Near as I can tell, it hasn't created an overdog situation yet. 1.6L Miatas
are fairly close to 2nd-gen MR2's in Solo2, but a lot of this is
course-dependent. MR2's work better on "point-and-squirt" courses than
Miatas, thanks to better torque. Meanwhile, on a more flowing type of
course, a well-driven Miata has a better chance; it's around 400 lb lighter
than the '2 and very well balanced.
In ProSolo, the 1.6 Miata is at a serious disadvantage to the MR2, mainly
because it has much less torque and less weight at the rear.
But at least a Miata doesn't sound like a tractor ;)
Scot - still working on the launch...
'91 CS Miata
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>
To: Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>
Cc: team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: Appearances
> >Seriously, I think it's detrimental to the sport to have two of nine
> >Stock classes dominated (in terms of numbers, if not performance) by
> >Miatas (and earlier, Neons).
>
> I agree but I still think the cars should be classed based on relative
> differences. To me, the 1.6 is different enough from the 1.8 to be
> considered separately. But if moving the 1.6 Miata to CS will create
> an overdog situation then it probably should not be done.
>
> Paul Foster
>
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