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Old 03-05-2017, 09:39 PM   #19
theastronaut
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Re: '88 F*rd Festiva Autocross/Track/Daily Driver Build

I thought I already posted these, but I guess not. This is my friend Charlie's car who has spent a ton of track time developing the perfect suspension setup for these cars. He posts everything he tests and finds (good and bad) so people like me can copy it. This was his old daily driven, street friendly Festiva that made 170 whp. The supercharged race-only Miata in the vid makes 340 whp. Charlie drives to the track, swaps tires, races against race cars, then drives home.

My car has the same suspension setup at Charlie's car. He's from Arizona and flew into Madness 10 so he didn't have his car with him. While at the show we had people asking about his "Advance" suspension setup so we took turns taking my car out to show off what his setup is capable of, which shocked everyone who rode along. I think my favorite part of the weekend was when Charlie was driving my car and said, "other than the lack of power, this feels exactly like I'm driving my car".



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