Miata Mailing List: December 1993, Message #81
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   From: "craig" 
Subject: Mega Monster
   Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 13:37:20 -0500

Craig Blakely writes:
> Anyone seen the recent material on the mega monster miata?  400 HP,
> Belle supercharged Shellby would be?  Kind of a costly way to fix the
> lifter problem, but looks like fun.

MICHAEL SIMMONS RESPONDED:

I was at Monster Motorsports while they were preparing the Mega Monster
for its first public appearance last summer.  I haven't seen one on
the road yet.  While the Monster V-8 Miatas (the weak little normally
aspirated 5 liter ) at least still *looks* like a Miata, the Mega
Monster bore little resemblance.  The car was *extremely* impressive,
though, IMHO.  Everything I saw going into it appeared first class
and balanced with the power of the engine (if that's even possible).

They told me it would *embarass* F40s.

It's not a Miata any more, though.

Mike Simmons
90 White and weak

SURE ENOUGH ISNT A MIATA ANY MORE.

I got ahold of a two page write up from sport compact car/dec '93
that did a comparison with the Viper, ZR1 Vette, 911 Turbo,
Testarossa and Lamborghini Diablo.  Few figures follow:

Car      HP    0-60    1/4 mi    top spd    60-0     mpg      cost
Miata*   400   3.9     12.2      174        118'     18.2     $ 45 K
Viper    400   4.8     13.1      160        156'     12.0     $ 55 K
ZR1      375   5.6     13.9      176        142'     19.0     $ 65 K
Porsche  320   4.6     12.9      168        124'     15.8     $ 96 K
Ferrari  421   4.7     12.9      192        125      12.0     $195 K
Diablo   492   4.5     13.3      202        142      11.0     $239 K

Apparently in mopped up in the skid pad and thru a slalom.
And all we really needed was the V-6...

cb


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