Hmmm
I seem to remember a B stock Miata in the capable hands
of Katie turning TTOD against some very fast cars of all
types and makes in Oakland.
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> From: Keith Hearn <khearn@Legato.COM>
> To: Scot Zediker <mx5_1991@yahoo.com>
> Cc: nokones@ix.netcom.com; Au H. Nguyen <aunguyen@cisco.com>;
Larrybsp@aol.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net; khearn@Legato.COM
> Subject: Re: Larry Is Right
> Date: January 25, 2000 10:41 AM
>
> In message <20000125144259.9240.qmail@web1101.mail.yahoo.com>, Scot
Zediker wri
> tes:
> > FWIW, Dealer Alternative in Colorado is working on a
> > 200-mph Miata. I don't recall which engine the car
> > has, but it is turbocharged. This same company also
> > sells a turbo kit that will put out around 250 hp to
> > the rear wheels and is completely street legal
> > (outside California, anyway).
>
> They're working on CARB certification for the FMII turbo for the '99s.
> They've run into a minor hitch due to the car they were going to
> use for the certification having a minor mishap. See
> http://www.networkone.net/~mark/ and scroll down to the pictures.
> Rollbars are your friends.
>
> A 15-psi turbo on a Miata puts out around 250 rear-wheel horsepower, and
> reportedly can beat Vipers and their ilk in acceleration. And you
> still have that wonderful Miata handling. I suspect one would give
> most any Corvette a run for it's money, and then some. The trouble
> is, it takes a driver with very good throttle control to handle
> that much power in that light of a car. And many of those who
> turbo/super-charge their Miatas are the sort that think that the
> reason they're not fast driving a Miata is merely lack of power.
> So you often see boosted Miatas being driven below their
> potential. If you can't drive fast with 100 hosepower, you can't
> drive fast with 200.
>
> I'd love to see a really good driver (i.e. Nationals contender) with
> a well set up turbo Miata. But in autocrossing, a turbo Miata
> goes into one of the Mod classes where a street car has no
> business. Yeah, there's OSP, but it's a local class so no one with
> aspirations of Nationals is going to set up an autocross car for
> OSP. So we're unlikely to see a really serious autocrosser set up
> a turbo Miata.
>
> In a couple of years I'm seriously considering adding a Dealer
> Alternative turbo to Sadie. But right now I know that more power will
> *not* make me faster. I'll wait until my skills have improved
> sufficiently. Yeah, I'll never take it to Nationals, but I'll have
> fun. :)
>
> The 200MPH Miata project expects to have a completely street-legal
> Miata (non-California that is) that'll do 200mph. They expect to have
> it working this summer. Right now they're working on the aerodynamics
> to keep it on the ground at that speed. :-o They're planning on using
> a stock Miata engine with serious turbocharging.
>
> See http://www.200mphmiata.net/
>
> Keith Hearn
> '99 Miata 10AE "Sexy Sadie" the Sapphire Shark
> Milpitas, CA
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