Just wanted to give you guys the heads up since someone in comments suggested he come here and inquire.

 

He is actually more informed than most new people that come on here.

 

Is there any TD04 frame size turbo, let a lone off a volvo that will make even 300 whp?

 

I'm trying to sell him my engine and part of my old setup. Told him if he's going to actually try it then he should press the easy button.

 

Sell him a 1.8 motor, and then I can sell him Fae's old setup. It should get him into the 10's.

 

I'm not sure this is going to be the guy for it, but I wish more people would make a serious attempt at drag racing miatas. I know they're not ideal for the job, but I really think a 10 second pass on a BP drivetrain miata is not unrealistic at all.

I was running consistent mid 11's in a gutted NA with 1.9-2.0 60's. That was in really warm weather and certainly some power left in the tune. If I had any idea what to do suspension wise or launch wise, and with better conditions I feel like it could have been close. There are a lot of cars on here making way more power that I ever have too.

 

Other than being light and rear wheel drive which is not a super rare thing they have nothing going for them in the drag race world. I just do not get it.

 

I guess "serious attempt" wasn't really what I meant. I know they're not a good platform for drag racing and building an all out drag miata is probably dumb. There's just plenty of +350whp BP miatas out there and I think they'd be capable of running 10's with relatively little effort if more people cared to try it.

Of course 10's aren't all that impressive when you can bolt a basic FI kit and a tire on an auto 5.0 Mustang and your grandma can run 9's in it, but it's still respectable.

 

The track folks won't really try it because hard drag launches abuse a stock 6 speed quite a bit. No point really breaking something that's already a wear item in a discipline you're not all that interested in to begin with ya know.

I'm not sure if Pat has run many 1/4 miles. I think the track he goes to is an 1/8 mile setup, no?

Then there's this thing : Fastest turbo miata

 

Pat is not an accurate representation of normal people. Also if he had spent the same effort on a real drag platform he would be in 8s. He probably has at some point.

 

At least.

 

Or grow a pair, buy a liter bike and run low 10s all day long without breaking things and for half the money.

Hell 13 years ago I was doing consistent 11.10s @ 125 on an R6. And that was without having the front strapped, the bike lowered, etc.

A geared, slammed liter bike will do 9s.

 

In terms of FB groups, I'm not sure which has the worst posts, that group or 'Miata Club'. They give me so much cringe.

 

here's the latest from ours:

 

Just requested to join. Hope it brings me some LOLs.

 

Plenty of fun drag racing a Miata, it's only $25 to make a few passes at the least. Not to mention the humiliation factor, when you eat some "modern muscle car" and spit it out your tail pipe. Nice log data too, running so long in 4th gear, I originally went just to do some tuning.