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: https://youtu.be/UpFi0dfRnUM Jerrick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiNK43 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Haha that's a good result hey. Decent coilies defo make the world of difference 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Simply wow! And that's why civic5 always recommends the MeisterR's to members looking for suspension for their MA/mb/mc civics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Yeah it's awesome the difference they make, would like to have known the time it could do with both the Meister's and the semi slicks fitted! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burbleboy Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I will testify that they are also awesome on Scotlands undulating country roads as well as on the track. Thumbs up from me 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeisterR Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Hopefully we get some good weather for the on the last run with a combo of MeisterR and new tyres 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Fingers crossed it doesn't snow again! 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. https://youtu.be/EvToQblt29Y Jerrick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Awesome stuff! Goes to show how important suspension and tyres are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeisterR Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 Khumo tyres Ftw! Lol Khumo do some nice stuff today...The V70A seems to get proven over and over again to be a very capable tyre. Jerrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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