I remember going for 3 test drives in the Evora. First one, the car would not start. Second one, the passenger window stuck halfway down, and it was raining, so we could not take the car out. The third one had some sort of a water leak in tha cabin and it smelled like a swamp, so we had to drive with the windows down. All 3 different cars about 6 months apart, but at least I got one to run. That car had so many gremlins to list. Bought a cayman instead.

Lotus make beautiful cars.. but they have always had a piss-poor build quality and unreliable engines/electronics... will never buy 1.. corvette fore me....

Great info. Maybe i should have gone with these over the SR11 pads on my C6 Corvette

how much was your lift, looking for one

Have you tried them out at a night race yet? Also do you have a link for them at Amazon by chance? Thanks

How's the fuel vent mod still working out? We are at Amp and when the level gets lower it will spatter out the vent some.

For the crash bar just don’t run a bumper like me @lilquick116

Great review

Holy cow ,never would have guessed that high

How can we get one of those Purdy oil pans? Gone through 2 Canada models, no Bueno.

what is "reasonably priced " for that Ecotech motor?

I daily drive and autocross on my 225/45r15 RT660s, they have been great. But tire pressure is what I'm always fighting with. I've seen people suggest low in the 25-28 range like you have, but doing so causes way to much roll over for me. I'm always having to push them to 36-40 psi to really get the most out of them. I've got about 5k miles on them and 6 autocross events and they will probably hold out for another 2k at most.

Had the blue ball issue while driving on the road. It really spook the shit out of me when it happened. Replaced it with shiftr111 and the cables too which was one of the most satisfying thing I ever done to Evora along with the foot rest.

nice!

Great videos. Thanks Roy! You've probably heard the PFC08's are more commonly found on the heaver e30 and e36's. That's the go to pad for those cars. From what I've heard, the 08's are not a good choice for our type of racing on the lighter cars like the Miata. I know we couldn't use the 11's on our E36 but that may be a good fit for you. Hope so. Good luck! Also witrh those bolts coming loose, wondering if you've tried the Nord-Lock washers.

Yeah...yeah..yeah..tires but what four poster lift is that? =)

Those welds on the upper part of rollcage are horrendous, I can only imagine what the rest of it looks like. How did that pass tech?

Windshield defroster??

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The cables between the stanchions in an X fashion will stiffen them up.

With the bracket mounting points in the same location, isn’t the leverage (f/r) exerted on the chassis still the same? I’m not an aero expert, but it seems like regardless of the longitudinal placement of the wing, the downforce is primarily perpendicular to the chassis at the bracket location. In order to change the leverage with respect to the axle, the mounting point would need to change, not the wing location… I could be missing something, though. 😊 Thanks for the video, I really enjoy this series.

Function is great, but sacrficing every bit of form for it? Naw lol. Kids, keep your wings lookin rad.

Had a tall ass wing on a BMW for Midwest Council. In car camera showed the wing moving side to side in corners and especially on all bumps. The mounts eventually broke. Next set I put a cross brace using cable. Now it's extremely strong.

I love my Evora, been a great experience. I have the 2012 S 6-spd.

Very great job man! For your next driving videos, it could be possible to fix a camera on the pedalbox to film your footwork and to include these shots in full screen please? :)

Hey Roy, great video as always. Interesting about bed in process. I usually put a new set of st43 on after all practice , but before the endurance race/s, then have plenty left after the weekend. We dont bed these pads either. I tell the first driver to take it easy the first couple laps. I looked up the Ebc part for my willwood front calipers and I'm eager to try them soon. The price is a little more than the St43 but if they last as long, they will still be a great value

Yes, please, more feedback on the pads. I bought out all of the st43 stock that a couple of companies had. I only have a couple sets left So I need a new pad if the st43 aren't going to be restocked.

We used to run the ST43 and while the wear is unbelievable, they have a very aggressive initial bite, and once they lock, a difficult to get rotating again. We tried the Ferrodo DS1.11, and those felt fantastic, but were gone in a race weekend. We now run the PFC97, and while they feel as good as the Ferrodo and are very easy to modulate, they can last multiple race weekends. We use the 7420 pad shape as well (all around).

Wait wait hold on. Ecotec swapped Miata?! It took me a second to process that you said Ecotec and not Duratec.

thanks for the insight of what a GLTC event is like at a more broad level (than just what folks can see from the livestream or race footage only). I get a ton of anxiety worrying about loading/unloading, which meeting is where, etc, so it's good to see that aside from scheduling snafus it's all pretty easy.

Ever try AER Racing been racing with them for 4 years... great org and lots of fun maybe not on the scale of GL but still really fun and great people and much better drivers than champ.

I might give these a try, but our current go to pad is the ST43/45 from raybestos. I've worn through DTC-70s in like 5-6 hours for frame of reference.

With that part the oem gas tank cover no longer fits. What are you doing to cover it? Isn’t that a champ car rule?

I daily these year round on my Elise. I'm on my third set and get about 12k miles out of them.

I was an early tester for the SR21 and now they are my go to pad for everything track oriented. I LOVE them and I'm super stoked to see others trying them and having the same experience now! Great video!!

Man I wish they had these in my brake pad shape - I use their RP-X and love them but they don't last a long time for me (a weekend or two). EBC...if are you reading this, make these for the 2018 Subaru STI w/Brembo shape (I have a BBK that uses that shape...on a VW).

41hrs is actually accurate. I ran same pad in my Nissan Maxima in lemons, 3 race events on a set at 16hrs each event is not a big deal

K swap is great for an application that you need an adapter plate no matter what. With the na and NB miata, you can simply bolt in an MzR engine very cheaply. No it doesn't make the same power as a k swap but they are super reliable, very abundant and very cheap. And you don't have to spend $10,000 to do it. You can literally do it for 100s of dollars if you know how to make motor mounts

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For us, 660 is minimum 3-4 seconds faster than 615k, and then slightly more faster than the RS4. RS4 lasts 2 lemons races plus practice day before heat cycling out but good for additional practices, 615K about equal, trading wear and heat cycle capacity. 660 is 1 race and next practice day. 3500lbs, maybe 300Hp, 245 to 265 wide, even tried 315, tip of spear laptime capability car for lemons. 660s grease up hot, they don't tolerate being overdriven, and takes a couple laps to cool for us. Keep that slip angle in check and alignment and they're fine for endurance. Brass tacks is running 660's doubles the tire budget, so if 3 seconds a lap is worth that to you, spend away.

Hey Roy, I went to the Firm ( a localish tight 1.6 .mile track) yesterday on some old used rt660 leftover from Road Atlanta or older. If they were from Road Atlana , they had about 13 hrs on them. I used them for practice yesterday because they had lots of rubber left, but were very blue(oils coming out?) Cold, i ran them as they were starting at 24 front and 25 rear. After about 7 laps, they were up to 30 on the passenger side and 31 on the driver side . I dropped them a couple more lb to see how they felt . The slightly lower pressure allowed me to be more consistent, although my fastest laps were the 3rd, 4th and 5th laps before lowering the pressures. Btw, my times yesterday were the fastest ever in the car and more consistent than even. So im very happy about that. I was considered about the tires getting a little greasy after about 7 laps, but its a right, short track with little time to disipate the heat and it was 90 degrees out

I’ll never get another set of 660s. I went through 10 of those down to the cord at a Lemons 24 hour. The 615+ wore much less fast, even Nitto NT05 didn’t wear like that. Most of us are RS4 buyers now and in the future.

in my experience Falkens last twice as long as RE71Rs, about half the RS4 (RS4's loose grip at 5-6/32s)

What kind of work do have to do to an na to fit 15x9.5 245

Never got the idea of drifting. Always thought you wanted to find the most grip you could find. Grid Life = Days of Thunder.

Regarding the loosening control arm bolt, can you use Nord-Lock washers? Those have resolved a few of our loose bolt situations (different platform).

I suspect you'll want the pinch welds to be 4.25" or so off the ground (ish). Several swapped miatas in my area seem to level out around there. We run 1000lb front and 500lb rear springs or in that ballpark. I'm sure you know the rake has a huge impact on braking stability, i usually run 1/4" higher but obviously your aero situation may change that. Also your rear wing is in a position that drastically moves grip forward as you've removed all of its "leverage" it would normally use to put pressure on the rear of the car. Your logic is sound though imo due to the front aero regulations. It may be worthwhile to test it with the wing in a more standard position. Mine is hung as far off the back of the car as possible. I have a more or less complete supercharger setup for sale as i decided to leave my power level where I'm at due to classing. Great video as always btw, cheers.

that civic is probably one of the most developed civics in the states.. I assume you know who the owner/driver is at this point.

Interesting info regarding the tore presures. When I started running the rt660, Rodney earwood said that he was deamination them when he didn't run enough pressure . So then he spoke to the engine . They said to run them at 40 psi hot He's got the 36 bmw, so more weight and power.. I tried them at 28 cold initially at rd Atlanta in February. It took a lap an a half to get them warm and stickier. Now I've been start at 27, even at sebring in June (night race probably helped). I believe one of them got up to 36 hot. I should've kept better notes

@ruggedbadgerracing Is that windshield electric defrost wires I see??