Is that right? Well, so much for the folks on Miata.net who tout the
free-revving nature of the 1.6L engine over the 1.8L. I had seen the
redline of the 1.6L quoted as 7500. I should know better, of course!
But it did make sense; the 1.6L in the MR2 goes to 7500...
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 06:58:49PM -0700, Scott Loughmiller wrote:
>
> > That should translate to 59 in 2nd and 84 in 3rd for 5-speed '99+
> > Miatas. The 90-93 Miatas should have higher limits due to the higher
> > redline. 94-97 Miatas would get to 51 in 2nd and 80 in 3rd.
>
> Not that I want to start another debate about Miata specifications, but I
> can't help myself.
>
> My '91 redlined at 6500, and my '01 redlines at 7000, but both had/have rev
> limiters at 7250. What's your redline John? I just realized that the
> redline was the source of my confusion on the gearing of my '91. I swore up
> and down that it was geared shorter than my '01 because I know I had to
> shift earlier, but as soon as I wrote the first sentence of this paragraph I
> realized why. That's a pretty stupid thing to overlook.
>
> -Scott
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