what is 200rwhp in a miata like?
02-17-2010, 10:01 PM
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I had a run with a C5Z on a relatively small track (Talladega Grand Prix) and I had no problem pulling him on under braking and acceleration out of the corners...but on the 3 longer straights he would pull away on me. I finally got close enough that he let me pass and he was no rookie driver 
In his defense, I was on old beat *** Hankook C50 compound tires and he was on fresh Goodyear KDAs (or whatever the BFG KDs are that aren't the KDW).
In his defense, I was on old beat *** Hankook C50 compound tires and he was on fresh Goodyear KDAs (or whatever the BFG KDs are that aren't the KDW).
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02-17-2010, 10:11 PM
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I had a run with a C5Z on a relatively small track (Talladega Grand Prix) and I had no problem pulling him on under braking and acceleration out of the corners...but on the 3 longer straights he would pull away on me. I finally got close enough that he let me pass and he was no rookie driver In his defense, I was on old beat *** Hankook C50 compound tires and he was on fresh Goodyear KDAs (or whatever the BFG KDs are that aren't the KDW).
In his defense, I was on old beat *** Hankook C50 compound tires and he was on fresh Goodyear KDAs (or whatever the BFG KDs are that aren't the KDW).
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02-17-2010, 10:35 PM
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highway racing is ******* gay, and only useful for gettin dem panties off...or your boyfriend's boxer breifs, which holds the genitals which you use your mouth on so well.
However any time you can fart on a Ferrari its pure glory.
However any time you can fart on a Ferrari its pure glory.
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02-17-2010, 10:44 PM
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I've highway raced maybe 3-4 times in the Miata. Definitely not something I do on a regular basis. Question was more of a "if a vette drives up to me with a ------ *** smirk or some other bullshit that those stuck up ******** pull on a regular basis, I will run his bitch ***" type of deal lol
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02-17-2010, 10:58 PM
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Yeah. At ~265whp I would get tugged on just a tiny bit by C6Zs on track. They'd be a joke at 300whp.
Go drive a Stage 2 STi (chip+TBE, ~270whp) - that's what 200whp in a Miata feels like.
12.4:1 AFR and 220kpa, eh?
edit: 110% duty cycle, 20+ degrees of timing at 19psi around the torque peak, all sorts of bad stuff going on there.
Go drive a Stage 2 STi (chip+TBE, ~270whp) - that's what 200whp in a Miata feels like.
12.4:1 AFR and 220kpa, eh?
edit: 110% duty cycle, 20+ degrees of timing at 19psi around the torque peak, all sorts of bad stuff going on there.
Thats wastegate pressure (14psi wastegate) on a 24 degree evening with RC550s.
Edit: I'll also add, thats with something along the lines of 100 logs run through megalogviewer. What am I doing wrong?
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02-18-2010, 06:47 AM
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The gear ratios favors the miata a lot. How is it at laguna seca, or for that instance, the nürburgring?
Walking a z06 sounds a little too.. good. As I think savington put it before, it hurts more to crash a more expensive car, therefore the guys driving them often tend to take it a little easier.
wow, that was really of topic.. sorry
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02-18-2010, 07:27 AM
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This is the thing, isn't it?
The gear ratios favors the miata a lot. How is it at laguna seca, or for that instance, the nürburgring?
Walking a z06 sounds a little too.. good. As I think savington put it before, it hurts more to crash a more expensive car, therefore the guys driving them often tend to take it a little easier.
wow, that was really of topic.. sorry
The gear ratios favors the miata a lot. How is it at laguna seca, or for that instance, the nürburgring?
Walking a z06 sounds a little too.. good. As I think savington put it before, it hurts more to crash a more expensive car, therefore the guys driving them often tend to take it a little easier.
wow, that was really of topic.. sorry
right along with what you're saying, check out the coefficient of drag for miatas and corvettes. huge advantages for the vette on longer stretches
Automobile drag coefficient - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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02-18-2010, 10:42 AM
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I had my MSM up to 230whp and that was about right for an in town car. At that power it was a hooligan car...lol
At 200whp most stock Mustang Gt's are done, lt1 Camaro's done, Ls1's are even until 4th when they start to pull.
At 200whp most stock Mustang Gt's are done, lt1 Camaro's done, Ls1's are even until 4th when they start to pull.
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02-18-2010, 10:20 PM
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I've found there are two kinds of guys in expensive cars at the track, the ones who stretch themselves reallllly thin to look cool and the ones who have enough cash to make buying a new Vette (or Ferrari) about as painful to their wallet as buying a Miata is to a lot of us (not very). The ones who are stretched thin tend to not push too hard, the ones who have enough to write off the car and not hurt for years are inclined to run them hard.
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02-18-2010, 10:28 PM
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I've found there are two kinds of guys in expensive cars at the track, the ones who stretch themselves reallllly thin to look cool and the ones who have enough cash to make buying a new Vette (or Ferrari) about as painful to their wallet as buying a Miata is to a lot of us (not very). The ones who are stretched thin tend to not push too hard, the ones who have enough to write off the car and not hurt for years are inclined to run them hard.
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02-19-2010, 12:52 AM
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There's some of both. You can kind of break down the "drives hard" group into two subgroups... the first are the ones you're seeing on YouTube, they're generally executive types who like fast cars, are used to being in charge and won't listen to anyone who isn't in their little group about how to properly drive a car fast. A lot of them won't listen to guys IN their group so they fall off the track a lot. The second less common group are similar to the first but got to where they are without having lost their ability to listen... some of them are damn fast.
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