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Originally Posted by churchx
I'm more then happy with "that's it". And if i'll find difficulty overtaking someone on public roads with dropping some gears down, probably because that someone going 1.5-2x times posted speed limit, thus i doubt i'll need to overtake :P.
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Local to me are alot of 2 lane roads, posted speed limit 100kph.
Some people will sit at 80kph on it, so when there's broken lines (legal spot to overtake), and it's safe, I overtake.
I will usually be plodding along in 5/6th, when the time comes to overtake it's straight to 3rd and mash the pedal.........and then wait....... hoping that the truck/caravan or car doesn't decide to, at that very moment, speed up.
Or I could just sit behind them for 20km waiting for a overtaking lane.....being overtaken by everone else joining our conga line in the mean time.
I'm use to slow cars, that handle well, my 1999 1.8 MX5 had roughly the same power to weight, albeit the Mazda was 19 years older and weighed less than my 86, I sold my MX5 when I stopped doing alot of track days because as a daily it was pretty average.
Don't get me wrong, I love the way my car handles, but, and it's a big but,....lol....the powertrain is sorely lacking.
Yes the car is a budget (read: cheap) sports car, and sacrifices were made to keep the cost down (could they have found a cheaper/weaker gearbox?), hell the main design of the OEM conrod was to enable easy installation at the factory, whos brilliant idea was it to have rods offset like that, it's not just the twins there though, the WRX has the same idiotic design, good one Subaru, no wonder they bend when you lean on them, they bloody well start bent.
Anyways, as I've said, it's a fun car, but it will cost you the purchase price again if you want any real power gain.
Why do I have one, what other new RWD manual coupes can you get for under 40kAUD, none.
I still wish it had a better box and at least straight conrods.
Or, better still a new and improved 3GSE Black top that I can do basic mods on and tune and a V160 or simular (something not made out of glass).
But thats just me.
Yes, I'm a old hoon.