Beaten By An Mx5 Miata

[020R33]

im willing to bet a lot of money the mx5 handles better than an r33

maybe it was one those mx5 bullets... supercharged v8...

it was exactly like the one in the picture, it looked brand new like it had just come off the showroom floor

[dan_the_man]

sure it wasnt a bullet? they r f**kin quick

http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_...ts/1_03_bul.htm

http://www.bulletcars.com/

[020R33]

oh thats tuff!

but no, it wasnt one of those, it was exactly like the one in the picture, same colour and all

ive never seen anything like it in brisbane before

[lingeringsoul]

i think it's no contest when it comes to handling, MX5 owns hands down.

[S13Deviat]

These days you cant take any car for granted....people are throwing powerful engines into random cars willy nilly.... so rolling up next to 'any old car' has now become a whole lot more interesting.

Man i remember pulling up next to a Astina 323, pretty stock looking and then wham....off he went....i was in a 1990 Nissan Pulsar 1.8L Hatch fully hecktic spec...so wasnt doing any funny stuff. Next set of lights it turns out a huge arse FMIC is grinning out the front of the car......

Dont take a car for granted.... just because u own a skyline doesnt mean u can 'chop chop' anything on the road.....

[020R33]

i dont take it for granted but damn i always thought mx5 were slow fwd cars for hairdressers

goes to show tho

[Modena]

i dont take it for granted but damn i always thought mx5 were slow fwd cars for hairdressers

goes to show tho

An excel can smoke a skyline... if you chuck enough money at it... whats your point?

[Brad MX5]

Hi guys, I followed a link to this and thought I'd add my thoughts. There are two turbo MX5's, an SP which has 157kW at 6800 rpm and 289Nm at 4600 rpm with a 6 speed box. It's an Australian only version built under licence by Sydney-based Mazda Motorsport Division. It looks like this.

Then there's the SE which is a factory turbo which has 121kw at 6,000rpm and 206nm at 4,500rpm. and it looks like this.

The easiest difference to note is come standard with gun metal grey 17's. It also has a 6 speed box.

Both of these are very very quick as they have a kerb weight of around 1,100kg, though the SP especially given it's higher power and torque and will do the quarter in low 14's.

As for handling, the SE has Bilstein suspension so it's got a firmer ride and Torsen LSD so closes the margin on real world comparisons. I know of many that tweak the turbo of both cars to get upwards of 170kw out of them so it's understandable it took off so quick.

With some serious work these BP engine can get 400hp which makes for some serious sideways fun.

As for me, I've got a 94 MX5 Clubman with Torsen LSD, Tein Coilovers, CAI, Headers, roll bar and sticky tyres which is a whole bag of fun. Here's a pic of the weekends LVMA day at Mount Cotton which I understand some of your guys went to after we finished. Top day!!!

Edited April 10, 2006 by Brad MX5

[**JaR**]

wtf is a miata... isnt that the yank way of calling an mx5 n mx5 but not.

and besides. u got owned. i wouldnt have posted that up. lol

[Brad MX5]

Yeah, they didn't think MX5 was 'manly' enough or something for the US market to they called it a Miata....so so terrible name.

[85URK]

still. they are a good car but like any car they always need improvement. but for an off the shelf package. thay arent that bad.

[Scottstyles]

Time for a GT-R...

[kralster]

How could you think they were slow fwd cars for hairdresses? The've been around for 16 years or so, there the best selling convertable of all time, and the won wheels car of the year in about 1989 and 2005.

[IOWNU]

High 14s?

That's not much slower than stock 33s.

Either you can't drive, or he had more mods than you.

It's not surprising.....i've always liked MX5s, not as much as RX7s though!

[noise]

mx5's suck badly dude, that would have been painfull to get chopped by one.

[020R33]

mx5's suck badly dude, that would have been painfull to get chopped by one.

i dunno mate, this one was quick, def quicker than high 14s

[racsov500]

owned by a hairdresser

oh the shame

[MX5]

i dunno mate, this one was quick, def quicker than high 14s

Sorry mate it was bog stock, ownage to you.

Don't get too upset, a time slips is the only true test of "magilla gorilla" straight line performance but any knuckle dragger can drive in a straight line.

[lastlineofdefence]

it had a badge on the back said 'SE'

Yeep, there's your problem, right there...

[Moggy]

This is a great thread...

I sold my R33 (that had nearly 200rwkw) a couple of years ago because I wanted to buy an mx5, and I can tell you that the mx5 is significantly faster (and more fun) through the corners (and you don't get that weird feeling of the 4WS shifting directions mid-corner) even dead stock. When you add a turbo it doesn't take much extra power to make it go very quick. An mx5 weighs 950-1100kgs (depending on model). An R33 weighs 1350kgs. That's why you lost...