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July 18, 2006: There's a track day in Pueblo this weekend.
I'm combining it with a night out at a musical as well as a friend's wedding, so towing the Seven around isn't really going to work well. Luckily, Bill from Flyin' Miata is willing to drag the little orange car over the mountains for me and back. We'll share the car on track. Every time he's driven the car, something has gone wrong. So let's hope I break his streak! There should be a couple of other Sevens in attendance. Ben at RMSCI might bring his SV again, and it'll be interesting to see what my modifications have done to the relative speed of the two cars. When we shared the track at Aspen last year, I was still on my soft springs. This should be fun but there's the usual chaos of fixing the trailer (new tires and it needs a bit of wiring), making sure I have all the bits and pieces (tires for a couple of cars, gas tanks, tools...) and also trying to get some work done. You'd think I would have more of a procedure by now.

Westfield has announced a single donor kit for their Miata-based SEi. It should run $13,995 at the port in NJ and theoretically needs nothing more than a ratty Miata to complete. I wonder what would be involved in fitting a 1.8 with the longer engine and larger differential? Who knows, I may get the chance to find out someday.

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