Guran's NA6 "Little Reddy"

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:30 pm

I think I'll have to look into that, it seems like a very worthwhile analysis tool as saves trying to figure stuff out like this. I actually currently have a Nokia GPS phone but it's not working perfect at the minute and will soon be replaced by one of those apple things...

Thats interesting. I've attached a photo of what was printed in the November Motor Magazine, the figures are from a comparison test they did which included the MX-5. It's not the wheels issue you refer to as that is just about the only issue with an MX-5 in it I don't have from that era of wheels mags... Looking there speed at 7000rpm it seems to directly correlate to your speed at the 7200rpm cut out so I would say in this case motor seems to have it right.

My actual figures would be slightly higher as I'm running 195/60/14 tyres... There is potential that the tacho does read a bit slow, if that is the case the speed is probably offsets my lower tyre size It would be interesting to log rpm and compare.

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:17 pm

Gah! I mis-read your previous post and assumed you were talking about the WHEELS review from 1989 :oops:

. I just revisited my library and pulled out the Nov 1989 issue of Modern Motor to have a read. You're correct of course: both WHEELS and Modern Motor reported similar figures for max speed at 7000rpm. There's up to 2km/hr difference in their figures, but that could be due to calibration errors.

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:49 pm

Felt compelled to weigh in with some praise of my own for the new look (and feel!) of the club magazine.

It's a much needed boost in print quality and layout.

Kudos to your efforts Bryan!

Looking forward to the universal iPhone + iPad app.

RawSouth · Postby **RawSouth** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:53 pm

CoffeeBoss wrote:Looking forward to the universal iPhone + iPad app.

Great idea!

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:08 pm

Thanks for the feedback Matt.

RawSouth wrote:
CoffeeBoss wrote:Looking forward to the universal iPhone + iPad app.

Great idea!

Huh!? I must be missing something. Do you mean producing an iPhone/iPad app version of Club Torque? I don't think that'll happen for some time (if ever) :lol:

. In any case, once the PDF version is available via the club website, it's easy enough to view it that way

. I do that with heaps of PDF and XLS docs on my iPhone, via a free app called "USB Disk".

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:35 pm

Haha, relax Bryan, I was just stirring the pot

Good day for fishing, apparently

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:57 pm

D'oh! Fell for it again. :oops:

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:53 am

Woo-hoo! I've got my entry in for the driver training day at Marulan next month with the MX-5 Club. It's been two years since my last go on that track and I'm really keen to try it again. No lap timing of course (official timing is not permitted at MDTC), but I'll have my PBox going. A bit of one-on-one training from the trainers will be handy too. Best bit? Cost is a paltry $80 for club members! Bargain. :mrgreen:

Space is limited to 40 so get in quick if you're keen. Non-members are very welcome but will pay a bit more ($95).

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:43 pm

I just had a new set of four RE001 Adrenalins fitted in 185/60R14 so I could get through rego (the outer shoulders were slightly chipped after a full season of track days - but as bad as the last set). The store had eight tyres in stock, four were old stock made in Australia, and four were new stock made in Taiwan. Much of a muchness and same price, so I went with the Aussie ones. Bridgestone also have a deal on at the moment where you get a $50 Caltex fuel card with every purchase of four tyres. So I'm now waiting for my fuel card to arrive in the mail.

I've also been told that some 185/60R14s are made in Thailand, while other sizes are still coming from Japan. All are said to be manufactured using the same processes and materials, and comply with Bridgestone's quality standards. Time will tell if that's the case.

And with that in mind, I'm now wishing I had gone with the Taiwanese tyres ... in the interests of science! :lol:

gobsmax · Postby **gobsmax** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:22 pm

Hi Bryan,

What did you pay per tyre? And was that with the $5 discount?

Cheers,
Alan

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:34 pm

What $5 discount? I paid $119 per tyre at a Bridgestone Select shop. I'm told they can be bought a little cheaper from Kmart (down to $110), but the $50 fuel voucher more than made up the difference.

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:47 pm

The Summer 2010/11 issue of Club Torque is now available to download as a PDF from the MX-5 Club of NSW website. Click on the thumbnail below to get it (4.44MB).

gobsmax · Postby **gobsmax** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:02 pm

Guran wrote:What $5 discount? I paid $119 per tyre at a Bridgestone Select shop. I'm told they can be bought a little cheaper from Kmart (down to $110), but the $50 fuel voucher more than made up the difference.

If you flashed your NRMA membership card (if applicable) you would have gotten a further $5 off per tyre from Bridgestone, plus your $50 fuel voucher

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:11 pm

Ditto. I get $5 off per tyre @ the Bridgestone Tyre Centre @ Artarmon.

Last time I bought my (Aussie made) Adrenalin Potenza RE001, they cost me $108ea fitted.

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:35 pm

I ditched my NRMA membership a year ago. So no $5 discount for me this time. I was a member for NRMA for about 20 years, but wasn't getting anything out of it and was sick of seeing that god-aweful Open Road magazine!