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Thread: miata gets the 2.3t next year

  1. 09-25-2007, 02:12 PM #1
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    Default miata gets the 2.3t next year

    http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/sec.../22.html#a2170
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  2. 09-25-2007, 07:54 PM #2
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    Any idea $$$$?
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  3. 09-25-2007, 08:06 PM #3
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    Default I bet in the $30K range

    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....
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    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.
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by aalvarez04 View Post
    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?
    Perhaps they should go a similar route as Honda and make a motor with a 9K RPM range
    Blah blah blah!
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  7. 09-25-2007, 09:38 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by aalvarez04 View Post
    I just think maybe it's taking away from the whole idea of a light, high revving roadster.

    They gave that idea up with the MSM.
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  8. 09-25-2007, 09:43 PM #8
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    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. 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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    Quote Originally Posted by aalvarez04 View Post
    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.
    There is their Formula 1 program, you know. Oh wait, never mind.
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    Default You mean the F1 program with Rubens and Jenson at the back of the grid?

    See what all that $$$ can do for a F1 car and team?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MiataMike View Post
    Perhaps they should go a similar route as Honda and make a motor with a 9K RPM range
    ...yes, a 9K rev range and a 250 RPM power band!
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    wow, we're already crying about turbo-lag?
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    Actually, there was surprisingly little lag between the turbo announcement and the complaints kicking in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by redmenace View Post
    Actually, there was surprisingly little lag between the turbo announcement and the complaints kicking in.
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