It is called the Monster Miata, I can't remember the name of the company
itself, but they have a website, and if you search under Monster Miata
you'll find it. Besides buying the parts to do it yourself, they have two
turnkey models (you send them your Miata and they'll modify, or find one for
you), one is 5.0L/5spd, the other is 5.0L/5spd/VORTECH! Weight issue: a 5.0L
is only 450lbs, not a huge gain from the stock engine/tranny, however, the
mandatory suspension upgrades add even more weight on top of the engine
swap.
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "brett burford" <brettburford@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: RE: godzilla,
its all about power to wieght ratio. thats why i am
building my 3rd (16th if you count the customer cars)
280Z v8 conversion. and the TC/SC for Miata's or Z's
or whatever DO make a big difference, but they make an
even bigger difference if you put em on an 8!
(or at least a six!) technology has evened things out
some(!!) but some things don't change. ie; theres no
replacement for displacement.
Brett
93 rc4x4
--- "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net> wrote:
> They took care of all of that. They handle
> exceptionally well and they have
> gobs of power. (Remember the AC Cobra...BIG motor -
> Little Car.)
>
> - Bernd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Johnson" <frankwjohnson@hotmail.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 10:04 AM
> Subject: DML: RE: godzilla,
>
>
> > I thought the best feature of the Miata was that
> it weighed next to
> > nothing?? Wouldn't dropping a 5.0 and the tranny
> to handle it pork this
> car
> > out, not to mention the front springs would need
> to be upgraded and with
> all
> > that extra weight under the hood the thing would
> be so nose heavy that the
> > handling would actually be way way worse?????
> > Sounds like a really bad idea especially when
> there's a SC/TC out there
> for
> > it that would add only negligle weight, but gobs
> of power.
> > Ah well, my rambling is finished for now,
> >
> > Frank WJ
> >
>
>
>
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