Miata 13B:
Great analysis. It really plays out well. can you provide some of the settings of the car to go with it? I'm looking at running this race in the very near future, and all the info I can gather ahead of time is appreciated. BTW: glad to have another good story teller on board with the rest of us.
I added My experience from this race, that I did last night. Very close times. interesting. I'm very interested in what mods you had to do to make the Spoon S2000 competitve. I ran the Mugen S2000, and it needed help.
Spider & Roadster Challenge Professional
The Write-up.
I took my Mugen S2000 shopping and picked it out a racing transmission, Racing Muffler, Stage 2 NA, and a chip. I also picked up Triple clutch, Lightweight flywheel, racing transmission and full LSD. Then super slicks, and lightweight 1. Grabbed an oil change, and a waxing. All these upgrades put me at 347 hp. Which should keep me just ahead of the ZZS.
Grand Valley Raceway
With my settings running like this, I was able to move up to 3rd in the starting line-up. Watching the Griffith run around the track, I could see the smoke coming off the tires. I surmised that it will have to pit, and I should be able to take the win.
Settings:
Spring Rate: 9.1/8.1
Ride Height 83/85
Shock bound: 5/6
Shock rebound: 7/7
Camber: 3.0/1.5
Toe: 0.5/0.5
Stabilizers: 5/5
LSD: 10/20/14
Auto Set: level 25
Final Drive 4.200
ASM & TCS = 0
I was able to qualify in 4th place. I was quite surprised at the competition. I had tried to do this race with the Stage 1/slicks vs Stage 2 NA/Super slicks and qualified with a better time on the stage 1. I ran nearly identical lap times, with the different set-ups. Unfortunately the Slicks wore out in about 7 laps. The Griffith was a faster car, and I was matched nearly identical to the Motor Sport Elise.
Results:
Griffith 500: + 2.696 pitted on lap 5
ZZS: + 6.371
Motor Sport Elise: 16.010 pitted on lap 9
Ruf 3400S: + 51.466 pitted on lap 7
S2000 Type V: + 120.239 pitted on lap 7
Best lap: 201.212
Total Time: 2031.907
The motor Sport Elise took over the lead when the Griffith pitted on lap 5. He held it until lap 9 when he had to pit. I was about 6 seconds down at this point. My Spoon S2K couldnt catch him, and I was looking at a loss, until he pitted. Even then, the Griffith was bearing down on me, having made up its 15 second deficit. The Griffith caught me in the last lap, and passed me after the first hairpin. As we approached the Second hairpin, I gave him a subtle nudge into the sand, and he spun out. Dropping him back enough that I could hold onto the win. A bit dirty, but did what I needed to win. Looks like Im off to spend more cash at the Tune-up shop.
Bought Port & Polish, and lightweight 2. This bumps me to 368 hp.
Trial Mountain
I added 0.5 toe on the front wheels.
By the end of the 3rd lap, I was down by about 7 seconds from the Griffith. Due to some recent OLR around this track, I knew it quite well. I then hit my groove, and began to shave seconds off the time. I was around 2.4 seconds down from the Griffith, when he pitted. I then began to work on lengthening my lead.
Results:
Motor Sport Elise: + 16.547
Griffith 500: + 17.258, pitted on lap 5
ZZS: + 19.626
Elise 190: + 27.641
S2000 Type V: + 112.567 pitted on lap 7
Best Lap: 129.653
Total time: 1520.753
This was a fun race. The Mugen felt so good drifting around a few of these corners. Id like to take it out for a few more runs to see what I can get for times around this track.
Cote DAzur
I pulled the gears into level 24, and boosted the camber on the front to 3.5. I set the LSD at 7/14/9 to aid in the cornering.
I managed to make the lead at the 4th lap, and began trading it back and forth with the Griffith until lap 6, when he went to the outside of the chicane at the bottom of the hill after the tunnel. He clipped a wall, and had to reverse to get back onto his line. This dropped him nearly 7 seconds off me. By lap seven he ahd been over taken by the RUF 3400s, who was running nearly 12 seconds out. By lap 9 I was approaching the 17 second lead mark, and the Griffith was nowhere to be seen.
Results:
ZZS: + 46.347
Elise 190: + 47.266
RUF 3400S: + 54.103 pitted on lap 10 sacrificing his hold on 2nd place.
Griffith 500: + 110.588 pitted on lap 8
S2000 Type V: + 146.887 pitted on lap 9
Best lap: 144.187
Total time: 26'38.897
I net 30,000 and the Shelby Cobra. I was very surprised to see the competition do so badly. I put together some very smooth clean runs, and walked away from the pack. This is one track that I would advocate using TCS. No higher than 1, though. Anything more and it would counteract the benefit it provided. I had way too much wheel spin under acceleration. It was a very fun run, all the way through the race. I do love this track.
Comparison:
Miata 13B : ALO
Trial Mtn.
1521.967 : 1520.753
Cote DAzur
2610.887 : 2638.897