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Old 06-03-2012, 07:42 PM   #87
Tbomb 25
Balance over power...
 
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Originally Posted by fatoni View Post
i think if you are talking about the difference between drivetrains you need to discuss your experiences. having owned a couple supras, a miata stock and modified, an ae86 stock and modified, a crx and a mazdaspeed protege among other things, the difference isnt that huge. you need to drive differently but as far as being fun or handling well there is no difference. maybe once you get into the 4 or 5 hundred hp figures there are alarming changes but to be honest the msp and crx were more fun than the ae86 and miata but maybe thats the hp talking. funny to compare cars with 160 and 170 hp to 130 and 110 like its a huge difference but it is what it is
Im hearing a bunch of praise for the Mazda 2...they call it front wheel drive NA Miata thats high praise indeed because the MX-5 certainly doesent live up to the NB and certainly not the NA's...but with a 100 hp on tap...would be rough in this era 9 years ago when i had my Miata not so much....
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