Veyron beating mini?

[Squig]

Ls powered mazda seems to be an excellent way to embarrass supercars

[jiffty]

i miss the buzz. It's been over three years since I last stung someone in a stealthy car

[froggy]

ive seen a gps speeds of 169 in my saab with the slightly lower 4.05 diff in at just under 7000rpm with just over 500hp

[bulletproofbob]

local saab loons used to pee the "ponty cruise" massive off a treat in a 9000 aero with boost wound up... then they sold it to one of said massive... lasten about half an hour untill he bombed towards a wall intending to pull hand brake spin round and gun it away... i suppose you guessed it did not spin, it did not gun, it did smash square into the wall!!!

saab loons 1-ponty cok head 0

[Relentless Rob]

ive seen a gps speeds of 169 in my saab with the slightly lower 4.05 diff in at just under 7000rpm with just over 500hp

My Delta Hf powered X 1/9 used to sit at 130mph on the clock (pre-Sat' Nav' so I'd guess 120-ish). Longer legs and double the horses maybe that car could be a contender as well.

[MFrV1]

I've had thoughts of T5 powered MX-5's for a while. No idea what kinda power and top speed it could have though.

[jiffty]

i was initailly worried that a hevay lump in the front of an mx5 would handle awfully but if there managing with an ls1 then something a bit more european/jap would be fine.

[McVities]

I know of a guy thats putting a b234 Saab lump into an mx5....he's at the stage of plumbing in the home-brewed dry-sump

[majic79]

i was initailly worried that a hevay lump in the front of an mx5 would handle awfully but if there managing with an ls1 then something a bit more european/jap would be fine.

The LS1's an all alloy block, I thought the original Mazda engine was cast iron? If that's the case then the LS1 is probably lighter than the original engine

[fha772]

TBH, I seem to remember reading somewhere, that there's only about 5kgs difference between the LS1 and the MX-5's original engine, but I don't know if that's lighter or heavier...
It's still not much though, either way.

[jiffty]

well if thats right then your looking at an amazing car there. The mx5 is a cast lump to start. the whole car weighs 1050kg ish and is more or less evenly distributed from front to back.

I want an ls engine

[TeamTotalWankel]

I know of a guy thats putting a b234 Saab lump into an mx5....he's at the stage of plumbing in the home-brewed dry-sump

I do like the sound of this

Cheap nice handling car + cheap powerful engine =

[Squig]

was looking at 700bhp ls3 engines... price doesn't bear thinking about... but the cost is still massively less than any supercar you care to name

[McVities]

I know of a guy thats putting a b234 Saab lump into an mx5....he's at the stage of plumbing in the home-brewed dry-sump

I do like the sound of this

Cheap nice handling car + cheap powerful engine =

I approve of the logic too......

here's a linky:

http://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=45804