Official-look-what-i-found-thread (craigslist, other-forums, etc)
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Man that's a steal! Overstated his hp ratings by a bit though.
I doubt a healthy 2.5L M20 could put down 145 whp. haha
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I doubt a healthy 2.5L M20 could put down 145 whp. haha
Interesting, and I would have agreed up until a few years ago. But NASA Spec E30 series cars with the stock m20 and stock chip are now HP limited to 160.9 hp at the wheels (e.g., standard was set using fresh rebuild and max allowable overbore of 0.020 and allowable balancing). Plus hp and torque curves have to match a baseline standard set by the series. Folks with creative engine building on the west coast were pushing the na m20 into the high 160s and low 170s at the wheels which led to the HP rule. Series is trying to avoid the Spec Miata $10k engine build wars.
NASA Midwest Region folks in SE30 are dynoing in the mid140s to mid-150s whp. I need to dyno mine...I'd like to think a tired engine is why I'm slow but I doubt it.
One of the faster guys in our group only dynos in the mid-140s, and two weeks ago ran a 2:46 at Road America during a race. Not bad for a stock m20 with around 155k on the engine, car weight with driver at no less than 2700 (he comes in at around 2730), the pretty soft required suspension package (Bilstein sports and H&R race springs), and the required 205/50/15 Toyo RRs. -
^interesting, is spec Miata not as heavily regulated or...?
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I don't have the full story here but when they were setting up the SM series rules they had restrictions to balance out the 1.6 and 1.8l engines, and spec exhaust requirements, but there ended up being too many loopholes in the rule set that allowed folks to pour money into engine builds and once the door was opened it was too late to close it. At the front end of the field with drivers of equal skill level any little horsepower advantage you can get can be the difference in making it to the podium and where you stand on it. Club racers can spend stupid money for plastic trophies and contingencies. Not all but some. Just walk around a SCCA or NASA paddock and look at what some folks bring to the party.
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2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i -
How about this 318 w/a V8?
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How about this 318 w/a V8?
heard it was a pile and the dude who currently owns it a real piece of work. Think hes drift king and he works at a parts store.
sk8 or die
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That fucking car started out at $4500, then went to $3500, and is now up to $8k lol
I asked the dude, and hes like, "I did some maintenance and Mods like the wheels"
those are thrashed works that have been though like 5+ people. haha. I'm sure he didn't do anything crazy to it.
sk8 or die
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No doubt... Shit, over $20k stuck into it and he didn't even bother putting in a new driver's seat. Looks like a bengal tiger has been living in that car for the past 2 weeks.
Dirty mike and the boys had a soup kitchen
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http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/5170046224.html
Its back in a fun new color!
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Someone bought that a few days ago, it had an electrical fire and is toast!
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Most typical comment was "should have let it burn" -
zombie apocalypse e21 according to the seller
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