equiraptor
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- Joined
- Jun 22, 2009
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- Location
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Car(s)
- Many cars, mostly very vroomy
My car is a 2006 Mazda MX-5 GT in Nordic Green. I believe it has "Premium Package 1" - it has a limited slip differential, "Advanced Keyless Entry," the nicer stereo (though without mp3 CD capability), leather seats, and a cloth top.
First things first, proof pics!
Wait, I don't have any. There is this:
That's Spicysaurus's proof pic, with her car in the foreground, with a corner of the back of my car in the background (it's the greenish MX-5 off to the left). The Audi is another car I've driven extensively.
And there's this:
https://pic.armedcats.net/n/ni/ninjacoco/2010/05/31/spicymazda.jpg
This would be Spicy's car, Coco's bunny, my arm, and a bit of Nugget's arm and side, with the back of my car in the background.
Does that count?
This car was bought by the original owners in December of 2005. Their goal was to use it as a parts development car for the NC MX-5. They had hopes of working with another local shop to develop a supercharger for the car. While in their hands, the car had supercharger test tubing fitted, and had the ECU mucked with a bit, and coilovers, a CAI, lightweight flywheel, and aftermarket muffler were installed. In February of 2007, they only had 2,000 miles on the car. The parts development had stalled. The guy making the payments was tired of making payments. And it was the car I wanted. It was the right color. It had the right packages. It had the right aftermarket additions. I wanted it.
And so I bought it.
I, like the original owners, used it for autocrossing. Less than a year after buying it, I added track time to its list of duties. It was also my daily driver, and remains my primary car. It's the car in my usericon (that was a nasty drift at my first autocross in the thing). In its life with me it has gotten a rebuilt transmission and a replaced engine, both under warranty. It's towed a trailer and endured thousands of track miles (something over 2,000 track miles in the past 6 months alone). It currently has JIC FLT-A2 coilovers, a lightweight flywheel, and an aftermarket clutch, in addition to an AudioLink (for iPod capability) and some zip-ties holding on the undertray. It's running Superblue brake fluid and Hawk HP+ pads. It currently has the OEM intake and mufflers on it, though I still have the aftermarket ones.
Now, pictures!
This was the day I bought it, out in front of my workplace, with Nugget's also-then-new 997 C2S Cab
Another shot with the C2S, this time talking strategy at the track.
Lots of lean going through the Carousel at TWS
This one shows you how well I know my car. Follow the link and find your way to the large version. Notice how close that rear tire will come to that cone. This was at Nationals in 2008. I came in second in CSPL, good enough for a trophy (and to beat the 2007 CSPL champion).
Fat rubber, perfect for autocross. Also at Nats.
I have so many shots with the C2S Cab, I need a shot with Nugget's next car. So here we have the MX-5 and the 997 GT3 RS:
And finally (for tonight), disconnecting the rear sway at the track:
First things first, proof pics!
Wait, I don't have any. There is this:
That's Spicysaurus's proof pic, with her car in the foreground, with a corner of the back of my car in the background (it's the greenish MX-5 off to the left). The Audi is another car I've driven extensively.
And there's this:
https://pic.armedcats.net/n/ni/ninjacoco/2010/05/31/spicymazda.jpg
This would be Spicy's car, Coco's bunny, my arm, and a bit of Nugget's arm and side, with the back of my car in the background.
Does that count?
This car was bought by the original owners in December of 2005. Their goal was to use it as a parts development car for the NC MX-5. They had hopes of working with another local shop to develop a supercharger for the car. While in their hands, the car had supercharger test tubing fitted, and had the ECU mucked with a bit, and coilovers, a CAI, lightweight flywheel, and aftermarket muffler were installed. In February of 2007, they only had 2,000 miles on the car. The parts development had stalled. The guy making the payments was tired of making payments. And it was the car I wanted. It was the right color. It had the right packages. It had the right aftermarket additions. I wanted it.
And so I bought it.
I, like the original owners, used it for autocrossing. Less than a year after buying it, I added track time to its list of duties. It was also my daily driver, and remains my primary car. It's the car in my usericon (that was a nasty drift at my first autocross in the thing). In its life with me it has gotten a rebuilt transmission and a replaced engine, both under warranty. It's towed a trailer and endured thousands of track miles (something over 2,000 track miles in the past 6 months alone). It currently has JIC FLT-A2 coilovers, a lightweight flywheel, and an aftermarket clutch, in addition to an AudioLink (for iPod capability) and some zip-ties holding on the undertray. It's running Superblue brake fluid and Hawk HP+ pads. It currently has the OEM intake and mufflers on it, though I still have the aftermarket ones.
Now, pictures!
This was the day I bought it, out in front of my workplace, with Nugget's also-then-new 997 C2S Cab
Another shot with the C2S, this time talking strategy at the track.
Lots of lean going through the Carousel at TWS
This one shows you how well I know my car. Follow the link and find your way to the large version. Notice how close that rear tire will come to that cone. This was at Nationals in 2008. I came in second in CSPL, good enough for a trophy (and to beat the 2007 CSPL champion).
Fat rubber, perfect for autocross. Also at Nats.
I have so many shots with the C2S Cab, I need a shot with Nugget's next car. So here we have the MX-5 and the 997 GT3 RS:
And finally (for tonight), disconnecting the rear sway at the track: