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Just throwing out an update as I heard back from Enkei after a few emails and they paid to have the wheel shipped to them: "We did receive the wheel and have looked at it. In our inspection, we could not conclude that there is any manufacturing defect. We are sending the wheel to our factory in...

Cool good to know. If I can't find a place to open up the jongbloed spec miata wheels i will probably go for the retrack (for the extra spokes) in 15x7.5. As it will be on 205 streets so shouldn't generate nearly as much grip. The jongbloed 15x8+ come in a bigger hub-bore so less worried about it fo...

I didn't but the 15x10 (offset of 0) were ~230 iirc and I would assume the 9 would be between the 8 and 10 in price. The default offset on the 9s was 35 i think. The 15x7 spec miata wheels are exclusive through PTS and on an intro sale which is why they are so cheap http://www.philstireservice.com/w...

So i talked to the guys at jongbloed and they make quite a few one piece 15" wheels 15x7/8/9/10 so I don't have to spring for 3 piece customs or volks to get top end wheels. Their standard offsets aren't ideal but the guy i talked to said they are happy to make some other offset ones and the pr...

Wow! Is this what you found? http://www.nasaproracing.com/forms/nasa_konig.pdf The wording seems a little more oriented to w2w folks but i don't see anything saying hpde/tt doesn't qualify... I had an assumption the discounts were just for folks doing w2w but it looks like you just need to be member...

good point, if it doesn't clear oem brakes i doubt it would clear the ones i have... it might be worth emailing one of the dudes at tire rack to see if they know why the 15" don't show up the for the mini

yup e30 hub bore is 1mm bigger than a mini

the offsets would be super aggressive on the mini at
15x7 et25 or
15x8 et20

hmm my old ones were 15x8 et35 but with a 5mm spacer in there rear and a 20mm in the front
so the front should work the rear might be a tad stancenation lol...

good point, i remember looking at those but skipped over them for some reason... I haven't seen any failures either maybe because they are a bit heavier and have those thicker spokes... then again i hadn't found a pf-01 failure before mine :-/ the misfire didn't go away after swapping the coil pack ...

I was going to suggest we do that at autoX on the 16th, as Frederick is halfway between us, but based on how close the championship is you prolly want to bring the miata :P Though I do want to test out some 6UL fits on the mini if you think there will be time... provided my new coil pack is on by th...

Thanks for the link, it enabled me to find a thread discussing 15x8 wheels for track use which had a good list of candidates: http://forums.nwp4life.com/zerothread?id=38400 Still nothing from enkei but tire rack have actually replied asking for a few more details some might get something via that ro...

Yeah i plan on bugging you and Eric for some test fitments once i have the mini back to double check clearances etc before i put in an order. looks like i should be getting the mini back tomorrow. just in time for the nasa fall finale, i will be on my 205 starspecs so not going as fast etc

Cool, I might come anyway even if the mini isn't ready to watch/hangout/bum rides. I will probably wait till I have more safety stuff before trying for TT, I figure I will push harder when there are prizes to be won... so will want a safer car just in case.

I have always wanted an original mini.... they are much lighter but tough to find here compared to when i was in the uk Yeah before I was going for good weight/$ ratio now I am targeting strength/$ ratio. I couple of extra pounds won't be awful if it results in less fire etc lol The thicker spokes o...

Yeah, once I find the correct contact info they will hear from me. Even the 225 do some self clearance in turn 1 on main and in the Karussell lol, its only the cheapo plastic part of the fender no metal :P Some good news is that i found out a Canadian pro team that races minis uses 949 wheels. We ha...

I have looked at the enkei rpf-1s but their 15s have a very small barrel that doesn’t even clear my rear brakes. I did look at the 6ULs too as I see tonnes of folks running those. I was even planning on test fitting Eric’s 15x7.5s and making a set of those my street/rain setup. I haven’t seen their ...

So as most of you guys know I am in the market for some new track wheels for the mini… Wheel wise the research I did came to the conclusion that for non-forged wheels enkeis are one of the best… so I am considering another set of the same CCW have a number of forged wheels in 15x8 (LM5, LM20, classi...

yeah it could have been much worse. the car was even potentially drive-able once i swapped the wheel but it was also leaking fuel so left it there while i try to figure out towing :-/ it was indeed the enkei pf-01s, i have only had them for a year so i doubt they fatigued out; i will definitely be r...

Remember that time the wheel spokes failed and the barrel went its own way... wtf that isn't supposed to happen, at least it is a legit excuse for going off https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rYnfCGI9AJU/UlIkQB9x0nI/AAAAAAAAAbg/aWOMLEHml9A/w1577-h889-no/IMG_20131006_181307_840.jpg and the video: htt...

Phew, fixed, packed, and ready to go, see you guys tomorrow!
I am bringing a roll of shop towels and a few litres of oil just in case.... figure if I am prepared I won't need anything...

Discovered a pretty horrific oil leak yesterday while swapping tires and brake pads..... this is going to be close

Well the last event I did with trackdaze they bumped me to black so that might happen again, maybe I can line up behind you, try to keep up and learn something! I was going to save up this winter to get aftermarket seats for the mini which should drop quite a few pounds, I was thinking about a harne...

Last time there was june with a best of 1:46.1 should be able to drop a bit with the new running gear given the before and after improvements on main, tho a decent chunk of that is not over-braking for 3 like i used to https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hfVICPa05aU/Ui5ufCtxu4I/AAAAAAAAAa4/fHg9KUzyIK...

Just registered and paid, didn't want to miss out on the early bird discount
Also my go-pro arrived today now just waiting on the mount from our local camerace tracking says merrifield so should be here tomorrow!

I am also down to give rides to anyone, entertained some first timers on main last weekend and they enjoyed it
Also realized this will be my first time at this track since i got the aftermarket suspension

I still have to register but I plan on being there. My last few events have been on main looking forward to Shenandoah!