Recent content by projectMS3

Great drive Clint. You walked away from everyone in Street FWD.

Much has taken place since the race at Willow Springs and now the 3rd race for the west coast Street class(7th race on the calendar for RTA). The majority of it related to my own personal life, some to the car. It's been a god send in having the racing move to the east coast. Four rounds off...

- Willow Springs International Raceway (Redline Time Attack) - Big Track, Clock Wise - 1:38:338 - May 31st, 2009 - Second time on this track, Fast Intermediate Experience - MS3, 245/40 Yokohama AD08s, Tri-Point rear sway bar, HKS Hipermax III sport coil-overs, cp-e CAI, cp-e downpipe with cat...

You know one thing neither your Focus man or Eclipse man have to deal with is just fitting in the damn car. That's a huge bonus for both of you. :P Try doing this stuff and being 6'6"/6'7" and 270lbs! I can't even toe and heel as I can barely get my legs in the car. lol

I hear you. Even with some help from sponsors for parts, being a new car (with not a lot of experience in racing, compared to an S2000) I've had to dump a ton of cash into testing and R&D for all the non sponsored components and all the service and prep work.

Actually man you may want to consider double entry. I would have finished 3rd with the same tires I ran in Street in Mod. You guys could probably take 1st in Mod and just change your tires for the extra time. There's nothing allowed in street that isn't in Mod. You just need a fire...

Not stirring up anything at all. I'm actually glad you guys chimed in. It's good to know all your view points. I welcome it! :) It's more a reflection of the definition of street by RTA. I think the rules are way too open for "street" class. If anything the rules aren't actually very far...

Maybe. But consider it's only 8 laps total. I'm running street tires so I'm not pushing anything close to 1g of cornering, and most of the tracks out here in the west coast have tons of run off. The whole concept was to build a street car that would be competitive. A real street car, not...

Ok, I'll just need a lot of Japanese junk food, magazines, and electronics then. ;)

1st place is a wild FWD eclipse with 600 or more hp, full custom aero pieces, traction control, you name it. The car is sick! It was nearly 6 seconds faster than 2nd place. 2nd place was a turbo charged and fully prepped (roll cage, quaife, almost no interior, race seat[I run a Recaro...

I wanted to give you guys an update on what is now the sole Mazda(speed) 3 competing in Redline Time Attack. Me! :) Some of you may know that Bergenholtz racing brought their highly modified regular Mazda 3 to round 1 of RTA. They set a new record for street FWD. My car at that round...

We most surely need wider tires. For the next race we hope to have the following done. 1. 245/40 Yokohama AD08 2. Maybe a lightweight battery, the Bergenholtz 3 came in first with a full interior so I don't see too much sense in removing it the interior. I'd love to do a carbon hood but our...

Minor update. We competed in round 1 of the Redline Time Attack series. The race was at Buttonwillow Raceway (my home track really) and I would be lying if I didn't say we had some serious problems. For the most part our brakes were not working. We had a small air bubble trapped somewhere in...

It is by far our biggest weakness right now. We need more negative camber. The way the rules are structured we're very limited in options. It won't be til much later in the season that we'll have a solution for that. It's top secret so I can't let you guys know just yet.

Enough with the bickering please. Here are some photos of the suspension installed. First race for the 2009 Redline Time Attack season is next weekend! Wish us luck please.