Miata Mailing List: August 1994, Message #93
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   From: kenw@netaxs.com (Ken Warren)
Subject: Re: MX-5 horsepower?
   Date: Thu, 4 Aug 1994 07:21:52 -0400

At 06:25 AM 8/4/94 -0400, Christopher Lishka wrote:

>An embarrassing question: what is the horsepower of a "stock" base
>model '90 MX-5 (Swiss)?  My friend thought it was 108HP, but I thought
>I heard somewhere that it is 140HP.  As far as I can tell, the HP is
>not listed in the French/German manual.  I also checked the FAQ, but
>did not find any info there.

Your Miata makes ~116 horsepower in stock form. This works out to about 
20lb/hp, which as you note later isn't too awful for a car that's supposed 
to be "quick," not "fast."
--
Ken
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           Ken Warren               E-Mail: kenw@netaxs.com
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