Who said the Miata can't be quick enough?

by "Is my name good?, wants a BMW wagon" (apancake)
Published 04/21/2017 at 13:30

Tags: Mazda ; Miata ; Headlights don't go up headlights don't go down
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Right? Riiight.....

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If a manual Miata had this tune it would do 0 to 60 in about 4.4 seconds according to this handy 0 to 60 calculator!

https://www.gregraven.org/hotwater/calculators/0-60.php

Replies (14)

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
04/21/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 1

Miata ain’t FWD.

But that calculator is shockingly accurate.

"S62B50daily" (s62b50daily)
04/21/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 0

Actually it’s 4.489 seconds with it set to RWD

"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
04/21/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 1

Gearing matters.

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
04/21/2017 at 13:38, STARS: 0

I love me some turbo Miata action. Kinda surprised Flyin’ Miata is distributing someone else’s kit rather than develop their own. But hey, good either way.

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
04/21/2017 at 13:40, STARS: 0

Huh, this thing is incredibly accurate. By my own testing, the new smart does 0-60 in 8.5s

And if you time a 451 smart, but subtract each gear shift (since they take a second, each), you also get 9-10 seconds.

"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
04/21/2017 at 13:51, STARS: 2

Really? It is actually fairly inaccurate.

Without torque being a value, it’s not a very good calculator.

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
04/21/2017 at 13:55, STARS: 1

It was very close for me. And for being as general as it is, I call that a victory.

Torque has a rigid relationship with HP, unless your engine is a diesel or a high-revving gasser it should be close.

I’m guessing your estimate was too slow?

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
04/21/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 0

Azsuming what gear ratio exactly? How are they estimating 0-60 without that?

"Liam Farrell" (ackrunner)
04/21/2017 at 15:34, STARS: 0

Not exactly accurate considering the Rover can’t make it to 60

"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
04/21/2017 at 16:04, STARS: 0

I did the S2000, estimate was too fast, the Aventador, estimate was slow, and C6 ZR1, and the estimate was too fast.

"briannutter1" (briannutter1)
04/21/2017 at 16:16, STARS: 0

I know as soon as I post this, it’s Tales from the Blackbird time and someone will swoop in on top of me :) This is car + driver weight

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
04/21/2017 at 16:33, STARS: 0

What sort of margin are we talking here? And did you account for the weight of the driver?

"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
04/21/2017 at 17:35, STARS: 0

If I was the driver, I’d be 120 pounds. And if I bump the weight up +200, the estimates are just a bit off...tolerance of .1, .15.

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
04/21/2017 at 18:11, STARS: 0

To get within half a second with such vague information... I call that good. Especially since the DRIVER can make or break it by that much, easily.