That's my car! Thanks Quinn And Slip Angle Media crew for a nice run down, and review of her. She was not built for setting lap times. It is a daily street cruiser for me. My previous S2000's were track duty, but life take over, priorities, kids,...lol. Good to have a daily driver and your back in one piece, on a long trip, and a car that rips! I'll build a GR86 next for the track.. Maybe... Really eyeing it.
@@TheSlipAngle top only last for so long! Lol! But I'll enjoy it for now. Again nice driving, sorry it's not a full setup hoon mobile. But it balances the uses pretty good as it sits. I'm very satisfied. Next on her is up keep. Clutch, and trans I have. Some intake And TB sizing adjustments, a smaller pulley... And Dyno tuning.
Hey man thanks for letting these guys test it. Your baby put in a really nice lap! I also appreciate the setup because it’s something could reasonably do if they still wanted to use their car every day like I’m trying to. :)
For a comfortable daily the soft suspension mods, since I only did springs and sway bars on stock Club Bilsteins, it is very comfortable. And it rips too so it's a fun mountain road / back road carver!
Ngl, instead of buying back my NB, i might wait until ND prices fall and snatch one that way. Just imagine a ITB ND miata build with that glorious high compression motor..... god that sounds amazing
Extremely impressive, especially given he’s on street tires and still using the sub standard Bilstein shocks. Don’t get me wrong, I have the same tires, and they are impressive, but they’re not 200 treadwear track tires by any stretch of the imagination. “Near redline in 3rd” is something I don’t think I’ve heard you say before.
New track layout has that back straight away that let's us get into the car's power band which was very welcomed over the old layout. No only if they didn't narrow the track in other sections though 😅
Thank you to Quinna and Matt for posting this video. this ND is definitely a hoot to drive...which I have. Another Nutmeg Club car reviewed on the Slip Angle!! thank you very much!
Im no expert. That suspension needs more parts and or tuning. And the tires need to either adjusted air pressure wise and or swapped for something that will handle that track better????????
The exact set up I want. EB SC with headers and full exhaust running the Fab9 93 tube. I so want to know dyno numbers. Should help me solidify SC vs TC
Yup he is terrible and we should fire him. We checked your channel to see if you could be a possible replacement but sadly you have zero videos uploaded. What a pity.
Love your commentary and seeing your car control Quinn 👌 Would be awesome if there was a generous owner who would hand you the keys to their 2022 GR86 - very curious to hear your impressions with the new car, with its 2.4 engine!
@@TheSlipAngle we need to talk! That's next jam. I want to see what he has planned. Not getting rid of my Miata, that's a lifer car now. But add on the new GR86 I'm considering... By 2023.
@@TheSlipAngle lol! But all in part true. And I appreciate the "sorry buddy" and the that was my fault.. you could have cut that out. But you left it in! Integrity!
Alignment would improve the handling. The car had less front camber than the rear. For playfulness and ease of at the limit handling, you always want more front negative camber than the rear.
The handling balance actually looks a bit like a MR car... Good/great from 1-9, but at the very edge, frustrating, snappy, understeer making good corrections difficult
A nice tight chassis always helps............ :) more camber.....? never asked her that before....... :) another great Mazda guy... another great review... N x
a rear bar only will increase rear roll stiffness and usually make it rotate easier at the cost of limiting rear travel and possibly lifting the rear inside wheel
Hey I just thought of something that could be cool if you know well enough ahead of time if someone's going to let you shoot their car, see if they can grab some kind of alignment spec information. It would be very interesting to see their alignment before you do the track impression because so often (even with the recent Corvette video & many more) I was thinking to myself, man.. I bet they just have a factory alignment and not enough negative front camber. Like if we knew ahead of time that the nd was on stock alignment specs, then we'd be able to imagine more of what it could be like compared to how it is or something like that. Not saying the Corvette would be a huge difference with more negative front camber but it would probably aid the audience in understanding to see alignment specs for each track impression. I know it wouldnt be possible for every car but it would be cool. Cuz for example say u drive another turbo NA and it has just -2 front camber but you're blown away by the front bite then I'd know it may not be totally necessary to run more than that if we don't track the car as much as we daily. Duno either way awesome 👍 content as always lol the recent white Corvette video was hilarious 😂 "just duce the gas and it whaaarrrmp" 'murica
But more importantly it would be better to know if the ND did already have added front negative camber and it still pushes out like that. Sweet car tho
@@TheSlipAngle yeah Mazdas OEM alignment is less negative front camber than rear so that the everyday newbie RWD driver doesn't have to deal with accidental oversteer. In their own words they said something along the lines of "the average driver can better handle an understeer event than oversteer. Plus it's a short wheel base car so I don't blame them. But that's why it's so important to get a more track oriented alignment!
Thanks for the vids as always. I once drove that car at a Mazda auto cross event. It was a fun car but it was a handful when you get a little pass the limit. I still loved it. Cant wait for the next video. I would love to see the rx8 and the Fd put some laps down.
Awesome video man! Very interesting build and something close to what I was looking at going suspension wise as this is my only car at and I want to do something that is able to also handle the crappy roads in Dallas lol.
I’m in Dallas as well. I’m on BC racing br coilovers right now. It’s certainly rough in certain areas but I love the extra response in steering and less body roll.
@@intershield They do, but the ND1 is more receptive of forced induction. I actually just bought an ND2 soft top yesterday and I still have my ND1 RF, which I'm going to sell soon.
our Club has been doing this event since forever...and nobody bitches about lack of helmets. if helmets and rollbars were required the Nutmeg Club would lose over 1/2 of the folks that participate. the attraction for most of our members is that they can just get in their car and go...no special prep, no extra gear. We sell out EVERY year. The casual enthusiast loves this event.
@@TheSlipAngle Florida doesn't require a helmet to ride a motorcycle. Whether or not it's "required" has what to do with protecting your brain? A helmet is cheaper than a new head. It's always interesting hearing people argue against basic safety devices, especially when they're willing to dump thousands into performance parts.
Running a basemap? Embarassing, and lucky it runs as well as it does. there is MUCH less leeway when tuning a DI car. Please don't run basemaps. Please. I like that engine. Also it's just leaving horsepower and torque, not to mention driveability and mileage, on the table. Dyno tuning is worth it on any non-stock engine configuration. Not tryin to be neg, great vid and great car. Keep it up guys. p.s. Where is your AFR gauge?!
This is not our car. I don't have AFR gauges in any of my cars either. Once I am done tuning and temperature corrections are set, I pull the wide band. If you are hammering on a car you are not watching AFRs. Dyno tuning is for final numbers, if you want reliability you need to tune the car on the street under all various load conditions as it's always different then the load a dyno can simulate.
@@TheSlipAngle it's not a baseMap. It is Datalogged and E-tune specifically for my setup. However, not in the Dyno so I can't find you numbers. I'll get some numbers come spring.
"Temperamental" when pushing it -- Looks like you were overpowering the chassis. The car is neutral at the limit on less power. With 240+ hp at the crank, I'd go with a more aggressive alignment, another 1/2 drop in the ride height, and better dampers. I think it would still be very streetable, while for track days, switching to stickier tires would also help.
He honestly needs a proper coilover setup like a set of Xidas, Fox, or Sakebomb Ohlins with that power. That car benefits from these even stock. Also, the ND1 Bilsteins are a bit much for the Progress Springs which are a better pair for something like the ND2 Bilsteins which have a different damping profile. Typically , you'd want the higher rate Flyin Miata springs for the ND1 Bilsteins assuming you don't just bite the bullet for a proper matched coilover setup.
The car just needs more front camber. The owner admitted that the current alignment has less front camber than rear and that creates that understeer and edginess with big slip angles. It's fine for normal driving but not so fine if you want to play with the car and drift.
