what MSNZ-associated club to join

marinerbluemx5 · Post by **marinerbluemx5** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:23 pm

i need to be join a MSNZ-associated club to be allowed to enter the mx5 in some hillclimbs and time trials and the like

but there's nothing like that for mx5's, the nz mx5 club is more of a social club i guess not really motorsport focused

so i've got to join something else, not sure what. any recommendations? i'm in auckland by the way, but the club doesn't have to be

Post by **jif** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:39 pm

http://www.sccnz.co.nz/ ?

marinerbluemx5 · Post by **marinerbluemx5** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:44 pm

thanks! i'll give them a try

by the way i got those konis and other suspension bits from you installed, they're nice, ride a little firmer (probably because of the eibach 375/250 f/r springs i paired them with) but overall it's quicker around a track now which was the point of the whole exercise

only minor issue was that the adjustability was broken on one of the rear konis, didn't bother getting it rebuilt though i've just sort of left them to full soft all around, since the car becomes pretty skittish when it's at half-firm or more

poison · Post by **poison** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:51 am

375/250 is not so bad, the rebound adjustment makes a big difference on bumpy roads. I'm running 6/5 kg/mm (for some reason the spring guys in NZ still operate in imperial) and that is about 335/280 lbs/in, and wow cornering is great.

Oddly I was pricing springs for another set of shocks and I spoke to a guy at one of the two main spring suppliers who had never heard of kg/mm and that all springs were made in lbs, so I said it's actually lbs/inch and he said he'd been doing this for years and inches have nothing to do with it... I tried to explain spring rate but it was a lost cause... wow... dealing with specialists is always a pleasure.

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:26 am

marinerbluemx5 wrote:i need to be join a MSNZ-associated club to be allowed to enter the mx5 in some hillclimbs and time trials and the like

but there's nothing like that for mx5's, the nz mx5 club is more of a social club i guess not really motorsport focused

so i've got to join something else, not sure what. any recommendations? i'm in auckland by the way, but the club doesn't have to be

Yes - I tried to get the club MANZ afiliated about 8 - 9 years ago. What put a damper on things is that for us to hold an event we had to "apply" for a permit - even if it was a drive to somewhere. And we had to pay for the permit which would have then meant people who wanted to attend the event had to pay for it.
I'm actually part of the Auckland Car Club who is Manz afiliated and organise a lot of motorsport type events.
I can pass on thier details and entry form if you wish.

I'm still keen to run a "motorsport" division within the club.
If there is enough interest I might look into it a little further.

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:35 pm

The Sports Car Club is a good place to start, not least because the annual membership fee is probably one of the lowest in the country.

Marinerblue, will you be at the Pukekohe Playday on Monday?

Euen

Fletch · Post by **Fletch** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:42 pm

The other one is the Auckland Car Club...

I've let my membership lapse through lack of funds, but been a member for a decade...

http://www.aucklandcarclub.org.nz/

Keith Jones · Post by **Keith Jones** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:39 pm

Colin

I belong to the Auckland Car Club and the Taupo Car Club, which are good for circuit races. ACC organises motorkhanas but nothing for hillclimbs or the like.
You might want to try the Pukekohe Car Club, www.pukekohecarclub.co.nz, as they do hill climbs and sprints. There was a sprint on 28 Jan and two more on 11 and 25 Feb.

Keith

marinerbluemx5 · Post by **marinerbluemx5** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:24 pm

Euen wrote:The Sports Car Club is a good place to start, not least because the annual membership fee is probably one of the lowest in the country.

Marinerblue, will you be at the Pukekohe Playday on Monday?

Euen

i'd have loved to but unfortunately have to work regular hours weekdays

shame that most track days happen during that time it seems

Keith Jones wrote:I belong to the Auckland Car Club and the Taupo Car Club, which are good for circuit races. ACC organises motorkhanas but nothing for hillclimbs or the like.
You might want to try the Pukekohe Car Club, www.pukekohecarclub.co.nz, as they do hill climbs and sprints. There was a sprint on 28 Jan and two more on 11 and 25 Feb.

thanks keith, i ended up joining sccnz but i plan on attending as many of other clubs' hill climbs and sprints as i can

in fact there's an MG Club hill climb coming up in a few weeks that i'm looking forward to trying out

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:36 am

Yeah - I had been contemplating joining SCCNZ as well as I was considering running the MX5 in the Tracer series.
The General Manager of the company I work for is a life member so get all the gossip of whats going on anyway!