Mazda MX5 NB Nurburgring Nordschleife

My first trip to the ring. A bit of traffic and a few mistakes cost me some time.
Car spec:
1.8 VVT Stock 146HP
BC Coilovers 8/6kg
Rodders front pads, EBC yellow rear
195/50/15 AD08R
1050KG dry weight

[@PncK64]

Wow I’m impressed, knowing how “slow” the mx5 is and knowing it’s only a minute down on much faster cars is extremely impressive to me.

[@extreme_rider_0483]

The miata is "slow". In america at least where turns basically don't exist. But on a track or a twisty road (touge) they are really fast and it's even more impressive when taking into considerstion that they have only 110-140 ish hp. (NA NB model)

[@leon.690sm9]

"slow" is relative... im planning to buy one next year and i live in germany next to the "harz" (a highland area with the highest mountain being 1200m high) so that would basically be twisty road heaven and the perfect playground for the smol mx5

[@chm1ata]

Its as fast as a Mercedes SL55 AMG from 2007

[@doit5560]

@@leon.690sm9 I plan on buying one in august, maybe i'll see you on the nordschleife?

[@MrTAKIS1984]

Mx5 is built for corners , not for dragrace

[@carlohenley4044]

That was fun to watch! I just bought an NB Miata a couple of weeks ago and it's the best car I've ever driven. There's something to be said for cars that are purely about the joy of driving.

[@chrispapageorgakis]

Wow! What an excellent drive! Thank you for taking us along with you! I’ll probably never get to experience my nb on Nurburgring but this is close enough. I LOVE the windscreen whistle above 200km/h, mine does the same!

[@Kraid07]

what a great lap, good job!

[@AlbiM1]

Damn awesome drive buddy! Well done!

[@cameronjones4141]

Oh hello old friend. Thank you very much

[@epicnpcmann]

Man this driving is awesome!

[@dgcmusi]

Absolutely….that Miata corners like a wet cat

[@steveberridge4648]

That's a great time for a car with stock power. An old performance car magazine I had quoted 9 min dead in a mk1 Suzuki swift sport (slightly slower) driven by a pro driver who worked at the ring so you did good!!

[@Bobbie_1999]

Very fast, same car but only manage to do 9min BTG!

[@RobertMeany]

Awesome driving.. I get all proud of my lap times around the small autocross track at lime rock and then I watch stuff like this and think "I am nothing"

[@markw8139]

Nice driving mate you really got some out of it...Such capable cars right out of the box....The only thing i did to my 1.6 was a full service and cambelt and out in a 70mm duct inlet onto the stock airbox instead if that stupid wee snorkel...breathes much better

[@thaburninator0904]

Excellent driving, the level of confidence is fantastic. One with his car.

[@dielaughing73]

Fantastic display of momentum driving. Very quick lap despite low maximum speed. Makes me think my NC would be capable of this or a little faster if i had your skills.

[@CxlebHan]

Balls of steel.

[@machinegunakshay]

You can drive mate. Nice lap in the little Miata.

[@Maroulis1979]

Hello Cameron! Great lap!! Can you please share your dampening adjustment settings for the BC coilovers? Thanks!

[@oscarnilsson9799]

Great driving man, thumbs up

[@fifie1]

La NB 😍 !

[@ketchup5344]

You drive it so good and tight im guessing you are familiar with the track? I am too-but only from playing it a thousand times on xbox forza motorsport!! I posted a 6.30 time on there once-only once-but i was high on drugs at the time lol. Superb driving-very decent time. Nice 1 👍👍👍

[@snipesy]

this video hits so much harder after putting a few dozen hours in trying to do the same in Assetto Corsa

[@TheRyanl164]

Yes lad!

[@matthewfoxwell6482]

this is fucking sick bro

[@FJUH]

Amazing drive!!!

[@loafdad]

Cameron that was a great lap and a really enjoyable watch, thank you for sharing. May I ask which model of NBFL yours is? I noticed somewhere between 1 min and 1 min 30 that the gear stick was moving around a bit under cornering and wondered if you have under chassis bracing installed like you get on the sport version?

[@cameronjones4141]

Thank you Andy. Mine is the svt model so has all factory bracing. One of the rubber boots in my shifter had split prior to this lap so might have been due to that

[@filippaczkowski4510]

Respect!

[@duress8801]

Great drive mate. How are your bc coilovers during street use on bumps and such? Thinking on switching to them from my old hsd coilovers

[@kaskenova]

Great driving 😮

[@tjarkworthmann105]

Nice - great driving! Please wear a helmet next time ;-)

[@markythegreat]

The other crazy thing about this lap is the AD08r isn’t even a hardcore semislick

[@Alberto-cm3ne]

Insane!

[@slimjam310]

6:30 Heheh, you passed the Porsche

[@bluata]

Awesome driving this makes me want to track my nb. Is yours strato blue too?

[@andrew91py]

Wow so little amount of traffic on track. What day did you use for driving?

[@MF_Henri]

Lets goo

[@HansBrodiAutomotive]

Great Lap with traffic! Without you would have been at least 6 seconds faster I guess!

[@Savorychicken41]

Wow that’s fast even though you got held up two times

[@Aliens_Gonna_Get_Ya]

👍😊👊💥

[@haskyllo]

OMFG really fast!

[@mr.butterworth]

Bro, your glovebox door doesn’t tilt, what’s your secret? 😋

[@jkasaunder228]

Well. Looks like I need a 6speed VVT in mine. That gearing looks so much fun. Did you ever get out of 3rd gear?

[@themaxster_]

I think you're mistaking his 5th gear as 3rd 😂

[@timvenom]

just 1 question, what phone holder are you using?

[@santalfredos17]

great driving and great lap! The car also grips really good! do you have also arbs? again, great!

[@cameronjones4141]

Thank you man. I've seen your video of the mx5 mod for assetto corsa a while back haha. Made my own WIP too. It's all stock ARB 👍

[@santalfredos17]

@@cameronjones4141 ahahah awesome! When i'll decide to make propers tires on mod i Will send the mod yo you

[@cameronjones4141]

@@santalfredos17 I still need to make more edits to mine but got it fairly close using this lap. Tyres are soo tough, I've ended up using other mod tyres and changing a few bits

[@santalfredos17]

@@cameronjones4141 yup, Well, me and Aris ever wanted to make a proper tyre for the miata (we're colleagues) but we don't have the time to make proper ones

[@Pestam]

insane

[@jakubkrcma]

Nice

[@Peachida]

Nice drive! What's your alignment?

[@FahmiiYusof]

Nice lap! Btw where did you get that RHD phone mount??? Everything I find online is LHD.

[@cameronjones4141]

Thank you, it's just a cheap magnetic mount I placed just to the right of the radio amzn.eu/d/2rOXwHC

[@dravis2917]

yeeeehaaaa wp

[@UnionJxck]

Nice drive, what happened at 4:47 did it not slip into gear fully?

[@cameronjones4141]

Thanks mate, yh the typical 6 speed 2-3 shift. Although now I'm pretty certain my diff bushes are shot which could be why it was such an issue there

[@Brokkolesz]

Shifted to 5 instead of 3. Noticed the low RPMs, shifted to 3rd proper

[@stefanrusu9487]

Great lap! How much camber did you run?

[@cameronjones4141]

Thanks man, I honestly have no idea since it's been nearly 2 years and lots of trackdays + ~15k road miles since it was last done. I had it set to -2.5 front -2 rear with some toe out on the front and some toe in on the rear. Can't quote numbers on those unfortunately.

[@northernalteration8576]

faster than a c5 corvette

[@winru2]

Alignment?

[@adembeyaz8313]

Tyre pressure ?

[@nehok]

Awesome driving! Was this a tourist day? My nb has a very similar setup to yours, rodders pads, 8/6 bcs, seats roll bar etc. Currently only have ps3s though planning to upgrade to mrfs.

[@cameronjones4141]

Thanks mate. Yes just TF. I'll probably bring the same setup to the ring next year but source some used ar1 or direzza in 195/50/15 and see what I can do 😁 Probably expose loads of weakness in the car with more grip but whatever

[@nehok]

@@cameronjones4141 haha nice. Well you look dam quick even on the ado8s. Yeah I know how it goes. I got a few days in last year. Alternator tensionor fell off at blyton. lol. Then the nex time out there lost a ground. made my temp gauge go haywire, thought id blown the engine lol. Pretty much all this year mine has been in bits, doing a suspension refresh, polybushes, new wheel bearings ball joints etc. Cant wait to get it back together and on track again!

[@victorlicht6765]

HP and NM i have a NB myself, is this Stock?

[@cameronjones4141]

Spec in the description

[@Procharged32]

helmet, stuff the gloves

[@EvolvedCaveman]

Please wear a helmet next time. You are young with a nice face.

[@colin_g]

Cracking up at how quick this is on a skinny little 195 tire! I think the Prius comes with the same

[@thenoblehacker9111]

Is this the 5 spd or 6 sdp? Also, I thought the nb2 had 142 hp and the nb1 had 140. Nice lap

[@ricks_toys]

Depends on market. Japanese NB2 had 158hp

[@ricks_toys]

Depends on market. Japanese NB2 had 158hp

[@cameronjones4141]

6 speed, 4.1 torsen. Maybe it only has 142hp, never had it tested