Alright, long time no update 😉 A lot has happened since the last race. In just a few days, the next race is already coming up. I’m happy to say that, at this point, I’ll be competing in the second round of the Roadster Challenge at Oschersleben with ‘Erika,’ the MX-5 NC that is converted into a race car. Erika has been […]
Erika is ready for action Read Post »
Unfortunately, there is currently a suspicion of another bearing failure on Erika after the attempted tuning. Therefore, I will switch to my "regular NC" (Helena) for this weekend's first race and prepare the car as best as possible on short notice. As a result, I will not be competing in the RC 2WD class, but instead in the RC NA class.
Vehicle change: Erika not operational this weekend Read Post »
Friday This weekend things continued right away. Unfortunately, the dry sump tank still hadn’t been delivered. So we focused on other things for the time being. On Friday evening, we quickly mounted the intake trumpets of the individual throttle bodies and also checked and roughly adjusted the throttle cable. A few screws still needed to be adjusted for that. Afterwards, we were able to [...]
Seat and other small parts Read Post »
Friday: This weekend, it was finally time: I was able to pick up Erika's engine from SPS Motorsport! So, right after work on Friday, we headed over to Altendiez to receive it. Since it took several people to load it into the back of Chris's A4, we were a bit skeptical about how
It's hard to drive without an engine Read Post »
In the meantime: So, now, about 1.5 weeks after the previous post, things continued this weekend. After the car was towed to the workshop on Monday (10.02.) as described, the decision was more or less made on Friday (14.02.) to have the engine prepared for installation by SPS Motorsport so that everything stays on schedule until [...]
Erika: The main thing is that she looks good... Read Post »
Background: Alright, let's start this project. It all more or less began on February 10th of this year. The original idea was to participate in the Roadster Challenge within the framework of TimeAttack Germany with my gray Mazda MX-5 NC (Helena). As of early February, there was still a lot to be done on my gray NC to [...]
After 7 years: Moving out of the container Read Post »
