JDM Rising Sun Hard Top on NB Miata

Take a look on this cool JDM Style Hard Top made by MRK, an MX5Italia.com user.
Soon, other photo of this nice NB.

GAZ Shocks GHA Coilover Kit: Installed!

Finally, two weeks ago, i have installed on my MX5 the Gaz GHA Coilover, received at home in July end. Winter is not a good time for testing the new coilover. Here in north Italy, the wheather is cold and snowy, now the temperature is near 0°C / 32°F and the streets are often wet. For test this kit well, i must wait spring with more hottest days, and dry road. I can not test it at maximum possibilities but in the daily drive i instantaneously notice the better handling of the car: more rigidity without lose of confort when set as soft. Medium settings of Bump/Rebound are the best for road/sport driving, fantastic reactivity, really great handling and a little lose of confort, but is not a problem for me... Confort for me isn't important. My car must be fun to drive, fuck confort. :-) I try to use medium setting last week, and it was perfect for me. But now is really cold, and soft settings are more safe.

Gaz Shocks GHA uses 40 level adjustment system (compression & rebound together).
Spring rate are 6,2Kg/mm(350lb) Front - 4,8Kg/mm(250lb) Rear

First week i've tryed to use this settings for bump/rebound: 17 Front - 15 Rear.
Now, for winter use i've set it more softer: 12 Front - 10 Rear.

The height of the car is drastically changed: the previous gap between hubcenter and fender was 38cm. Now is 33cm on Front and 34cm on Rear. About -50mm!

Wheel Alignment Spec:

FRONT
Toe: 0mm
Caster: -6°20' (i've asked for -5°50' mechanic not well skilled )
Camber: -1°00'

REAR
Toe: 0,2mm Left + 0,2mm Right
Camber: -1°50'

Skip Barber Racing School at Laguna Seca

From Speedhunters, some pics of 3 days racing school at Laguna Seca. Little bit of envy...

Do you need a mechanic?

Do you need a mechanic? Maybe a little panel work...

Spesso nei Drift Track Day in Japan, capita di fare un bel botto... Siamo abituati a vedere le classiche fascette per rimettere insieme, al volo paraurti o pezzi di esso, per continuare comunque a girare e finire la giornata. Ma se il botto fosse più grosso e vi servisse un meccanico che vi fa un lavoretto veloce con i lamierati, beh, guardatevi questo...

Raticosa Pass - Funny Bends

Winter is coming. These are the last days in which the roads are still funny driveable. I'm waiting to install GAZ Coilover, and i'm going crazy because my mechanic has postpone the installation, another time, to next weekend... uff! So, waiting the installation, this sunday, i went to Raticosa Pass, for cheer me up from failed GAZ installation of this weekend. 120 Km of Turns. Hundreds of bikers at the top of the hill, nice...
Here some photo of the tour:

I promise myself to come back soon here, to test my new GAZ Coilover, if i succeed to intall it and if is not too cold or snowy...

Fantastic Road!