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Originally Posted by totopo
So this seems to be the prevailing opinion I am trying to convince people is not quite correct. Weight isn't the only factor, even in handling. Or else everyone should just get miatas and tune them and they should dominate NASA tt e-ttu. That is obviously not the case. With equal tires, the stock z and the Frs probably have similar cornering speeds. If anything the z might beat it.
The Frs is more in the miata class rather than the s2k class. Just hp doesn't show the full performance of an engine. 160ft.lbs torque for the s2k compared to 150 for the brz is quite a significant difference .
When you start talking about tuning, why cant you tube the z as well? It's silly to compare tuned cars to stock cars. With all the money and warantee issues, what if you sank that same money into a z?
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corrected, but that torque dip we have is sort of similar to AP1 S2000 when VTEC kicks in. The good news for us though is that we can just get a different header and that torque dip will be eliminated.
The choice will really depend on what your needs of a sports car is. If you want a car with some umph to it when you accelerate, the FRS really doesn't quite cut it but if you want something practical and similar to a Miata in handling, the FRS is definitely the better choice even though these "back seats" are quite useless for humans larger than 5ft tall.