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so over the weekend tried to see if I could build a new intake. try and route it down by radiator and put a pod near wheel arch.

got some measurements but decided for now I'll get rid of the AFM and put a straight through pipe in.

seems to have worked a treat.

not with the pipe fitted and reworked the original bracket, the intake seems very flush and doesnt move one bit. Finally!

oh, and the AFM seems quite restrictive..!

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now for those smart techy people, is it worth putting it back on the dyno to see if all ok? Im not exopecting any gains I guess just to see if all good.

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Finally an update...

MRA Round 2.

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qualifying was tough, we had 23 cars on the track. 15 MX5s and 8 Excels.

couldnt get into space and managed a 1.13.2 putting me 11 out of 15 on the Mx5 grid.
race 1 got a great start. made a couple spots up the field however last lap I tried too hard and came off and spun at turn 4, did a 360, car stopped and stalled and wouldnt restart. My first DNF this year.


that put me to starting last on the MX5 grid (we had a shared race with the excels)
made a few moves, got ahead of some others, last lap chasing the bloke from race 1 and I manage a PB with a 1.12.3
not bad for 82rwkw!!


last race was the trophy race. the whole race was an epic battle as you'll see in the vid below.
enbded up 3rd in 2F class again which was great.

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my PB lap


race 3 highlights

Next event is FoSC 1st June.

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not much of an update, havent touched the car since last MRA round.

did Festival of Sporting Cars today at SMP soouth. was in the race class 'historic and invited sports cars'
qualified 5th out of 21 with a 1.05.68 and race 1 ended up 3rd with a 1.05.67!

now the interesting part. I came 3rd but did the 7th fastest lap. So in this meet I started 7th based on lap time. weird. Anyhoo, race 2 came 5th and thats when the rain started to hit.

last race was a handicap race. So if you were slow, you had a better starting place on the track. We all started at same time but everyone was at different starting points. Ended up catching and overtaking quite a number of cars in the rain. Turns out I came 1st! won the last race!

vids to come.

one thing about FoSC which I think is fantastic is the lunch time partners parade.
As my Dad was out there watching and supporting me, I couldnt think of anything better for him than to throw him the keys. He ABSOLUTELY loved it! might see him and his NA6 out at the track soon now, think I got him hooked!!!

on the dummy grid for last race
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not the clearest photo
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race 1 mazda dominate!
me in 3rd.
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hahaha

yeah slight flesh wound. first racing incident in 4 years.

but thats racing mate!

Was still happy with my efforts at the start of the day.

qualified 20th out of 27 in TT and then came 13th race 1.

MX5 qualified 3rd overall out of 8, but came 4th race 1 and then went down hill there. slave cylinder issues causing me to miss gears in TT race 2.

trophy race TT came 3rd in under 2L and then trophy race MX5 at turn 5 copped a wack rear RHS and got spun off.

didnt want to risk it so came in to pits for DNF

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