Setting up my Miata

Postby **Loren** » Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:56 pm

I'm not sure you want more camber in the front vs. the rear. The norm for Miatas used to be a half degree more in the rear, but I think that was partly due to the typical front limitation of around -1.5 degrees, and not wanting to promote an "oversteery" alignment to the general public. Running a lot closer to the same all around seems to be more typical for Miatas, especially modded Miatas. But, I think having MORE in the front could make it looser than you want it to be.

I mean, it's not a LOT more in the front. You're prolly not gonna die.

jbrannon7 · Postby **jbrannon7** » Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:53 pm

Magooiii wrote:So.....2 new ball joints and boom -2.0 camber in front -1.9 in rear. Test drive reveals what everyone said. Camber = mm,mm,mm, good. Looking forward to small tweaks for the season. Thanks everyone for you advice and guidance.

Hmm, that's the second Miata with bent ball joints.

Postby **Loren** » Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:09 pm

I was thinking the same thing. We used to always just accept that "some Miatas can get more camber than others". Now I'm wondering just how prone to bending those ball joints are!

jbrannon7 · Postby **jbrannon7** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:49 pm

Loren wrote:I was thinking the same thing. We used to always just accept that "some Miatas can get more camber than others". Now I'm wondering just how prone to bending those ball joints are!

And the sample size is only 10-12 Miatas, pretty high failure rate.

Postby **Loren** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:54 pm

People do like to drive them into curbs and stuff.

Magooiii · Postby **Magooiii** » Sun Oct 14, 2018 7:45 pm

Ok so......
I keep blowing brake and clutch masters on this car.
I can tell you I have bought the cheap O’Reilly’s one up till this point.....

Please help

Recommendations on better ones.

Thanks

CaptainSquirts · Postby **CaptainSquirts** » Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:32 pm

Oem is usually a pretty solid choice

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Postby **Loren** » Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:44 pm

OE, or any good NEW manufacturer. Remans are a very mixed bag.

Try any of the Miata race suppliers. They're not gonna sell junk to go on a Spec Miata.

Jamie · Postby **Jamie** » Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:45 pm

Magooiii wrote:Ok so......
I keep blowing brake and clutch masters on this car.
I can tell you I have bought the cheap O’Reilly’s one up till this point.....

Really no reason not to go OE, because Mazda makes it very easy.

Go to https://store.mazdamotorsports.com/weba ... &langId=-1. Click on the "I race with within the U.S., Canada, or Mexico," button, and work your way through signing up for the Mazda Team Support Program. Costs $0. Yes, they consider FAST autocross results as valid as any other event results. Then you can order stock parts from them at a big discount...less than you can usually get cheap aftermarket parts. The only down-side is shipping isn't cheap, so try to forecast ahead and bundle your orders. Anyone competing in a Mazda product should be taking advantage of this.

For the near term, I might have an old clutch master cylinder with a rebuild kit I haven't used...I believe they're the same for NA and NB 5-speeds. I'll look when I'm out at the shop tomorrow. Can't help with the brakes...mine has bigger brakes, so the brake MC is different.

Magooiii · Postby **Magooiii** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:23 am

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Really no reason not to go OE, because Mazda makes it very easy.[/quote]

Thanks Jamie

They both have the "lifetime warranty" but I am tired of changing them every six months I will get on the Mazda site and get them ordered. but meanwhile I will go get another set of weak re-manufactured ones.

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