93 miata vs. 81 firebird

[metalman]

Ever heard of Mark Donohue?

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Yes I have. But I have heard of all the old guys...I was alive then.

There was a 3 hour endurance race at Road Atlanta during the recent ARRC. It featured various types of IT (improved touring) cars including V8 Mustangs. Those cars were quite fast and turned good lap times but heavy fast cars tend to use up brakes. Also, being of standard Ford quality offers other issues. In the end a Miata won overall...which isnt unusual in my SCCA experience.
Being agile, light, and able to maintain speed through corners and run consistent lap times without mechanical failures is everything in that kind of racing. The Miata is a world class sports car car perfectly suited for just that.
A Neon on the otherhand is a car well suited to unemployed redneck trailer park life.

As for an 81 Fireturd...those were built during an era of heavy pig underpowered slowassness. Although any car, including one of those, can be built to go fast, it wouldnt be the greatest platform for road racing....unless youre racing other heavy pigs of the same type and era.

[n00bsrus]

As for an 81 Fireturd...those were built during an era of heavy pig underpowered slowassness. Although any car, including one of those, can be built to go fast, it wouldnt be the greatest platform for road racing....unless youre racing other heavy pigs of the same type and era.

and that's why i don't want to make it a track car. i want to make it a drag car. i mean look on the bright side... if you wreck an old "heavy pig" it's no big deal to fix... cause you can just go to a pull apart or a junk yard or if you want to spend a little more money, year one or national parts depot and buy new parts for cheap... if you wreck a miata or something of that nature, parts are EXPENSIVE.
i'm not trying to start anything on this forum... the only reason i have an account here is because of my corolla and a few friends of mine who introduced me to it. anyways... i like my heavy pig of a car, and i wouldn't trade it for the world. even for a miata.

[metalman]

and that's why i don't want to make it a track car. i want to make it a drag car.

Well my comments were directed to the original post...

"93 Miata vs. 81 Firebird-
Both bone stock.
ON track not drag.
who wins?"

...so they stand as is.

i mean look on the bright side... if you wreck an old "heavy pig" it's no big deal to fix... cause you can just go to a pull apart or a junk yard or if you want to spend a little more money, year one or national parts depot and buy new parts for cheap... if you wreck a miata or something of that nature, parts are EXPENSIVE.
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81 Firebird parts arent that plentiful in junkyards, I used to make my living from classic cars....and Miata parts dont cost me much of anything...but I appreciate your enthusiasm. Enjoy your classic!