Heads up, the guys over at mazdas247 have organized a meet this Saturday at the winking lizard in Bedford around 3pm. If you aren't on that board and want to go let me know I'll put you on the list!
Heads up, the guys over at mazdas247 have organized a meet this Saturday at the winking lizard in Bedford around 3pm. If you aren't on that board and want to go let me know I'll put you on the list!
Im down.
Need to figure out a safe route for a lowered vehicle. lol
And which one is the Bedford location? Miles Road?
I might be down for the autoshow, too. Gonna need to take another car or Jess will need to pick me up, lol. Fuck going anywhere near the IX center in my car.
Why is that^^? Bad area?
The roads running up the the IX center and the parking lot are garbage. Its right next to the airport so theres a ton of traffic there. Im dragging exhaust already, I dont wanna rip it off.
Ill warn my crew cant be worse than my driveway, topspeed pro1s exhaust suck for lows:[
Thats the GReddy clone, right? I'm running a GReddy, so I know your pain.
Yup its bad:X thanks for warning though!
Might be in the Ohio area next Saturday visiting my sister in Newton Falls to pick up an exhaust with a fellow Miata owner. Just wondering if there are any good/fun roads to check out in the area while we're down there. Any tips?
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Are you coming from the east or west? I don't know any out that way but if you come back through to the west I can explain how to get to the valley, lots of good roads about an hour west of there.
We'd be coming from the West
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1991 Mariner Blue - Built 1.8 swap, EFR, Fab9Tuning, Tii drivetrain
I'll try and make a google route for you later
Awesome, Thanks!
Paul | IG- @psulja
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1991 Mariner Blue - Built 1.8 swap, EFR, Fab9Tuning, Tii drivetrain
Well it seems the easiest way would be to find I-80, take that all the way across until you come to the Hudson area and then exit on Route 8 South. (45 min)
However, if you don't want to pay the toll to do that, you can start by going south from Newton Falls and instead of 80, take 76 West to Route 21 North. (58 min)
One thing to note: the time listed above is how long it will take to GET you to the fun roads. The highways are obviously not the fun roads. The good thing about where I'll be leading you is that you can loop around and around a few times on the roads because there's so many of them in the Valley. I know of a few "good roads" elsewhere, but it's just one good road among many normal ones lol.
So, your objective should you choose to accept it: Find Cuyahoga Valley National Park (aka "The Valley").
Here is a google maps link that takes you from Newton Falls to Peninsula via 76W to 21/77N:
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=ne...1,2,3&t=h&z=13
You can exit at Ghent Rd and turn LEFT then continue straight where a road comes in from the left at a traffic light, then at the next light turn right (yellow creek rd). From there you can really explore the Valley... all those windy little roads coming off of Akron-Peninsula and Riverview Rd. are 35/45 zones and have a good amount of hills and curves. All of the ones to the East of Akron-Peninsula Rd start off on a hill. Like, a GOOD sized hill haha. If you're in a Miata I'd hold first gear for as long as possible but would definitely not want 3rd anytime before cresting the top.... if it's a nice day like today (60's, wtf!) watch for bicyclists, but I really haven't seen any since it is winter and all. Deer is the only other thing to watch for. Easy in the day, more difficult at night (I don't know when you're coming out here).
GPS will help you in the Valley for sure. Sometimes you can run a road and end up out of the Valley. You can either run that road back down or use a city street to help get you over to the next one and back down into the Valley. I do a good amount of fun runs down there and the only road I've seen cops on is Yellow Creek. Do NOT go speeding down Yellow Creek in the very beginning where it's mostly straight (right off Ghent road). Wait till after the bridge overhead and if possible, only after the very first sharp[er] left hander. They like to sit in that straight part catching people coming flying down at the end.
The southern part of NorthHampton Rd (before Cascade Valley Park) is very fun, albeit short and kind of a dead end (unless you run it in reverse to come back). Revere Rd. off of Yellow Creek has some good chicanes and elevation changes (if coming from the West turning left onto Revere needs to be done slowly and carefully--it's tight!)
To avoid confusion, Yellow Creek becomes Bath Rd. running it heading East. Also, running East... once you cross a little bridge (left hander), slow down and make sure to stop for the 3 way stop sign. Very very easy to miss the stop signs if you're really moving, and traffic coming at you from the right (blind) doesn't have to stop...
If you want a your guide or a wing(wo)man, shoot me a PM and I can text you my # and meet you in the Valley and hopefully help you navigate some
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