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Old 02-19-2004, 01:15 PM
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On the highway late last night, see a quaint little miatta cruising in the right hand lane at a pretty fast clip. Natually, I give chase. I'll race anything, my car is "stock." He slows down below the speed limit and doesn't look my way. So I think he's not game and get into the right lane. Well he pulls even on my left and revs me. I drop to 4th and give him some noise, then he punches it. I go to third and when I hit the gas it looked like he was on his brakes. I wait for him to catch up, because he is still in it. So I do it again. I keep punching it and walking out about a car every time he gets almost even. At a little over 90 (3.73 gears), I go to 4th and keep playing. Finally by about 115 he got tired of me toying with him and got out of it. Poor guy, I almost feel bad for him. Either he really thought he'd get me on top end, or he thought I had a 12 speed transmission or something.

Good times!
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bwahahahaha, nice kill. damn miata are death traps. My ****** right leg could not fit into one of those cars!
Old 02-19-2004, 01:27 PM
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no ****, i remember back in highschool a friend thought his miata was the absolute **** because it had a six speed tranny backing a small v6 (i think). those cars are to damn small for me.
Old 02-19-2004, 01:58 PM
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LMAO I can't beleive he kept on for that long. I have a guy here that bought one and kept talking about " How he was going to dump his whole tax return into it and then race me" ......He never did race me, He met an SUV on the road and his car got smashed.
...Even (LS1) god hates ricers that **** talk.
Old 02-19-2004, 03:06 PM
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LOL, Miatta's , aren't those for middle aged men going through their Mid life crisis? Good kill bro, way to toy with him.
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no v6 miatas...

but it does have a good chassis and handles great, it looks a bit girlie though
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yeah i diddn tknow if it was a 6 or a 4. i know jackson racing makes a supercharger for them that supposedy buffs it up a bit. i couldnt tell you fluff about a mazda though.
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A kid I know has a miata ... upgraded turbo and a bunch of other work = 23x rwhp.

Weeeeeeeee.

Nice kill
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Originally Posted by xphantomws6x
A kid I know has a miata ... upgraded turbo and a bunch of other work = 23x rwhp.

Weeeeeeeee.

Nice kill
Thats actually not all that bad, considering they are a really light car... Arent the engines like 1.6 L though, or something like that?
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^maybe a bolt on turbo kit..and still..maybe if you run the car on blood it will make that little.

miatas in the US are n/a and RWD. Japan had a turbo AWD version.
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LOL nice kill. Love the title.
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Nice kill........

They do have a 5.0L convesion kit for Miata's though.....so if it sounds like a Fox body....watch out!!!
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Its something like a 1.8l rotary engine. rwd. slow as crap in a nuttshell. unfortunately they have enough space under the hood for a couple of interesting engine swaps...
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Damn, that race is like the Senior captain of the football team picking on the dorkiest kid in the kindergarten class.
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they aren't rotary.
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You haven't felt Bill Clinton's pain
until you've made a fat chick c*m
in her Miata. Now that's uncomfortable.
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I did that to a Pontiac Aztec last weekend. Just kept my nose about a 1/4 car length in front of them, they were wide open throttle the whole time, I was no more than 1/2 throttle I think. They bailed out at around 100mph. It was fun. They bought the ticket, so I had to give them full fare.
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Originally Posted by Bowtiered
they aren't rotary.
Yeah, definitely not rotary...
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Originally Posted by MillaTK
Yeah, definitely not rotary...
it's a regular 4 cyl.

as far as conversions i've heard of a ls6 Miata.

a miata weighs like 2300pounds, so imagine. it's a great chassi for a road race/ auto x.
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Originally Posted by Excal
it's a regular 4 cyl.

as far as conversions i've heard of a ls6 Miata.

a miata weighs like 2300pounds, so imagine. it's a great chassi for a road race/ auto x.
Hmm... thats about what my car weighs...

Is there really enough room in that thing for a small block?



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