miata gets the 2.3t next year

http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/sec.../22.html#a2170

Any idea $$$$?

Add a more exotic engine / suspension / trany / brakes...you can charge more. I bet a lot of people (me included) would pony up around 30K for that car....

My wife bought a CX-7 and I have been dreaming about that engine in my spec. Other than the slight turbo lag, it would absolutely be the perfect engine for a miata.

I like the idea, but it just seems they want a car to beat the solstice gxp which is great and all I just think maybe it's taking away from the whole idea of a light, high revving roadster. Who knows though, maybe I'll end up buying one one day.

Has anyone driven one of these motors yet? Any bad lag like a stock msm?

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Originally Posted by aalvarez04

I like the idea, but it just seems they want a car to beat the solstice gxp which is great and all I just think maybe it's taking away from the whole idea of a light, high revving roadster. Who knows though, maybe I'll end up buying one one day.

Has anyone driven one of these motors yet? Any bad lag like a stock msm?

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Perhaps they should go a similar route as Honda and make a motor with a 9K RPM range

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I just think maybe it's taking away from the whole idea of a light, high revving roadster.

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They gave that idea up with the MSM.

With the numbers of the ms3 0-60 in 5.8 seconds, quarter mile of 14.6 and 3180curb weight. Whats this miata going to do? Sounds like a recipe for an a$$ whooping for the fellow competitors. :D As for the Honda motor, it's good but the power band is pitiful and of course the torque. I just don't see anything good out of Honda except econo cars. No offense to Honda lovers.

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Originally Posted by aalvarez04

As for the Honda motor, it's good but the power band is pitiful and of course the torque. I just don't see anything good out of Honda except econo cars. No offense to Honda lovers.

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There is their Formula 1 program, you know. Oh wait, never mind.

See what all that $$$ can do for a F1 car and team? :burnrubr:

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Originally Posted by MiataMike

Perhaps they should go a similar route as Honda and make a motor with a 9K RPM range

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...yes, a 9K rev range and a 250 RPM power band! :rolleyes:

wow, we're already crying about turbo-lag?

Actually, there was surprisingly little lag between the turbo announcement and the complaints kicking in.

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Originally Posted by redmenace

Actually, there was surprisingly little lag between the turbo announcement and the complaints kicking in.

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:clap:

Words to live by...

"If it has turbo lag, you ain't driving it right!"
-Carrol Shelby