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[Mike (Cliffie)]

Yup, MX5 ( or as we call them "Another Hairdressers Chicane") is a slow track car but they handle well and I think, more rewarding to drive.

[hmsmotorsport]

[color=rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;]Just driven a lovely MX5 on Omex Throttle Bodies. Great car that pulls and handles so well and I was very impressed. Good job James."[/color]

 

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Edited by hmsmotorsport, 28 June 2013 - 02:18 PM.

[Mike (Cliffie)]

Yup, I love your car James and think you have made a wonderful handling MX5 that goes well (for an MX5) welcome to try to chase me at any track of your chosing...

[G-Bob]

Buy an MX5 and stick some ITB's on it then drive the sh*t out of it.  

[Mike (Cliffie)]

Buy an MX5 and stick some ITB's on it then drive the sh*t out of it.  

Yup, see above.

[Rickwoo118]

MX5, no question.

Yeah that!

[Bumblebee]

Funnily enough I am currently thinking about sort of going the other way from the mk1 MX5 that I own at the moment to a VX220 or an Elise. The MX5 on track is good fun and confidence inspiring, but it does feel a bit slow after having done a lot of track days in it. I always end up getting a bit frustrated in the MX5 because it's usually one of the slowest cars there (partly perhaps due to my driving) and I often find that I spend a lot of time moving over to let faster drivers through, so spending a lot of time moving off the best line.

You could always stick a sc,er on the mx5

Edited by Bumblebee, 28 June 2013 - 03:33 PM.

[p13]

MX5s are fun, but they are too slow in stock form.

[IanE]

You could always stick a sc,er on the mx5

 

Good idea, but I did actually previously have a supercharged MX5 and whilst it was fun, it was quite hard work as it was very modified - probably too much so.

 

I do fancy something different this time, hence looking at VX220s and Elises.

[ghand]

Stripped out re mapped MR2 Turbo should eat most track MXV05s  £ for £ that is.

[Nev]

I've driven a 2.0 Ltr MX5 a few times and it was an excellent all round package for learning RWD in my opinion. So little torque that you'd be hard pressed to make a mistake putting the power down, yet quite a lot of revs to drive with. I would imagine with another 50 to 75 ft/lb of a medium supercharger installation would make this quite a bit more fun, but it would need a lot more than that to make it properly fast IMO, and by that sort of power level loads of other stuff would need upgrading/beefing up.

 

Edited by Nev, 30 June 2013 - 09:26 AM.

[westie]

[color=rgb(51,51,51);]Just driven a lovely MX5 on Omex Throttle Bodies. Great car that pulls and handles so well and I was very impressed. Good job James."[/color]

 
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This is exactly what I am talking about super little 5 that !