Miata, Schmiata
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Miata, Schmiata
Ran against a 92 Miata tonight and it was a joke. From rolling at 60...smoked him......rolling at 40, smoked him....rolling at 20, smoked him....from a stop with some major wheel spin, smoked him. Maybe it's because I have a 100+ more hp than him He was really cool though and he tipped me off to a cool website for Texans called texasracingscene.com Oh yeah, BTW, my new Stillen Y is the shiznit!
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Re: Miata, Schmiata
Originally posted by MajorMax96SE
Ran against a 92 Miata tonight and it was a joke. From rolling at 60...smoked him......rolling at 40, smoked him....rolling at 20, smoked him....from a stop with some major wheel spin, smoked him. Maybe it's because I have a 100+ more hp than him He was really cool though and he tipped me off to a cool website for Texans called texasracingscene.com Oh yeah, BTW, my new Stillen Y is the shiznit!
Ran against a 92 Miata tonight and it was a joke. From rolling at 60...smoked him......rolling at 40, smoked him....rolling at 20, smoked him....from a stop with some major wheel spin, smoked him. Maybe it's because I have a 100+ more hp than him He was really cool though and he tipped me off to a cool website for Texans called texasracingscene.com Oh yeah, BTW, my new Stillen Y is the shiznit!
I've seen some pretty sick Miatas, though. There are Miatas w/5.0L Ford engine, T5 (Ford) tranny and the rear end from a Ford Thunderbird (Jaguar makes it). Those things are sick! Not really a Miata at that point, IMO I've also seen turbocharged versions of the Monster Miata. Really sick power to weight ratio. They're sub 10 second range, if I'm not mistaken.
Even using their I4 power plant, they can become very competitive, for little money.
-Sryth...
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'98 SE 5spd, Pebble Beige, PRCAI, Stillen Y, Stillen FSTB, ACT clutch.
Pacesetter STS to be installed this week!
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Re: Re: Miata, Schmiata
Originally posted by sryth
He was most likely stock. Miatas are, by design, very underpowered. They are designed for driving through twisty roads, not for straight runs.
I've seen some pretty sick Miatas, though. There are Miatas w/5.0L Ford engine, T5 (Ford) tranny and the rear end from a Ford Thunderbird (Jaguar makes it). Those things are sick! Not really a Miata at that point, IMO I've also seen turbocharged versions of the Monster Miata. Really sick power to weight ratio. They're sub 10 second range, if I'm not mistaken.
Even using their I4 power plant, they can become very competitive, for little money.
-Sryth...
__________________________________________________ ____________________________
'98 SE 5spd, Pebble Beige, PRCAI, Stillen Y, Stillen FSTB, ACT clutch.
Pacesetter STS to be installed this week!
He was most likely stock. Miatas are, by design, very underpowered. They are designed for driving through twisty roads, not for straight runs.
I've seen some pretty sick Miatas, though. There are Miatas w/5.0L Ford engine, T5 (Ford) tranny and the rear end from a Ford Thunderbird (Jaguar makes it). Those things are sick! Not really a Miata at that point, IMO I've also seen turbocharged versions of the Monster Miata. Really sick power to weight ratio. They're sub 10 second range, if I'm not mistaken.
Even using their I4 power plant, they can become very competitive, for little money.
-Sryth...
__________________________________________________ ____________________________
'98 SE 5spd, Pebble Beige, PRCAI, Stillen Y, Stillen FSTB, ACT clutch.
Pacesetter STS to be installed this week!
#9
Originally posted by ereet
Yeah, a supercharged one He'd probably be pretty close from a roll now.
Yeah, a supercharged one He'd probably be pretty close from a roll now.
Actually it was turbocharged. I think the Miata ran 12s consistently and capable of 11s.
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Once you replace the engine with one form another manufacturer you are really driving a real Miata anymore. You could do that with any car. Hell a Chevette can be an 8 second car in the 1/4 mile if you drop in a big block V8 with a couple superchargers. Miatas are slow. Handle great, but they are just underpowered unless you throw the engine out and replace it with something worthwhile.
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Originally posted by kratz74
Once you replace the engine with one form another manufacturer you are really driving a real Miata anymore. You could do that with any car. Hell a Chevette can be an 8 second car in the 1/4 mile if you drop in a big block V8 with a couple superchargers. Miatas are slow. Handle great, but they are just underpowered unless you throw the engine out and replace it with something worthwhile.
Once you replace the engine with one form another manufacturer you are really driving a real Miata anymore. You could do that with any car. Hell a Chevette can be an 8 second car in the 1/4 mile if you drop in a big block V8 with a couple superchargers. Miatas are slow. Handle great, but they are just underpowered unless you throw the engine out and replace it with something worthwhile.
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Originally posted by kratz74
Once you replace the engine with one form another manufacturer you are really driving a real Miata anymore. You could do that with any car. Hell a Chevette can be an 8 second car in the 1/4 mile if you drop in a big block V8 with a couple superchargers. Miatas are slow. Handle great, but they are just underpowered unless you throw the engine out and replace it with something worthwhile.
Once you replace the engine with one form another manufacturer you are really driving a real Miata anymore. You could do that with any car. Hell a Chevette can be an 8 second car in the 1/4 mile if you drop in a big block V8 with a couple superchargers. Miatas are slow. Handle great, but they are just underpowered unless you throw the engine out and replace it with something worthwhile.
I agree completely. I've seen Miata's with the stock engine upgraded to produce over 200RWHP, though. That's enough to toast most Max's.
It seems that upgrades to the Miata's are inexpensive too. I guess all sports cars have inexpensive performance upgrades compared to the Max, though.
-Sryth...
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'98 SE 5spd, Pebble Beige, PRCAI, Stillen Y, Stillen FSTB, ACT clutch.
Pacesetter STS to be installed last week!
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