Racing Beat Power Pulse cat-back

It's gonna be a fast trip? Anyway, I hope the roads are smooth!

Well... ...that depends on your definition, I guess. I'm headed down there to take the Skip Barber open wheel course at Laguna Seca.

Why? Do you think the car will be unacceptably harsh riding?

It IS a Miata isn't it?

More than suspension mods you'll need a stack of credit cards because of this:

"with the GF"

Those things can be VERY costly (but sometimes worth every penny!)

Have a great trip, watch out for idiots, drunks and cops.

I know this is an ancient post, but I just ordered a set of these:

I'm really looking forward to getting them. So the caveat is there is a

FCM has gotten good reviews on mazda-speed.com but I haven't read any comparison reviews with other shocks such as the AFCOs. They're in pretty much the same ballpark price-wise.

That ballpark is WAAAAAY out of my league, what do they have for $19.95?

In the end, I went with the AFCOs from Flyin' Miata and I'm just starting to learn about them.

I'm sure they're excellent as well. Anything that can survive Targa Newfoundland and a v8 Miata has to be tough. I like the Flyin Miata folks. I've been in contact with them and I'm probably going to order their Little Enchilada package for my MSM. I'll also be getting a 3.63 gearset and ECU reflash and then I'll call it a day. At least until that blows over with the wifely unit and I'll getting some nickel 15x8 ULs and TBD tires. And then I'll probably call it a day...

I'm just wondering, have you done anything as far as stiffening is concerned? Because I've read that the FM butterfly brace

In addition to the AFCOs, I added the FM butterfly brace, the Cannon rear sub-frame brace and a Racing Beat front brace.

The car feels like it is one piece now, and ready to take any power upgrades I throw at it.

Awesome.

I have to say, the folks at Skip Barber have their curriculum very well designed so that by the third day, I was pretty comfortable driving a kind of car I'd never before encountered--one with much faster reactions, both good and bad--at over 100mph.

I think there was only one guy in the school who was faster than I was and he had a lot of previous experience including previous Skip Barber schools and lapping sessions.

They were offering a deal where $200 down would secure you a spot for 18 months at 20% off the regular price, so I'm going again.

:-)