Believe it or not, now that the oldest Miata's are 2 years old, people are restoring them. Most modify the engine to get 150 - 200+ HP out of them (NOT with chips - Miatas don't really respond to tha
Make that "12 years" old. Spilled a damn Point beer on the keyboard, hasn't been the same since. == Ron Soave The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. Th
I know next to nothing abut Miatas. What do they have in them for a power train, and how hard would it be to stuff one in a spridget? Ron, can you do a test fit? Robert D. < Should I run? > --Origina
-- Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca> 1.8 L DOHC 155 HP 4 banger with variable valve timing (although for North America the engine dyno's at 142 HP, for which Mazda was nice enough to give
- - - - - - - - - - - - - Early models had a 1.6L. I guess it was underpowered. Allen Hefner SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward '77 Midget '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
Actually the vehicle weight increased by 300 pounds mostly due to gov't regs (side impact, etc.), so they bumped the power to keep a similar HP to weight ratio. The 1.8 came in '94. My 1990 1.6 was j
increases, the car itself is not -- chassis flex in one I saw almost caused the front wheel to lift off the ground when the thing was revved. I tend to think that the cars are still fairly weak in th
I talked to a salesman the other night when I stopped to look at a British Green Special Edition Miata at a local dealer. The car has a 1.8 liter engine. The car weighs 2400 pounds! The salesman said
Actually my understanding is that something like 18,000 finite element nodes were used in the design, making it the most analyzed chassis in history. It's no boxster, but I am told it is much stiffer
- - - - - - - - - - - - They can't call it that...can they? It should be illegal. I guess Jap'nese Racing Green doesn't sound as good. Let's ask Frank! Allen Hefner SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward '
Pity there isn't such a simple fix to retain the handling of the original. Daniel1312 << so they bumped the power to keep a similar HP to weight ratio. >>
My wife has a 1.6L miata. It's certainly not a muscle car but it's pretty darn nippy. (Sure it's barely bigger in displacement than a spridget, but it's DOHC, EFI, etc. etc.) If you are happy with sp
All we have to do now is convert the Miata to use those superior handling lever shocks and it will corner in excess of 1.0g John Holliday Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo
The 1.8 L engines are from 1999 and newer (M2's) the earlier cars were 1.6 L (M1's). The 2000 SE delivered in certain countries including the U.S.A. came with 6 speed and it is an option on 2001 cars
Well if they can carbon copy a British car (because they can't come up with their own design) why shouldn't they call it BRG? Bovine Rice green -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Lots of Sprites http:/
Aren't the new ones offered with a 6 speed as well? I really like the new shape the miata has taken. Lost the pop up head lights (was never a fan of those) and has nice traditional lights. Very clea
I recall reading an article on the design of the Miada. This car was intended to drive like a LBC from day one. They hired an engineer living in California, who tried to get a car to drive like the T
I guess that it depends what your criteria is. My preference is BRG, but the ladies seem to nuts over red. ( 'Tartan red' according a receipt that came with the car. ) Robert D. --Original Message--
Toby wrote: Aren't the new ones offered with a 6 speed as well? Yes, they are... You have both 5 and 6 speed transmissions available... Most of the Miatas on the dealer lot (El Cajon, So Cal) had six