evos and stis
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I wouldnt consider them.. "cheater" cars. Yes, riceboys love them, since they are easy to make fast, however the cars are scary fast. I had a 98 GSX with a TON invested and I have to say they are silly fast. Most of the first gen DSMs are even faster then the STI/EVO crowd, and those are the ones to watch out for.
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lb/whp (and torque) ratio
gearing
power and torque average over driver selected rpm range
drag coefficient (big deal over 80 mpg or so)
I pulled on c5 z06's very easily at 263whp in my turbo vr6...it was absurd at 381whp. It didn't hurt that i set them up at 2700rpm in 3rd gear every time. 3200 rpm made 320lb/ft, and 404 at 4k-7800rpm...3rd goes all the way out to 111mph too.
It doesn't hurt that our car weighs 31% less than the evo IX at 3263lb. So in comparison, the evo has a 62whp deficiency or the miata a 62whp advantage, which is actually 75 crank hp penalty with typical 22% evo awd drivetrain loss, too keep up with the miata if the miata weighed out at the evo's weight with all other variable staying equal...which they don't.
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