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).

 

5mph more exit speed goes a long way too.

 

So in a straight line 250whp miata would get walked....

 

In a highway dragrace from 40mph at 262whp/252wtq on a DD, its almost a dead heat.

 

Nice to know. And all this time I was scared of em

 

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.

 

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

 

Sorry I'm not, nor have I claimed to be a professional tuner.

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?

 

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

 

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

 

I grew up wanting to kill M3s in a Nissan. Now it looks like Corvettes in a Miata.

 

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.

 

I totally agree. IMO, 250 feels nice and tight where the miata should be from the factory. Its fun, not all scary and terrifying. Anyone who thinks 200 rwhp in a miata is scary needs to go back to M.net

 

Ontario sucks. 50kph over the limit and car is impounded for a week.

 

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.

 

Aren't they usually the ones that lack the "skillz" though? Either wreck their **** or get passed by cars that should be slower. Not been to many events, but YouTube seems to indicate such, unless that is the people like to see expensive cars crash factor.

 

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.

 

I'm happy with my fat torque curve and 167hp from the blower!

 

 

I'm happy with my flat torque and 240rwhp from my 1.6L