to the chassis for the rest of their days. Very happy with the final fitment and accuracy of rivets.
2023 Rolex Re-union with Greg Powell
Vintage Racing #33 1958 Morgan +4
Come out to the track this weekend and support Greg!
Broken Miatas Day
Coffee, Cars, Gamblers, Broken Parts and Brews. Good day with old friends and meeting new ones while wandering around Sacramento.
RS Blog 6 - Some Rivets then Full Turtle
Yep more drilling panels and measuring stuff twice before cutting once. But big news the chassis is in a new position!!!
Overland Bound Miata
This adventure starts from failure. Perseverance succeeds and we are able to meander our way to Redmond Oregon for Overland Expo.
Lemons - Yokohama Days of Thunderhill 2023
Racing an old abused E30. You know you want to come write on the moving chalkboard!
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.
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.