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So i made 3 runs with a mach 1 last night. First run i won by about 1 1/2 cars, second was closer to 3 cars third was about the same. Each run was from a dig and we went about a quarter. So much for american muscle.

From a dig, that's pretty good. The Mach1 runs alot more tire in the back and is pretty good out of the hole. I ran one from 60-110 a few times a few months ago. I was behind him on the freeway and he gunned it, and I went into 3d from 5th and started pulling on him, and had to keep letting off the gas to keep from getting too close. Did this 2 times, then the 3d time I just stayed in 5th and he got a car or two on me, but over 100 I started to pull him back in. This was at 120whp, non-IC.

Good kill. I never tried to run from a dig on the stock 1.6 diff, but with the 1.8 rear I won't be as worried.

Good kill man!
So I got this guy who works next door with a mustang V6 (the previuos body style) whos constantly asking to run with me. Im not one for street racing but how do you guys think I would do against him? Im running 8psi on a GT2854. He says he got some mild performance work done, I couldnt tell you what.
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Uh, I think you'd destroy his ego like a C5 vette racing a stock honda civic. Usually when someone says "I have shit done to it" it means something like flowmaster muffler and K&N air filter. Go talk shit on him till he lines up, and then ruin his day.

Bet him some house work, or maybe a night with his wife or something.

:werd:

Pimp his wife.

haha thats bad ass... the weight to power ratio is in the miata's favor

There's this total bullshitter at work who talks about a different car he has every week. Last week he claimed to have an SRT 4 that he just put a "Stage 2" kit on. So I asked him about it and he says "yeah...it's goin in tomorrow for the Stage 3" so I'm like "I never saw it, what color is it?" and he says "Flat Black." A) if someone claims to have a flat black, like primered black SRT4, that goes in and out of the shop every other day, they're full of shit, 2) anyone who refers to an upgrade as a "stage" they don't know what the F talking about, and D) don't ever try to bullshit someone who knows about cars like I do, cause you'll just make yourself look like an idiot. That was last week...
So this week he says he bought a 5.0 last Friday, and over the weekend he put a Cobra R intake on it with GT-40 heads, and before he bolted on his imaginery parts he says he ran it at some drag strip and it went 13.5. So I told him to line up with my buddy's 5.0 which has full exhaust, gears, and an "E" cam...he says "I won't even waste my time." So I go..."oh yeah, how bout runnin my miata...for $100" and he's like "I don't know man...I gotta finish hooking up my nitrous first, then we'll talk." What a smacked ass. I don't understand the purpose of being such a bullshitter. Real easy solution...buy a car that's not fake, make it faster than it was when you bought it, race people and throw some money down, lose to a miata, pee your pants, cry your eyes out, and keep your mouth shut.

hahaha, so true, i know some people like that. They just need to stfu.

But yeah, he seem pretty surprised when i told him it "only" had 219hp.

oh, 8psi on a miata, you will S-P-A-N-K a V6 mustang. I used to beat v6 mustangs in my '98 z34 monte carlo.

My friend with an 07 GT refuses to race me. I pulled up next to him after this meet we went too and im like "fucking race me bitch", then I revved at him. He tells me "I dont want you to lose to bad". Now you're probably thinking he raced me at this point, but no he didn't. We just continued on to his house with me following him and him flooring his car every now and again to listen to his exhaust.

At least at 6psi he stood a chance, im supposed to get my boost controller this week and at 12psi I doubt it period.

Thats his car, and dont worry its just a riced up 07 GT with an autotragic.

Not to take the other guys back, as he really does sound like a bullshitter....BUT MOPAR offers factory "Stage" upgrades for the SRT4. The first year didn't get any of them, but the 2nd and last year came stock with the stage I and a LSD. You could opt to get a stage II and a stage III, not sure of what is offered from the factory beyond that.

Primer/flat black is for ricers, too. Anything non-rice that is flat black makes me want to puke.

All I know is that these American "Muscle" cars are really heavy and not too fast. My stock '96 beat a couple Camaro RS's and I was always confused as to why? I mean they're V6s, but I guess you just can't mess with Japanese Muscle!

Phil, u BETTER race that v6 shitstang...all I'm saying

Matte Black can look good IMO :dunno:

Riced up mustang with 500hp? ;)

Been keeping this under my hat :)

dude, i gotta call bs on this shit..sure v6 camaro's are slow but you beat one in a stock automatic miata????!!! gimme a break, i mean what do those things run, like 18 seconds? geez

nice kills bro. miata sounds pretty good with a quiet bov just the way i like it. did you take it to the track? i wonder what it would run

I've not put down any times yet. I am looking to in the near future, as soon as i get some people to go with me. It's about an hour and a half drive to the track.

nice vid, but I must admit the mustang does sound nice even though you whooped him.
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Oh yeah, i love the sound of a mustang. A friend of mine has a 2v gt with gutted cats and a cam and it sounds amazing.

Stages do exist for Mopar...which is a rare instance of a "stage" upgrade.
http://www.mopar.com/srt_stage_3.htm

Whether or not he actually did it...thats a diff story. Anything in "stages" is stupid. I had a guy in my apartment complex ask me about the size of the turbo on my car, and I told him. He immediately followed up with a "Damn, that must be what, stage 3?" Our conversation quickly ended after that.

Lol, I know right? About the people talking about cars in the stages and shit. Whenever people saw my miata they would say something like, "what stage is it? 2 or 3?" I always had the same blank stare whenever people say stuff like this.

As for talking bullshit.... I have a friend (who I don't really like or consider my friend, but he is friends with my friends.... for some reason:confused:) who is the biggest shit talker ever. He has a 06 gt with a whipple supercharger. He thought he was the shit when he had just a tune, intake and exhaust on his mustang. (So you can imagine what a supercharger did to his ego...)

First off, he doesn't pay for shit... second off he doesn't know shit..... and third off he can't drive for shit ( and its AUTOMATIC :bowrofl:)

He got the whipple put on and I love to mess with his mind. I'll say "ya man you run any new Z06's yet?" He'll say something like ya, I'm right at their door till like 160. His car is a fucking boat... like 3700 lbs. with around 440 whp. My 320 whp MR2 would tear him a new one. A Z06 would absolutely rape him.

Yeah, when people are like "what stage is it?" i'm always like, "i dont know what you mean"

There's never a "stage" when you are DIY - it's never completely done!

I disagree, calling them stage 1/2/3/X/blah/blah is stupid, but there are definitely stages or progression through a DIY build.

Back in my nitrous days I could smoke a V-6 mustang pretty hard with a 50 shot.

I think there are about 2 stages. "Working" and "Broken".

Haha. Reminds me of days gone with DSM's.

I was thinking more along the lines of 5psi, 10psi, 15, etc, and all the supporting mods required.

If you didn't post it, I was going to. When an SRT4 owner talks about "stages", they mean the Mopar upgrade packages, which are offered in stages.

Drewkeen: The 04-05 got only the S1 injectors, but not the S1 PCM.

You forgot the first (and last) stage: all torn apart in the garage.

Some brands have stages of different things. However, it makes no sense if you dont know anything about the car. A better simple question would be "how much boost?"

Completely agree Wes. I've run into a lot of ricers who say "Oh you got a turbo? What stage?". My answer usually depends on my mood, but I'll either explain why "stage" is the wrong term, or I'll simply say "stage 4 and a half".

However, if this guy is like the "typical" mustang owner, he will do some mods, and want to race me again.

so i really need to stop doing this shit. I'm going to break something, like a tranny, or a torsen. Or end up in cuffs.

No, no, no... my previous Miata was a manual red '96, my sig says '95(my current miata). I haven't even gotten the '95 on the road yet, but I agree it is prolly an 18 sec car. :mad:

Yeah, with just the mspnp and the diy base map, i was dead even with a civic with a cat back.

Only in a Miata, when you have something go BOOM do you think to yourself,

"Please be the tranny, please be the tranny, not the rearend."

pretty sad when 3 transmissions = 1 torsen:bang:

haha yeah, I hadnt really thought about it. i havent priced either but it would suck to blow the rear end. If i did, hopefully the torsen would be okay and i could drop some of those 3.308 gears in it.

You forgot Stage III: empty wallet.

yeah, mine's stage 3 then!

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Post pics of vomit please.

is that top missing a rear window?

Yes. I got the top for free. I have been contacting the local mobile window people trying to find a new one, but they all play dumb when you mention the rear window on a Miata hardtop.

Yeah, i got mine for free too!

the question might be slightly better but still WAYY dumb. different size turbos are efficient at different boost levels and put out different power/torque....there are millions of examples but ill go with a true story from personal experience: on my wrx with a tdo6h 20g 8cm turbo i made 30whp more on 4 psi less than with a td05 18g 7cm...also when i was running only 9psi on the 20g due to being on stock injectors and waiting for 750's to come in, i ran a guy pushing 20psi on a stock td04 and absolutely shat on him. his response was "9psi????? WTF!!!".....simply put, a turbo that flows alot more air doesnt need to be pushed as hard as a less efficient one to net same results.. asking about boost usually doesnt result in any useful info.

sorry for the mouthfull, just my .02
HAHAHAHA dude i so agree.....:bowrofl:
i usually take the latter approach though, if i see someone knows nothing i have as much fun as i can with it: i say its twin charged with veetack and also got a rotary engine in the back:giggle: