Fastest, lightest MX-5 ever!

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03-23-2011, 12:46 PM
trickyrix

Fastest, lightest MX-5 ever!

LINKIE
03-23-2011, 01:02 PM
altiain

Nice. That's only 1874 pounds - lighter than an Elise!
03-23-2011, 01:12 PM
cleave

I wonder how much one of those costs.
03-23-2011, 01:17 PM
POS Racing

Quote:

Originally Posted by cleave

I wonder how much one of those costs.

I'm going to guess "a lot"! ;-)

More Stuff - http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/23/u...h-enduro-raci/

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....cecar-main.jpg
03-23-2011, 01:39 PM
Nails

No way thats 275 hp normally aspirated. I have serious doubts about the weight too.
03-23-2011, 01:46 PM
Miatamoto

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nails

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.

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

I've seen these running in person, they're the real deal.
03-23-2011, 02:44 PM
Bigsrturbo

Pretty sick!!
03-23-2011, 05:29 PM
Kestrel

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...
03-23-2011, 06:51 PM
Nails

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miatamoto

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.
03-23-2011, 07:02 PM
Miatamoto

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nails

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.
03-23-2011, 08:40 PM
CHeavin_2006

I love the Spirited Green paint! It even looks good on the Mazda2
03-23-2011, 09:11 PM
Nails

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.
03-23-2011, 09:13 PM
blackzx3_13

I'll take a black one
03-23-2011, 10:25 PM
NC Eunos

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.
03-23-2011, 11:16 PM
CHeavin_2006

I'm still eying the FM supercharger in the future for the NC. I aim for next summer.
03-24-2011, 08:01 AM
Sharpie

Quote:

Originally Posted by NC Eunos

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".
03-24-2011, 08:17 AM
CosmosMpower

Quote:

Originally Posted by altiain

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.

http://lotusplus.files.wordpress.com...2-13-38-pm.png

p.s. wish I could run this much rear tire

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/atta...1-4-10-004.jpg
03-24-2011, 11:15 AM
OZMDD

Nah, you can beat a Lotus with a regular NC. ::Banana::
03-24-2011, 12:57 PM
CosmosMpower

Quote:

Originally Posted by OZMDD

Nah, you can beat a Lotus with a regular NC. ::Banana::

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 ;)
03-25-2011, 12:56 PM
OZMDD

Oh, sorry. I forgot all about that. I was totally thinking of someone else... :)
03-25-2011, 02:15 PM
CosmosMpower

Quote:

Originally Posted by OZMDD

Oh, sorry. I forgot all about that. I was totally thinking of someone else... :)

Liar ;)
03-25-2011, 05:46 PM
SirHustlerEsq

lol @ the belts
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....acecarmazd.jpg
I wonder if they will ever clear the cage?
03-25-2011, 08:21 PM
johnwag

I'll just tell the bank that I wanna finance my $100K+ MX-5.