ZN6

Stock.  Or at least boring SCCA Spec.  This is a continual challenge for me, as fellow FT86’ers tease me with cool purchases and part installs.  In addition, the classification of the ND Miata into C-Street with the FR-S, makes this a less meaningful Solo car than it was for its first years of existence.  I have however, decided that I take great satisfaction from not being that guy who shows up for dinner with a GT wing and no back seat… especially when I can run in front of that guy on event day.

So for the near future, the car exists largely as Mr. Tada created it, and in my opinion he created it well.  Now 27 months into ownership, there is only one other car that I have ever owned for longer.  And while most of my car life relationships are love-hate, this one is all love.  The car is certainly the slowest car that I’ve owned in a very very long time, but it reminds me constantly of all the great things about those other cars, while steering clear of the common pitfalls.

I continue to dream of a car that will always clearly be a ハチロク: naturally aspirated, minimalistic and highly floggable.  For now I am just going to live with one that is a bit soft around the edges.

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Specifications of the Machine

FOOTWORK Strano Parts Tubular Fr. Stabilizer Bar Hotchkis 25mm Tubular Fr. Stabilizer Bar Hotchkis Tubular Adjustable Rr. Stabilizer Bar Crash bolts #SU003-02818 All the Tire Rack junk POWER-UP トメイ 60S Catback 2.5lbs of steel crap INTERIOR ノーマル OTHER Nameless Cam Plate EBC Yellow ARP Extended Wheel Studs SHOES 16 8J +35 Watanabe F8 16 7J +48 Speedline Acropoli 17 7J +47 Technocast Corsia 17 8J +35 Racing Hart Superlative Dish Motegi Tracklite 17 7J +45 Enkei RS-III 16 7J +51-10 Work Emotion CR-Kai 16 7J +44 Enkei TS10 17 8J +45-5 Falken Azenis RT-615K+ 225/45 Super Advan Generation II 17 8J +40 Michelin Primacy HP 215/45