275bhp Mazda MX-5 breaks cover
03-23-2011, 01:16 PM
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275bhp Mazda MX-5 breaks cover
Top Gear - Mazda has revealed the most hardcore MX-5 ever built: the very green GT. But before you start rubbing your chubby, sweaty palms in anticipation, the GT - or MiniHulk - is not for sale. It is, in fact, Jota Sport's entrant for the 2011 Britcar Endurance Championship.
Built in conjunction with Mazda, the boffs at Jota spent 400 hours to prep the shell - dipped in acid and now 17 times stronger than required by the FIA - keeping the car's weight down to just 850kg.
This is very good, because with that tweaked 2.0-litre motor chucking out 275bhp, MiniHulk shoots from 0-62mph in just three seconds (bye bye, Aventador), and on to a top speed of 160mph (hello again, Aventador).
It gets a six-speed sequential paddle-shift gearbox, carbon doors, polycarbonate windows and a fetching green metallic paint. The interior has been shown the wrong end of a skip, too. It makes its debut on Sat 26 March at Silverstone in a three hour endurance race. Hulk Mad!
Built in conjunction with Mazda, the boffs at Jota spent 400 hours to prep the shell - dipped in acid and now 17 times stronger than required by the FIA - keeping the car's weight down to just 850kg.
This is very good, because with that tweaked 2.0-litre motor chucking out 275bhp, MiniHulk shoots from 0-62mph in just three seconds (bye bye, Aventador), and on to a top speed of 160mph (hello again, Aventador).
It gets a six-speed sequential paddle-shift gearbox, carbon doors, polycarbonate windows and a fetching green metallic paint. The interior has been shown the wrong end of a skip, too. It makes its debut on Sat 26 March at Silverstone in a three hour endurance race. Hulk Mad!
What do you guys think of this guys? The acceleration it amazing!!!
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03-23-2011, 01:29 PM
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I won't lie the car looks pretty ugly...maybe to some it will look good, I think that 275 is just NA power though so it is good if that is true! The weight is what I am amazed at, then again the price for that work is probably enough to by your own little race track and some cars!
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03-23-2011, 01:40 PM
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So.....Jota spent a bajillion dollars in order to basically replicate the power/weight of Goodwin's yellow car?
http://www.good-win-racing.com/mazda...ml?id=ycyMEhU6
http://www.good-win-racing.com/mazda...ml?id=ycyMEhU6
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03-23-2011, 01:45 PM
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I think it is bad ***. I want an NC more and more.
Sanctioning rules could have a play in what engine is allowed. I would speculate they have to use an engine that is offered in the model, even if the family of engines has a bigger option from another model.
Edit: Mr Stevo beats me to the punch.
Edit: Mr Stevo beats me to the punch.
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03-23-2011, 01:48 PM
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+1 on needing a hardtop. It's funny when I see race-prepped Miatas without hardtops - it's a dead giveaway of who's actually racing them and who's just building them.
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