Miata Mailing List: February 1994, Message #133
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   From: Jeff Maurer 
Subject: Autoxing the Miata
   Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 19:17:01 -0500


Sounds like a good book title, doesn't it?

Anyway, I'm thinking about trying autox for the first time this spring.
Problem is both of the two likely candidate cars ('92 Miata, '86 Civic Si)
have been modified enough to bump me out of the "stock" (CS?) class.
Staying in this class seems to be a big concern for those Miataphiles
that autox.  Perhaps a silly question, but why?  Does adding
non-stock springs, or rear sway bar bump the Miata into some sort
of open class with the NSX, Corvette LT-1's, Caprice Wagon, etc?

I don't view pulling the non-stock stuff off before each event, and
reinstalling it as a viable alternative (God knows my weekends go quickly
enough already!)

Thanks for your thoughts!
jeff
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