Anyone else go last week?

i went to the one for the chicago ppl it was pretty cool.....the place before us though burnt up the clutch in that mazdaspeed miata i mean i was standing in line and as the car was pullin up u smelt it

yea they were fine when they got here. I loved the MS miata, but i was a little disappointed in the MS RX8...

u got 2 test drive it?! or was it on display only?

We got to drive the Mazdaspeed RX8, factory MX3, and the Mazdaspeed Miata.

i went to the one in charlotte a while ago it was cool i actually won a door prize (yeah no ****) and test drove all the car until i got asked to leave (unsafe i guess) whatevr i do what i want! they are all just jealous! but all and all it was fun! they told me to drive the cars as if they were mine so i did damnit its not fair i didnt knock any cones over !!!!! came inches of hitting the cardboard cut out of what i think was a deer or some **** ... it was great and it was wet too ..hahahahaah

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As a prologue to my post:

1) I have never driven/ridden on a road course.

2) The only car I've ever driven is my Eclipse.



So I went to Atl Motor Speedway to check it out today, even though it rained last night because I expected the crowd to be small. I drove the RX-8 (wow, no torque, but I love revving that thing) and the MazdaSpeed Miata.



I have determined that my next car will be a Miata. Holy crap this thing handles amazing. I can only hope that my 7 will handle half as well as this thing did.



If any of you have been before, you know the course is setup for you to not speed. Well, I was on the gas as much as possible, even though I was afraid of hitting cones (refer to section 1 above). I drove it around twice, the second time losing traction around a few turns. My only complaint with this car is that you can't really feel the turbo until around 5000rpm, WTF?



So I think my next project (as soon as I get my current one running https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR ) will be a 13b into a Miata. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

We were asked to leave for drifting all the turns we could. Said the point was to remain in control.



Ever heard of controlled slides mazda?

The guys that run Rev It Up probably get minimum wage and have never seen/worked on a Mazda in there life.

Why not a 20b??? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



I thought the new MS Miata was supercharged? Is it turbo charged? And I have heard it pushes like 180-190 hp. And they are RWD right? If they look anything like the 2000-2003's I would love to have one. The new ones look like an FD in the front and rear. I usually confuse them for FD's , then I see that it is a vert.