The '94 to '97 are already at a disadvantage to the 99 & 00 Miatas. It is a
fact of life in stock class. I have a '94 R package and a '96 R package.
Both are a bit slower than the new ones, which will likely be a bit slower
than an '01, unless Mazda softens the suspension or does something else to
defeat the 15 HP gain. If you skip every other update, you only have to buy
the latest car every 4 or 5 years.
Jim Hedderick
Houston
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Cashmore <cashmo@spec-rx7.org>
To: team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 12:18 AM
Subject: BS classing question
>The ESP thread has been both informative and entertaining.
>
>"It just seems like poor engineering to me if you cannot overcome it
>with spring rates and sway bars."
>
>ding ding ding ding ding!! Pony car people LIKE their poorly engineered
>cars and there are lots of them. My guess is an avalanche of pony car
>owner letters would outweigh a handful of BMW owner letters. Which
>brings us to a similar situation for next years BS. We already have
>what most people would call a very successful class with the current
>Miata. But next years model supposedly has 15 more hp and the
>mid-engined MR-Spyder also comes to town. A quick look at past Tour and
>Nats results says you could make an argument that the current Miata
>would fit in AS, also a successful class. When does the Miata 'fit' in
>AS? Will we see lot's of 94-99 Miata's up for sale after Nats? What's
>the lesser of the evils? What do you want to see happen?
>
>Sources of info...
>
>http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/index.html#nat_tour
>http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/98nationals/index.html
>http://www.miata.net/faq/
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/5361/99.html
>http://www.toyota.com/
>
>Thanks,
>Jeff Cashmore
>
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