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Re: 3rd gear/Miata/NEDivs

To: "Mari L Clements" <mrndr2@juno.com>
Subject: Re: 3rd gear/Miata/NEDivs
From: "Scot Zediker" <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:11:12 -0700
 Wow!  I got four copies of this message!

Scot

----- Original Message -----
From: Mari L Clements <mrndr2@juno.com>
To: <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
Cc: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: 3rd gear/Miata/NEDivs


> Yes, Tim has a 10AE.
>
> One other thing to remember--unless your autox tires are the same size as
> your street tires, the obtained speed will be off.  For instance, coming
> back at Peru, after a big lift/starting to break, Eric looked down at the
> finish "straight" to see the speedo dropping back through 70.  Flying,
> right?  Well, someone had radar, and Roger Johnson in his vette was
> "only" going 70 something.  And the Vette certainly, certainly, certainly
> was faster on that course than the 130 hp MR2.
>
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:05:59 -0400 (EDT) Scot Zediker
> <roadsterboy@earthlink.net> writes:
> > By any chance is your Miata a 10AE?  My '91 hits the rev limiter at
> > an indicated 85mph in 3rd (did this on a freeway onramp, not an
> > autox :)
>
> mlc
> '91 MR2 NA
> -----anything after this, I didn't write, and don't necessarily agree
> with----
>
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