Gotta be faster than your friends.
03-04-2009, 01:42 PM
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Where the hell are you kids getting all this money? When I was a senior in HS (and this was only 15 years ago, not exactly the dark ages) I had a beat up old VW Beetle. Which was nice, because probably fewer than half of the kids in my class had cars of any kind. Those that did were mostly domestic beaters of late 60's to early 80's vintage.
Waiting Tables FTW. Id pull in 100-150 a night in tips at a pizza restaurant. The nights i wasn't waiting tables i was busing them.
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03-04-2009, 03:20 PM
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Power to weight ratio is still in your favor. 2299lbs/270whp = 8.514 lbs/ HP (99 miata base). 3665lbs/400whp = 9.1625lbs/ hp (03 Cobra). I used the listed curb weights on Edmunds.com.
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03-04-2009, 04:03 PM
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Yeah, it needs a LSD bad. One tire fire in first or second at full throttle. And he just ordered 315 drag radials too... This summer I gotta get an RX7 LSD and get it installed. And something to combat wheel hop. And a built motor. And and and.
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03-04-2009, 05:00 PM
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I'm probably gonna put my 255 in and retune this weekend. Then up the boost to 15. I ran 15 for a day a while back and it was kickass. But I got scared and put it back to 12, then 11. I think I have a factory freak engine. I gave it pure hell back when it was N/A. This motor's spun 7700-7800 50 times at least, and been hit with 100 shot at a dead idle and it never complained before (sans blown HG from aforementioned nitrous problem).
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03-04-2009, 05:24 PM
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Or perhaps if it was gonna throw a rod you'd think it would have done so already.i already have a spare engine to build in two months
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03-04-2009, 06:23 PM
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The crx you have nothing to worry about. b16 crx will do 13's if that, nothing special. That mustang on the other hand, can be quite a contender especially at the drag strip. 400whp in a platform good for drag racing will take a bit of power/driving to beat.
If the mustang steps up his game and doubles his boost or adds nitrous, I really dont see how you can compete, especially with a stock engine.
I have already accepted the fact that I wont be able to compete with my 450+whp wrx/sti/evo buddies for quite some time at the strip or street race, so I'm not too worried about being "the fastest"
WI should definitely help you out....but at that power level I'm really curious what your transmission will have to say
If the mustang steps up his game and doubles his boost or adds nitrous, I really dont see how you can compete, especially with a stock engine.
I have already accepted the fact that I wont be able to compete with my 450+whp wrx/sti/evo buddies for quite some time at the strip or street race, so I'm not too worried about being "the fastest"
WI should definitely help you out....but at that power level I'm really curious what your transmission will have to say
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03-04-2009, 06:38 PM
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The crx you have nothing to worry about. b16 crx will do 13's if that, nothing special. That mustang on the other hand, can be quite a contender especially at the drag strip. 400whp in a platform good for drag racing will take a bit of power/driving to beat.
If the mustang steps up his game and doubles his boost or adds nitrous, I really dont see how you can compete, especially with a stock engine.
I have already accepted the fact that I wont be able to compete with my 450+whp wrx/sti/evo buddies for quite some time at the strip or street race, so I'm not too worried about being "the fastest"
WI should definitely help you out....but at that power level I'm really curious what your transmission will have to say
If the mustang steps up his game and doubles his boost or adds nitrous, I really dont see how you can compete, especially with a stock engine.
I have already accepted the fact that I wont be able to compete with my 450+whp wrx/sti/evo buddies for quite some time at the strip or street race, so I'm not too worried about being "the fastest"
WI should definitely help you out....but at that power level I'm really curious what your transmission will have to say
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03-05-2009, 11:04 PM
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same situation for me too. Only at a lower level, since my friend just picked up a stock 04 350z, and all i need to do to beat that is ecu and turbo.
Good luck to you with that cobra. If he beats you, tell him to race you in something other than a straight line. Perhaps autox.
Good luck to you with that cobra. If he beats you, tell him to race you in something other than a straight line. Perhaps autox.
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03-06-2009, 12:46 AM
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The mustangs have us beat on traction and as the speeds rise and air resistance takes over, their higher hp becomes a huge advantage.
I've found that the miata is strongest between 40 and 110. The larger cars that can't be convincingly beat inside that window are going to put a hurting on you at the higher speeds. The fact that they kept up with you through gears 2-4 means they have similar power to weight and the fact that they are heavier means that they a lot more hp. At triple digit speeds, air resistance and raw hp means a lot more than power/weight.
I've found that the miata is strongest between 40 and 110. The larger cars that can't be convincingly beat inside that window are going to put a hurting on you at the higher speeds. The fact that they kept up with you through gears 2-4 means they have similar power to weight and the fact that they are heavier means that they a lot more hp. At triple digit speeds, air resistance and raw hp means a lot more than power/weight.
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03-06-2009, 12:55 AM
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Yeah it REALLY needs an LSD. Bad. That will come this summer for sure not matter what. Wish I could do it sooner, but I can't.
And yeah, I got a spare engine.
See, if I didn't have a spare engine, oil pan, gasket set, and every other little piece that would be needed to change engines, my motor would blow up. But since I'm 100% ready for it to kick the bucket, she holds. Murphy hates me.
And yeah, I got a spare engine.
See, if I didn't have a spare engine, oil pan, gasket set, and every other little piece that would be needed to change engines, my motor would blow up. But since I'm 100% ready for it to kick the bucket, she holds. Murphy hates me.
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