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Went back to South Carolina for 2 more weeks for hopefully the last time this year. When I flew home the following Friday we were off to Colorado to pick up a car. My girlfriend bought a little keychain of a yellow Honda CVCC back in August because she wanted me to paint my CVCC yellow as it...

After a quick week trip for work I was back to working on the ambulance for another weekend. I didn't get too much done this weekend but I was able to clean up a lot of stuff and fix an electrical issue I created the weekend before. Last weekend while we were doing the cab stuff I also decided...

A few weeks ago I had a weekend back at home and was able to get a few things done on the ambulance. While I was gone I ordered a bunch of stuff to quiet down/cool down the cab. I got a kit to insulate the doghouse, some sound deadening, and new carpet. We were able to get the seats and old...

After using the ambi this season I have made a list of things I would like to get done before next season. Add the secondary alternator belt, replace the idler pulleys and tensioner Backup cameras A battery bank for the back that is not connected to the starting batteries Curtains and...

Yea it really wasn't too bad, there is so much room on the inside of a Grand Cherokee that making the cage was pretty simple. And we still have the stock axles, I don't think it is a requirement to have an aftermarket axle. With a stock motor and nitrous we were in the low 11's, but stroking...

Next trip was back to Brainerd. This time I didn't do any work on the ambi before our trip. Just loaded the trailer, hitched up and headed on our way. Once there we were able to plug into an outlet so we didn't need a generator again and the weekend went great for the ambi. Unfortunately...

With the AC and carpet installed it was time for another trip. We would be heading back out to Road America for a very special event. We got invited to share the weekend with IMSA, we would get to run a qualifier Sunday morning and 60 minutes race once the IMSA stuff was done. For this trip...

Once I got back I started thinking of ways to add an air conditioning unit to the ambi. I had a few ideas which included cutting a hole in the rear door or taking one of the windows out and mounting it there, but I didn't like the idea of having that stick out the back and how it would look...

My next race was back to Brainerd so a much shorter drive. The ambi did great on this trip, no overheating and the fan was ripping. I don't think the fan ever went into high speed before putting the new fan clutch on because now it is much louder in the cab and you can feel the air its moving...

That's fast for a NA dorito! That sounds like it'd be a lot of fun. We do some drag racing with two 98 Jeep Grand Cherokees, one is still AWD while the other is RWD. The AWD one has just gone 9.54 at 142 while the 2WD has gone 10.7 at 124. With a different torque converter we think the AWD...

Over the summer I was on a project with my job where I was on site out in South Carolina. I was working two weeks at a time and coming home for my races. They all worked out to be about 3 weeks apart so I would work two weeks, come home, work on the ambi and get the car ready for the weekend...

That sounds fun, I would love to make a trip out west and try some of the tracks out there. I am not sure if I trust taking the ambi on a trip like that yet haha. What kind of times was your Mazda running?

So far I have only raced at Brainerd International Raceway and Road America. Next year I would like to hit up Blackhawk, Autobahn, and maybe Indy if the budget works out. What kind of bikes? And where do you guys normally race?

A week later was my very first official race. I would be making the ~5 hour trip to Road America for the SVRA Miata Heritage Cup as Mazda would pay for any miata entry fees. I couldn't pass up that opportunity. My grandparents have about 90 acres southeast of Eau Claire which works out to be...

The weekend after my school I headed off to the junkyard on a mission to clean up the interior and get a center console. I took some before pictures (mainly so I didn't forget to grab anything from the junkyard). I was on the hunt for new door cards, corner/turn signals, headlight switch...

A few days after getting the hitch done I would be taking the maiden voyage of the ambulance towing to our first event. This event was a license school, it was a 3 days school up in Brainerd, Minnesota at Brainerd International Raceway. Once completing this course I would get my SCCA license...

I didn't get many pictures of doing the wiring as it was pretty boring and not really worth taking pictures of. But it was pretty straight forward, this ambulance didn't have any plugs to just plug the wiring into so I had to run it all from scratch. Fortunately there was a junction box under...

Next up was the hitch. Here I decided to use the rear step and just cut out a hole on each side as the material for the step was quite thick. I also got bigger bolts with lock washers and lock nuts. This is a class V hitch rated for 16k lbs. I don't think I will ever want to tow that much...

I am racing a 1990 Mazda Miata in the SCCA Spec Miata class

With my first event coming up I needed to get a hitch/trailer wiring done and a bed made. While I waited for the hitch to arrive I started gutting the interior of the bench and flooring and got started on the frame of the bed. After Staining