What have you done to your Miata today?

[aMaff]

nice work andrew! hey, i see it's now "mazda motorsports" mazdaspeed is history

All their decals still say "Mazdaspeed" on them, so...

 

[Reitrof]

Hmm why would they drop Mazdaspeed?

 

[aMaff]

I'm unsure, but the website is now MazdaMotorsports.com. However, the logo on all the pages is the ol' Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development. If I were to make an educated guess, it's to give a little separation between the street-car "Mazdaspeed" brand and the Mazdaspeed Motorsports division, but that's just a hypothesis.

 

[WillD]

It has been MazdaMotorsports.com for as long as I can remember...

I have heard that something is going on. The prototype team is wearing the new Mazda Motorsports logo as opposed to the old one. Marlon knows more about it.

At the end of the day, you're still required to have Mazdaspeed stickers on your car so I doubt that Mazdaspeed is going away completely.

 

[THE Phen]

Not just the prototype team. Even John Doonan's email signature says "Mazda Motorsports." All the swag they give out at the races all says it.

 

[aMaff]

Eh, I guess they're re-branding then. Maybe I'll ask them when I have them on the phone today. I've got all my parts ready to order, but there's an NLA part I need their help sorting out.

 

[chiefmg]

I keep getting e-mails from MMS telling me they need race results. In the winter?

Since I'm finally home pulled the new top out of the box, it looks sweet. Removed the MAF yesterday but still have to reload the base map in the MS. Finally, ordered a RoadsterSport midpipe from Moss today to take advantage of their free shipping.

 

[Reitrof]

Me too. Will have to wait til early summer before I get some new results. PITA though.

Plastidipped a bunch of chrome on the car. Better now.

 

[aMaff]

Any results from the last 12 months will work. I too got that e-mail.

 

[chiefmg]

My problem is I wasn't able to do any events last time home due to car problems. As far as I can recall I have nothing for the last 12 months.

 

[aMaff]

My problem is I wasn't able to do any events last time home due to car problems. As far as I can recall I have nothing for the last 12 months.

Call 'em up and see what they can do. They're generally pretty reasonable. Submitting results every year is part of "the deal" for staying in the program.


To stay on topic, I built mine a little kajigger. This is Mark II, the current (and probably final) version is Mark III. The foot and uprights of the bracket are shorter, bringing the catch can closer to the unibody and getting rid of some excess material. Now I just need to find some Rustoleum Professional enamel to hit it with and call it good.

 

[THE Phen]

I got my membership, and then began working on selling the car without ever using it. Ah well, at least I did it once.

 

[Reitrof]

Any results from the last 12 months will work. I too got that e-mail.

I submitted mine and then they sent me an email 4 months later saying I needed to submit again. I called them and they sorted it out but it seems to be an ongoing issue with their automated system.

 

[WillD]

The automated system never worked for me I had to call. I usually have to call ever year to get them to accept my results too.

 

[princess peach]

The first time I had to call them because the rejected my screen shots but was never notified, I just happened to check. The second time I just submitted screenshots of the times and they were accepted, but again I was not notified.

 

[WillD]

Just spoke with Emilio out at 949. No solid ETA on my Xidas but he thinks late March.

I did however get my Energy Suspension bushings and the required tools to replace them. It's supposed to be above freezing on Saturday so I'm going to try to take all of the control arms off the car at the very least.

 

[princess peach]

I'm waiting for better weather to have my tires swapped and run a firmware update on the Hydra, maybe install the wideband I got from FM and take her for a ride!

Roads are really beat up though, pot holes everywhere... I'm trying to find trouble free routes and getting used to them so I don't break the suspension in the spring.

 

[Perro del Sol]

I'm waiting for better weather to have my tires swapped and run a firmware update on the Hydra, maybe install the wideband I got from FM and take her for a ride!

Roads are really beat up though, pot holes everywhere... I'm trying to find trouble free routes and getting used to them so I don't break the suspension in the spring.

Tell me about it, I pass your place everyday on Hauserman going to work, potholes are like the Grand Canyon......swalling up semi's and the like!!!! We may end up with a lot of snow this weekend.......brrrrrrr

 

[WillD]

Alison got a ridiculous chip in her windshield the other day from a rock the size of a softball according to her.

 

[Perro del Sol]

Alison got a ridiculous chip in her windshield the other day from a rock the size of a softball according to her.

She told me about that at the meet last Sunday......it sucks how they tax us so much, but they can't even repair the damn roads! Not to mentin havng to get an alignment every freakin week.......