Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
4/6/20 2:07 p.m.
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Although we’re in the middle of more urgent work (namely, swapping a V6 into this endurance-racing Miata), we couldn’t resist a little detour in the garage. 

We knew we needed to upgrade the rest of the car to properly take advantage of its upcoming power increase, and two areas stuck out like sore thumbs: the brakes and the suspension.  …

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Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
4/7/20 10:34 a.m.

Man I'm excited for the tracks to reopen so we can race this car!!!!

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
4/7/20 12:01 p.m.

I never really considered the potential weight savings that can be had by upgrading brakes.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/7/20 12:20 p.m.

You can knock 18 lbs of unsprung mass off an ND by swapping calipers. It's real.

Looking forward to seeing this thing come to life so we can get it working well! That's the most fun part, the fine-tuning.

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