Subject	Get a used Miata... NA or Boosted, it can be one hell of an
Posted by	MixManMash on October 24, 2008 at 2:52 PM
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In Reply To	everyone is getting track cars, so... posted by john90zxtt(OH) on October 24, 2008 at 02:49 PM
Message	autocross machine. And Boosted Miatas aren't bad on the track.
Follow Ups	everyone is getting track cars, so... - john90zxtt(OH) 14:49:26 10/24/08 Get a used Miata... NA or Boosted, it can be one hell of an - MixManMash 14:52:01 10/24/08 Miatas, boosted are not, are for the gays. Been proven here - dogpile 21:11:02 10/24/08 Re: everyone is getting track cars, so... - ooofoo 14:58:13 10/24/08 MR2s have a terrible weight ratio. - TriniTT 15:14:29 10/24/08 Huh? Care to elaborate; this going off personal experience - Furb (NoVa) 15:38:47 10/24/08 how may 2nd gen MR2s do you see at track autoX events? - LJZTT 15:46:23 10/24/08 i heard they are expensive as hell to fix (n/m) - john90zxtt(OH) 15:55:22 10/24/08 In what way? They aren't like Porsche 944s or anything when - Furb (NoVa) 16:00:10 10/24/08 At least as many Z32s as I've seen at the track in the last - Furb (NoVa) 15:57:50 10/24/08 ok so you are one, and just because they are as popular - LJZTT 16:05:20 10/24/08 I never said anything in comparison to the Miata? - Furb (NoVa) 16:17:58 10/24/08 I quote: - MixManMash 16:19:49 10/24/08 My bad. Then my reply stands, for a weekend track car the - Furb (NoVa) 16:36:11 10/24/08 Just for argument's sake,why do you think an MR2 is a better - dogpile 21:19:38 10/24/08 ah, I misunderstood what you were getting at - LJZTT 16:26:15 10/24/08 I did some reading a while back when I was looking at - MixManMash 16:36:45 10/24/08 That spinning out your mention on 90-92 models depends on - Furb (NoVa) 16:57:13 10/24/08 I heard that too. Of course, it depends on each driver's - MixManMash 17:20:43 10/24/08 I really do think it has a lot to do with sheer #'s - Furb (NoVa) 16:42:05 10/24/08 while you are probably right, I find it hard to believe that - LJZTT 18:28:58 10/24/08 There is a SCCA champion that drives one. - Josher 16:25:30 10/24/08 doesnt mean anything, an SCCA champion certainly spent - LJZTT 16:27:49 10/24/08 I doubt there was a lot of money in that car. - Josher 16:56:24 10/24/08 1-2 per event in the last two SCCA groups I've raced with. (n/m) - AbsolutZ (OH) 17:15:09 10/24/08 the same 1-2 each event? (n/m) - LJZTT 18:05:30 10/24/08 Ohhh, so that was your oatmeal I pissed in this morning. - TriniTT 19:09:10 10/24/08 Last autox i went to, the mr2 was 3rd best time - Ashman2k2 18:04:22 10/24/08 I just bought an FD rx7 and I think it is going to make a - jmw23712 15:05:30 10/24/08 2nd. Are you planning on a LS1 conversion in your FD? (n/m) - MixManMash 15:13:58 10/24/08 Yes I am. The one I bought has a bad engine so I am going - jmw23712 15:18:07 10/24/08 Nice. Should be sweet! - MixManMash 15:21:40 10/24/08 Yeah, some get close to 100K miles out of them but it - jmw23712 15:37:58 10/24/08 LSX FD's are one hell of a ride, but I still would be - TheTwinZ (Peru) 16:19:02 10/24/08 Interesting. I heard the LSX still maintains the balance. (n/m) - MixManMash 16:25:06 10/24/08 Me too, until I heard different comments from people who - TheTwinZ (Peru) 17:50:31 10/24/08 Yours only has 17K miles? Congrats! (n/m) - jmw23712 18:14:57 10/24/08 LS1's are actually a tad lighter once all of the turbo - jmw23712 17:21:13 10/24/08 i have so many z parts, i kind of know my way around - john90zxtt(OH) 16:02:47 10/24/08 Good point. A 510 would probably make on hell of a track - MixManMash 16:06:22 10/24/08 Yepper it does. We have this guy here in town... - Woody75 (Denver) 16:16:26 10/24/08 get a 510, sr20det it and enjoy the hell out of it. - Jason300zxTT 16:05:26 10/24/08 A Z32 NA with a serious weight reduction would be fun - TheTwinZ (Peru) 17:16:41 10/24/08 thats what i was thinking, gutted with the all the bolt - john90zxtt(OH) 17:22:53 10/24/08 Thats what I am doing with mine. - TBlakeZ (NorCal) 21:46:40 10/24/08 http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Toyota-MR2-Nrburgring_193 (n/m) - BLACKTT3Z 14:14:58 10/25/08
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