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Originally Posted by iag48st
Randy Pobst's fastest laptime in the BRZ at Streets of Willow was actually a 1:30.32 seconds. Put on same tires as the ND Miata and on a track like SoW, thats probably good for at least 2 seconds.
That being said, I find it weird that in their tire comparison they weren't able to shave any significant time off the lap times in the BRZ. Soo many variables...
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Why post in hypotheticals? I already posted a Tirerack test that had data with the "Max Performance Summer tire" (what is on the Miata) going to the Extreme Performance summers picking up 1.7 seconds when the BRZ goes from Primacy's to the Extreme Performance Summer's it picks up 2.5 seconds.
I'd induce <1 second difference between the S001 and the Primacy's.
Same driver on the same day, different cars, and a billion other factors.
I'll eat my words if there's a better comparison showing the S001's to be more than 1 second superior to the Primacy's.
To be 100% clear, my position is that a $29.5k Club Miata is faster than an 86 from the factory. Do with the $3k leftover on the cheaper BRZ/FR-S what you will, it will likely come out on top if given a base $30k budget, but stock for stock the Miata is faster and it's fair. On top of that, upgrading the tires on the Miata will benefit it nearly as much as it does on the 86.