David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/12/17 10:08 a.m.

The ND-chassis Mazda MX-5 still has that new-car smell, but owners and tuners are already tearing into them. Good-Win Racing’s Brian Goodwin has already started the development process, so we posed a simple question: What are the three most important modifications to make? He gave us two separate l…

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Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
10/12/17 10:48 a.m.

Wow, that's an old article.

jerel77494
jerel77494 New Reader
9/30/21 9:57 a.m.

How about a set-up that's street focused and not autocross focused?  Like, say, the Dekker package?

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
9/30/21 10:16 p.m.

- maintain lots of travel (often overlooked by suspension designers)

- use a spring rate that is well matched to your ride height

- good damping, not overdamped

- let it move

- season with sway bar to taste

Those are the key factors to making an ND work :) The Dekker Package is a good all-around setup that works on cross-country drives as well as on the track. Does pretty well on autox too. Basically, the Dekker Package is the Fox Stage 2 setup from FM.

Here's where it got its name.

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