Miata Mailing List: March 1996, Message #76
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   From: Ken Warren 
Subject: RE: Subframe Braces/Sway etc.
   Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 07:29:59 -0500

On Friday, March 01, 1996 8:24 AM, Rob Ebersol[SMTP:rob@ebersol.com] wrote:

>At 7:17 AM 3/1/96, Ken Warren wrote:
>>Overall, I feel that you might better spend your money elsewhere, rather
>>than trying to turn a 90 Miata into a second-rate 94+. Personally, I'd go
>>find an autocross every weekend, and spend my money on the driver.

>I can't agree with this more. Although it's fun to modify the Miata, most
>people will never get over 75% of the performance potential out of the
>original miata setup. Example: I was turning 1:50.0s at road atlanta in 
the
>showroom stock car. Randy Pobst (pro-racer) took my car out and turned
>1:46.0s, then came in and said he was about 10% off his race lap (ouch).
>Answer: my cash is going to seat time (and tires). The car is just waiting
>on me to catch up!

I will mention that the difference between 1:50 and 1:46 is probably about 
15% in terms of the car's envelope. And that last 10% might only be a 
second and a half, or less. But seconds win races.
Ken Warren
Motorsports Director, DelVal Miata Club