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Old 12-01-2014, 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by 71RS/SS396 View Post
Miatas are fast on the auto-x..... on a road course not so much. You will get owned by anything with power. I drove one at Road Atlanta and the straights were painful. I was at VIR yesterday for a trackday and the resident driving instructor was in my run group in his Miata..... I lapped him in a 20 minute session.
They are great handling cars with excellent stock brakes but need more power to be fast on a road course.... now one with an aluminum 5.3 or LS1 would be a hoot.
Well Tim I think you have been looking at my search history as I've been looking at aluminum 5.3s and LS1 motors as well!!
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