I believe it was the East Loop at Buttonwillow. Aren't you going to be
there with us this coming weekend, Randy?
Will Kalman
'91 Escort GT
CSCC #232 STS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Chase" <randyc2@home.com>
To: "Alan Pozner" <apozner@ptd.net>; "autox list" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 9:21 AM
Subject: RE: Mazda MP3 - fast slalom performance!!
> Consider too though that this is a car with with the tuning parts on it,
> that was tested against other stock cars. In other words, how much of that
> performance could be gained with a Protege using Tokicos, upgraded tires,
> etc or is you slapped upgraded parts on the Miata or MR2. Since the car
> comes with those bits on it, it may not get the dramatic improvement in
> performance one might get with other stock cars. But some of those cars
> should be pretty "prepped" out of the box. Hmmmm....
>
> That is an interesting result, specially the fastest time around Willow
> Springs. I can't imagine it's the 'big track' at Willow Springs, since my
> 130hp car spent most of the time in wide open throttle around that, I was
> definitely needing more hp. But Streets of Willow maybe. Regardless, that
is
> damn impressive if accurate. Maybe this is the car my daughter wants to
> drive. :)
>
> zoom zoom indeed
>
> Randy Chase
> with a C-Stock MR2 again :-)
> and a Lexus tow vehicle and Honda soccer-van
> still looking for the right 125 kart
>
>
> > Has anyone else seen the latest Road and Track? In a ten car comparo,
the
> > Mazda MP3 ( a tarted up Protege but with some really key pieces)
> > turned a 68.5
> > mph in their 700 foot slalom. This is better than a Z06, 360
> > Modena, Miata,
> > MR2, S2000. In fact it looks like its better than everything
> > they've tested
> > except a 911 GT2.
> >
> > The engine is pretty anemic and I would suspect that it would go
> > into H Stock.
> > But even with the lame acceleration they said that it was fastest around
> > Willow Springs (or streets of willow - can't remember). Other cars in
the
> > comparo were Mustang GT, Z-28, WRX, RSX, GTI VR6 and 4 others.
> >
> > So my questions are "what class is this thing in?" and "is this
> > test result
> > just an aberation or is this the hot car for all stock classes?"
>
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