...in my uber-power 1.6L Miata <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> I bet they had a giggle when I wrote down ~100hp on the reg form! It might not even have that much now after 161K miles. I think there was one car there with less HP than me. A stock late 80's prelude <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> My car was really good at going round the corner at the end of the track though <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Tell you what, for $20 it was a good laugh. I went with some Mustang lovin' neighbors. The best I managed was a 0.01 sec reaction time, 81.7mph and 16.8 sec 1/4 mile. Not too devastating for the other participants, although I did beat a Jeep Cherokee <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

There were some cool cars too. Got chatting with a guy in a factory 5 cobra. Pretty sweet car.

Angelo, next time you should come down there in your 3000. It was at the zmax track across from the motor speedway <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Hate to break it to you Reuben....

But thru 87, the smaller 1.8L was 105hp. 88-91 2.0L was 104hp. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> The first car I ever really built was an 87 non-Si Prelude. 149mph top speed, downhill, as verified by a shockingly friendly Florida Highway Patrolman (who knew my Dad <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />) Man, that car was sweet.

The drag strip is an eye opening experience, fer shur...

Pics?

<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> That's about the same results I got the first time I went to a drag strip..... but it was 1958 and I was driving a bone stock 1951 Ford coupe with a flathead V8........ and that was before I rebuilt the engine. In fairness, I think I did lighten the car a bit by removing the hub caps. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Frank <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

Poo! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> Actually, Mazda claims the 1.6L had 116hp <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" /> Buuut, they seem to dyno (why??) at about 95hp stock. Add my nice Borla exhaust, high-flow cat and super duper K&N...I reckon they are worth 5hp.

No pics, but I have been promised a video of my last run. Hopefully it will show up later.

I have to admit, the stats I posted were not all on the same run <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Frank, give me a break. You had double the cylinders <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> Having said that, I wonder if I would have done 82mph if I had taken the spare wheel out of the boot <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

I'll do it again. It was fun <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Oh, and question for those who know. Why do the nitrous people purge gas before their run? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

Mazda might claim 116 hp but manufacturers claims are usually based on flywheel power, not power to the ground. A 94 Miata with a bone stock 1.8, which is claimed by Mazda to make 128 hp, will actually make 96 whp and 92 wtq all day long on a Dyno Dynamics. That's from the mouth of Ed York who spends a bunch of time prepping SM cars in his shop. A bone stock 1.6 will be closer to 90 whp, maybe 95 if you're on a Dynojet. Not sure how much a K&N would help if it's still in front of the stock restrictive AFM, but the cat & exhaust have to be worth a couple ponies. It might not be crazy powerful but at least you didn't blow up your diff on the launch. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Double the weight, too....... and only half the gears with 3 on the tree. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> I think my first time through was 17 seconds at 87mph. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

You did have a good reaction time, though. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> There's probably no way I could get that now.

Frank

They purge the Nitrous to make sure they have a "full line" of nitrous with no air pockets possibly.

Would the Mazda turbo engine from a Probe GT fit into a Miata? I would think that would be a nice power upgrade.

Totally agree with you Scott re factory HP claims. However, I think you'd have a pretty tired 1.6L at only 90rwhp. From memory the maintain difference between the 1.6 and the 1.8 is not power but torque. That's what breaks the teeny 6" 1.6L diff. I did worry about my diff on that sticky track and Falken azenis tires. It whines at the best of times <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> I have new noises today <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> I'm having real trouble finding an open 7" pumpkin (plus prop and drive shafts) without paying stupid ebay prices. I want an open because I've got a nice RX-7 clutch LSD to go with it. Let me know if you come across someone trying to get rid of theirs after a torsen swap or something.

Talking of open diffs, I had to giggle at those who did 'big time' burn outs with a open diff. One tire producing plumes of smoke while the other tire sat stationary and watched <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> Heat up one tire sir? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />



<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> I was 'weighting' for that (sorry, terrible joke). However, I appreciate the compliment of assuming I could use all 5 gears in a 1/4 mile <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> Never got to 5th...need a longer track <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

All good fun.

Thanks for the info Icy. That makes sense <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

Oh and reaction time...more luck than anything I'd say. My neighbor got 004 and then 002 <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" /> He must have a tranquil marriage as he can clearly see what's coming <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> Never wait for green <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />