MX-5 OC Forum

 If you can't make Blyton 1 - 3 or were too late for track time, don't worry. We appear to be having a mini practice meeting on the 25th May. We already have 15 MX-5's from the OC in attendance plus Mr Roddison and Robinson for added MaX5ness. They are both very physically similar and are probably brothers separated at birth by ...

 Don't worry, the momentum will take you round!

[quote user="leemarb"] thinking of putting new tyres all round, looked at the rainsports, and best ive found are with  F1  at £200 complete fitted, anyone know of any better  ?  thanks  [/quote]  If you are anywhere near Northampton you can have a set fitted for £180.

[quote user="Sven"] Well, I took mine to a Bedford Autodrome track day last week and that was ... "interesting"... Grip was ok at first but the problem is that they quickly overheat. After the 5 laps or so you're screeching around the track like a Kojak car chase. After 7 laps your sliding through every corner, even in ...

 Your winter tyres will move more as they are designed to do so. You will see the thread is stiped with lots of little breaks in the larger tread pattern. When I say it is not uncommon, I mean it does happen, however it is not that common. It does seem to be a problem inherent in the GDS3 tyre.  My Mrs's has bought a 53 plate ...

  [quote user="ianandjan"] Nuts don't stay on bolts by stiction they stay on bolts by torque. Torque is used to "measure" the stretch of a bolt through clamping forces. Friction is not what keeps a bolt tight, it is the tension caused by stretching the bolt....and whilst torque is not a precise measurement of ...

 As someone who removes a fair number of wheels, I would use just a smear of normal grease on the spigot to prevent seizure. Now I admit it is a long time since I did chemist but to my (distant) recollection, Aluminum and Copper are at quite different end of the galvanic scale and if you want to prevent a battery occurring you want to prevent ...

 As my Welsh friend would know, we are talking about totally different tyres here. T1R's are not a great tyre, they are OK, however it is however hard to break down a quite religious following. When worn, or shaved, they will give very good grip in the warm and dry, but that is a specific condition. It depends on your driving style ...

 What you are describing is not uncommon. Rubber has a memory and with the higher speed speed rated tyres they tend to be stiffer. The temperature variations, you park while it is relatively warm, the tyre has heat in if from use, then everything cools down over night, and particularly the road stays cold, and the rubber retains the flat from ...

[quote user="paggers"] It might be your wheels if they are aftermarket ones. I had this happen to me once and it turned out that the plastic hub spacer ring needed for aftermarket wheels was missing. This meant that the wheels did not seat on the hub perfectly centrally. After several visits to two different garages it took someone ...