Miata Mailing List: April 1998, Message #28

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I hope this guying is pulling an April Fools Day joke or we will have to send
the hit squad after him.

LAUR-MAC, INC. wrote:

> I am in the process of converting my Miata into a one-of-a-kind off-road
> freak.  The wheelbase on a Miata is almost Identical to a Suzuki Samuri.  I
> am dropping my '95 M onto the running gear of a Samuri.  It will have 48"
> Monster Mudder tires with 33" of body and suspension lift.  I will remove
> the top in order to facilitate the 6 off road lights I will mount on the 6
> point roll cage.  The engine will be a small block Chevy with supercharger
> and NOS. (let's not start the S.C. vs Turbo thread again, OK?)
>
> Questions:  I am going to have to cut a huge hole in the hood for the
> supercharger/intake.  Should I just take the whole hood off and throw it in
> the trash and leave the big motor naked to the world?
> I am hoping to get into auto-x.  Which class would I fit into with these
> mods?  Can anyone who has made similar modifications to their auto-x sled
> give me recommendations on shocks?
>
> Ken Goff,
> Farmington, Arkansas



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