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Originally Posted by tahdizzle
I don't agree with strat in that a LSD, BBS Wheels, Brembo Brakes and upgraded rubber is a marginal increase over a Base miata though.
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LSD and Bilstein's are part of the Club package, that is the track oriented Miata offering and at $29.5k it is more expensive than the Toyobaru and you are correct, it is likely a significant increase in performance over the base ~$25k model.
The ~$3.4k Brembo package comes with brakes and BBS wheels, that is the package I am arguing is not a substantial performance upgrade, it's what pushes the Miata past the $32k mark. I don't think the 10 lbs weight reduction and added brake cooling add a significant performance advantage, it does add some performance no doubt, but not enough to reduce the 1.3 second gap significantly.
I do not know the tires offered on the Base vs. Club vs. Brembo package, they are listed as 205/45/17 Bridgestone S001's for MotorTrend's as tested, 280 treadwear to the HP Primacy's 340 treadwear (in 215/45/17). Both tires are not performance oriented imo, both tires will be replaced before serious hotlapping occurs. As I posted earlier, everybody points to rubber as an easy out, but in this case it's not like we're comparing performance tires to non-performance tires,
they're both classed as
'sporty summer tires'.