So back out at Road Atlanta, my biggest fear with Road Atlanta is the sway bars making the rear too stiff, and the car being sketchy at high speeds during turn-in. Which is why I had to upgrade the front sway bar to match the rear. My first session the car was super neutral and it didnt too...
I’ll get to the crash later...
I have been wanting to install the Mazdaspeed Protege Racing beat front sway bar on the P5. This requires you to either remove or lower the subframe.
Bushing are original from 2002, so they were not doing much...
I had gotten a low mileage subframe from...
Back out at Atlanta Motorsports Park in the Protege was a much different experience with the Progress rear sway bar. In the first 2 sessions the car rotated much more. After the second session I made some adjustments to the rear coilovers, and reduced my air pressure. The more I threw at the...
Back in 2019 I installed the Racing Beat Rear Swaybar on the P5. It dramatically increased the amount of rotation the car had in initial turn in. Which lead to me spinning at Road Atlanta at Turn 1. At the time I dont think I was ready to deal with it. Fast forward now, I was advised by...
I usually use my cellphone to record lap times and data. But I always wanted to install a tablet to do it instead. I had an old Android tablet for a few years around, that I used for our events to check people in and make sales at the booth.
I test fit the tablet behind the center console...
After getting the calipers seals removed, I was able to get some help from my good friend at LLOYDS . He powder coats for a living, and he let me come over and give it a shot. First step was to strip the calipers to strip them and ready to be sand blasted. This is a photo of them fresh out...
I have been delaying and wasting a lot of time on other things during the winter. And I completely forgot about the repairs that I needed to get done before getting back on track.
One of the reasons I did not make it to the Barber Motorsports event last year was because of these ball...