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These days you cant take any car for granted....people are throwing powerful engines into random cars willy nilly.... so rolling up next to 'any old car' has now become a whole lot more interesting.

Man i remember pulling up next to a Astina 323, pretty stock looking and then wham....off he went....i was in a 1990 Nissan Pulsar 1.8L Hatch fully hecktic spec...so wasnt doing any funny stuff. Next set of lights it turns out a huge arse FMIC is grinning out the front of the car......

Dont take a car for granted.... just because u own a skyline doesnt mean u can 'chop chop' anything on the road.....

Hi guys, I followed a link to this and thought I'd add my thoughts. There are two turbo MX5's, an SP which has 157kW at 6800 rpm and 289Nm at 4600 rpm with a 6 speed box. It's an Australian only version built under licence by Sydney-based Mazda Motorsport Division. It looks like this.

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Then there's the SE which is a factory turbo which has 121kw at 6,000rpm and 206nm at 4,500rpm. and it looks like this.

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The easiest difference to note is come standard with gun metal grey 17's. It also has a 6 speed box.

Both of these are very very quick as they have a kerb weight of around 1,100kg, though the SP especially given it's higher power and torque and will do the quarter in low 14's.

As for handling, the SE has Bilstein suspension so it's got a firmer ride and Torsen LSD so closes the margin on real world comparisons. I know of many that tweak the turbo of both cars to get upwards of 170kw out of them so it's understandable it took off so quick.

With some serious work these BP engine can get 400hp which makes for some serious sideways fun.

As for me, I've got a 94 MX5 Clubman with Torsen LSD, Tein Coilovers, CAI, Headers, roll bar and sticky tyres which is a whole bag of fun. Here's a pic of the weekends LVMA day at Mount Cotton which I understand some of your guys went to after we finished. Top day!!!

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How could you think they were slow fwd cars for hairdresses? The've been around for 16 years or so, there the best selling convertable of all time, and the won wheels car of the year in about 1989 and 2005.

This is a great thread... :mage:

I sold my R33 (that had nearly 200rwkw) a couple of years ago because I wanted to buy an mx5, and I can tell you that the mx5 is significantly faster (and more fun) through the corners (and you don't get that weird feeling of the 4WS shifting directions mid-corner) even dead stock. When you add a turbo it doesn't take much extra power to make it go very quick. An mx5 weighs 950-1100kgs (depending on model). An R33 weighs 1350kgs. That's why you lost...

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