MeisterR Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The latest episode from the Ring Banana is out… and talk about shocking (Pun intended). We all know that tyres has one of the biggest influence on the performance of a car, as they are the only thing that touches the ground. The Ring Banana set the base lap time of 9:21 around the Nurburg Ring, then knock 22 seconds off to 8:59 by changing out the 10 years old tyres to a set of semi-slick tyres. The goal of getting a sub 9 minutes lap around the Nurburg Ring with the 90 hp Mazda Miata / MX-5 was shattered on the first try. In an interests to find out how much difference will just the MeisterR coilovers make, they install the coilovers, do the alignment, and put the 10 years old road tyres back on for another go. We expected maybe a 10 seconds improvement, but nothing prepare us for the 27 seconds improvement that the coilovers provided! That is a 8.54 lap around the Green Hell with a set of 10 years old road tyres!!! Shocking performance from the new shocks! Full in car lap video can be found here: Jerrick 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 10 year old tyres??? And its spelt "Nürburgring" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeisterR Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 10 years old, sorry about that. Not the best when it comes to writing things up… just excited about the result. Jerrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaveney Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I have a set of the zita r and I would say it is one of the things I have done . Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyZ Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I have a set of the zita r and I would say it is one of the things I have done . Alan Endorsements don't come much more emphatic than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissanman312 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I have a set of the zita r and I would say it is one of the things I have done . Alan What other things have you done lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaveney Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Best things I have done I have a set of the zita r and I would say it is one of the things I have done . Alan Endorsements don't come much more emphatic than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaveney Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 A fair few I have a set of the zita r and I would say it is one of the things I have done . Alan What other things have you done lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docwra Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I hate to be that guy, but is it really surprising that replacing 10 year old shocks with brand new coilovers gives a 5% reduction in laptime or have I missed something? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeisterR Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 I hate to be that guy, but is it really surprising that replacing 10 year old shocks with brand new coilovers gives a 5% reduction in laptime or have I missed something? I guess that will depends on how you look at it, but lap time is something that isn't linear, so you can't calculate it base on percentage. Just as doubling horsepower do not half the lap time, I think you have to look at it from a relative point of view to see what other car can relate to similar lap time. Especially when you are on 10 years old road tyres because your actual limit on how much grip the car can generate are solely based on the tyres it is touching the ground with. Jerrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeisterR Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 Well, here is the finale: 90HP MX-5 + MeisterR Zeta-R Coilovers + Kumho V70A (185 R14) Base Lap time: 9:21 Final Lap time: 8:39 That is right, the coilovers and tyres knock a WHOPPING 42 seconds off the lap time! This 8:39 lap time tie the 90HP RingBanana MX-5 with a standard 240hp Honda S2000 driven by Horst von Saurma according to the Nurburgring lap time record… Enjoy the video. Jerrick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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