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just recently there was a report on the Autosalon Circuit Battle. the following is a list of cars that attended:

MX-5

Nissan 300ZX

Honda Civic

Mitsubishi EVO's IV, VI, VIII, IX

BMW M Roadster (99)

Honda S2000 turbocharged

Nissan 180SX

Nissan skyline - a HR31 not that great and a R33 GT-R

Porsche GT3

BMW M3

BMW 328

Honda Integra(type R)

Lotus Exige

Subaru WRX

out of all these cars that participated, the MX-5 came out on top :laugh: the mx-5 was built by a workshop called Mania down in sydney. it was turbocharged running about 10psi i believe, only about 140kw at the wheels, and weighed about a tonne.

this just goes to show that boats like the gtr and M3 really arent that quick when you put them up againt a small roadster with similar mods. just remember, almost every other car there had a heap more power than the mx5 as well. all the drivers were of about the same skill level as well, and frequented the tracks.

so next time you pull up next to a "hairdresser's car" dont laugh, its better than you :)

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hahaha mike i see in that list there isnt a black 32 gtr, the gtr i'm talking about took this event out last time round, and he's a member on here, giant. it'd be interesting to see just what suspension/handling/body mods that mx5 has

i'm gonna laugh so hard when u get ur mx5 up here and u get pwned by others on here :)

hahaha mike i see in that list there isnt a black 32 gtr, the gtr i'm talking about took this event out last time round, and he's a member on here, giant. it'd be interesting to see just what suspension/handling/body mods that mx5 has

i'm gonna laugh so hard when u get ur mx5 up here and u get pwned by others on here :)

there was a black 33 gtr i believe. i think there was another one but it broke down.

here is a full build-up report for the car that won link

what if i dont come back? what are you going to do then shane? i could just not show up here?

there was a black 33 gtr i believe. i think there was another one but it broke down.

here is a full build-up report for the car that won link

what if i dont come back? what are you going to do then shane? i could just not show up here?

aww ur not going to leave caus of a bit of banter, albeit it true banter :)

What pair is quicker Mike?

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HI5 :sorcerer:

aww ur not going to leave caus of a bit of banter, albeit it true banter :kiss:

just you :kiss:

I am still to over take a turbo MX5 at trackday...

I have a hard enough time catching the N/A ones little loan catching the turbo chargered ones...

Slippery little buggers... Ill get them now tho GT30 style... :wave:

there is a track day on the 27th of feb if you want to put it to the test. 1/2 day for $75. 20 or so of them you can try :P

mike mike mike...

No matter how hard you make that MX5 go, people are just going to think when you tear past them:

"Must be late for a house-call"

coming from someone who had troubles driving to his own cruise?

out of 7 potential Nissan's that entered the Circuit battle, only two competed. A Z33 and a 180sx. three gtr's backed out coz they all had engine problems (including GIANT from last year) and a couple of others too. the mx5 ran a 1:06.222 the only car that came close was a mitsubishi evo with a 1:07.432 with a race driver brought over from Asia driving it :O

until i see a faster lap time by a non-professional driver, yours are just boats with wheels and a nissan badge.

I have a mate who runs 1:10 all day on a stock R33GTST with semis it has 130kw at the wheels...Given some mods the MX5 goes down

The guy in the MX5 can obviously drive, a comparison like this is only somwhere near scientific if it is the same driver in all the cars

I am going to wakie in July Mike..come and see if you can get close to that car

Several members of this site have run as fast as that time in thier GTRs and they are just average Joes Dave ran a 1:08 on his third time at the track and vic member ran a 1:07 flat on his first time there...and he only got to drive for 2 sessions

until i see a faster lap time by a non-professional driver, yours are just boats with wheels and a nissan badge.

And as for that retarded comment come to the next NSW club offical day. So here is an idea...find FACTS (sorely lacking on this site these days) then be a smart ass hmmm?

I like how you are acting almost like you ran the time or somthing

HI 5 for the mx5 i like the widebody one i saw the pic of...hotness...oh am i supposed to be saying bad stuff about it....ok....its a factory non turbo...is that bad though...myeah it is... i would like a turbo one....widebody...fullysick 3" zhaust.. great car.

hey mike that link fails to show the fact that the mx5 has a fully built engine, wiseco pistons, carillo rods, custom oil pump and a custom sump.

it also has had an extensive brake upgrade in the way of wilwood four piston calipers, custom discs, hawk blue pads and braided brake lines.

there has been no part of that mx5 that hasnt been modified, from it body to suspension, ecu to fuel pump.

also these vechiles DNS: lotus exige, r33 gts4, subaru wrx,evo VIII rs.

also the autostyle z32 got to 1.14 seconds of that car with half the number of practice laps.

and the pro driver had never been to that track before and was there to help them setup the car.

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