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  1. 03-23-2011, 12:46 PM #1
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    Default Fastest, lightest MX-5 ever!

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  2. 03-23-2011, 01:02 PM #2
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    Nice. That's only 1874 pounds - lighter than an Elise!
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  3. 03-23-2011, 01:12 PM #3
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    I wonder how much one of those costs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cleave View Post
    I wonder how much one of those costs.
    I'm going to guess "a lot"!

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    No way thats 275 hp normally aspirated. I have serious doubts about the weight too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nails View Post
    No way thats 275 hp normally aspirated. I have serious doubts about the weight too.
    Yes way, all you have to do is raid the cosworth parts bin.

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    Pretty sick!!
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    Nice, and I definitely "want one"... but this isn't an MX-5 anymore. It's simply a racecar with a few MX-5 parts left in so that it looks like an MX-5. You might as well buy a Star Mazda or Radical SR4 or...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Miatamoto View Post
    Yes way, all you have to do is raid the cosworth parts bin.

    http://www.awrracing.com/allstar.html

    I've seen these running in person, they're the real deal.
    That's a 2.3L on 108 octane not a 2.0 on street gas.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nails View Post
    That's a 2.3L on 108 octane not a 2.0 on street gas.
    Did it say anything about street gas???

    Anyway Jimmy made 185 whp on 11:1 compression and 93 octane on the 1.8L Fuji car. The new 2.0L MX-5 engine is worlds better than the NA/NB 1.8L as far as N/A goes. I have no doubt a good engine builder could make 275 bhp in a 2.0L.
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  11. 03-23-2011, 08:40 PM #11
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    I love the Spirited Green paint! It even looks good on the Mazda2
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    Was 14:1 in a 2.3. Big difference from 11 or 12:1 in a 2 liter.
    I think 250 at crank would be about max for a built engine with throttle bodies.
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    I'll take a black one
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    Brian Goodwin's flyin banana NC made ~270whp and if remember correctly car and driver weighing in at ~2000lbs with the driver at ~200lbs. 2.5L block, 2.0L MZR cosworth spec head, custom exhaust, cosworth ITBs, and MOTEC. For a race team with money and sponsors 275hp should be eazy peazy.
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    I'm still eying the FM supercharger in the future for the NC. I aim for next summer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NC Eunos View Post
    Brian Goodwin's flyin banana NC made ~270whp and if remember correctly car and driver weighing in at ~2000lbs with the driver at ~200lbs. 2.5L block, 2.0L MZR cosworth spec head, custom exhaust, cosworth ITBs, and MOTEC. For a race team with money and sponsors 275hp should be eazy peazy.
    No matter how hard I try, I can not see Quan saying "eazy peazy".
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    Quote Originally Posted by altiain View Post
    Nice. That's only 1874 pounds - lighter than an Elise!
    WOW a completely gutted racecar that's only barely lighter than a street car with a stereo, a/c, power windows j/k

    If you want to compare apples to apples racecars, this would destroy the NC. 1,590 lbs w/o ballast and 400 hp.



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    Nah, you can beat a Lotus with a regular NC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OZMDD View Post
    Nah, you can beat a Lotus with a regular NC.
    Hey, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while....in a gravel pit :) Enjoy your 5 minutes of glory, it won't happen too frequently
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    Oh, sorry. I forgot all about that. I was totally thinking of someone else... :)
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