Hey guys...about a month or two my fiero club went to an autocross event and I went with my buddy in his miata well he ran the course and man I thought that car was pritty fast...has anyone done quarter mile or even street raced a miata and won?

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Lance
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Hey Lance do you remember what his times were from the autocross

Tim

I can answer your question.

The Miata was put into C Stock in 1993. Until then, the Fiero was one of the top cars in CS.

Since the 1992 Nationals a Fiero has never trophied at all (except in E-Mod).

ProSolo was a different story. The Fiero had a lot better launch, it was a tight race, and which car won depended on how tight the course was. The tighter the course, the more the Miata was favored.

Drag race - - forget it. even the 2.5 Fiero should take a Miata in the 1/4. And in a street race, the Fiero again (unless the street race is on a twisty road).

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[This message has been edited by cadero2dmax (edited 12-22-2001).]

In a straight line race, it depends on the age of the Miata. Over the years they slowly added more power to them, although even a brand new one stock vs stock still favors a Fiero. They aren't road rockets, and the first few years they were kinda dogs. Speed wasn't really the point anyway for them back then.

A newer Miata will take a duke, but should still be a little behind a V6 Fiero... but it shouldn't be by much.

My step-mom's '93 Miata came with a ltd. slip and weighed a lot less than a Fiero. Plus, the 1600 made 118hp, so I know the Duke would be in trouble, and the 2.8L would be hard pressed. I never got to drive the Miata and my '84 balanced and blueprinted 'stock' Duke back to back, but I'd bet the Miata was quicker than it too.

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SCCA ITB '84 Fiero 2M4
AOL IM- DGPFiero

I beat what I'd consider a ricer one (yellow with crap bolted on to make it look like a z3) by quite a bit, id say 2 car lengths.

I smoked one down where I used to live girl was flying by everyone going at a pretty good rate she got to a stop sign with me behind her.

She took off in a blaze of glory and I stomped her, it was pretty sad, but hey I thought it was kinda funny I love girls that know how to drive

-KC

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quote Originally posted by cadero2dmax: I can answer your question. The Miata was put into C Stock in 1993. Until then, the Fiero was one of the top cars in CS. Since the 1992 Nationals a Fiero has never trophied at all (except in E-Mod). ProSolo was a different story. The Fiero had a lot better launch, it was a tight race, and which car won depended on how tight the course was. The tighter the course, the more the Miata was favored. Drag race - - forget it. even the 2.5 Fiero should take a Miata in the 1/4. And in a street race, the Fiero again (unless the street race is on a twisty road).

My question to the C-stock results is such:

How many Fieros are still running, vs. how many Miatas?

Here's the results against the last Miata I raced... Yeah, he lost bad!

Remember a street race against a Miata in '92 when I had my 4 speed 2M4. Again the Miata lost.

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Silver 86 GT
completely stock,
completely fast!

On the autocross course it's a different story. Those things are quick! Every one of them that I have raced against (C stock) had race tires and I was using street tires except one, one time, it had street tires as well. I beat that one (it was a pre '96), the rest always beat me by about 2-3 seconds.

Those Miata's don't look like they're going fast on the track, but they do.

Ya...I think he got 57seconds or something...but he had a horible run...I know u beat him tim...I was proud of the fiero that day but he did have a really bad run...but man that thing was torqy...

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Lance
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In tight autocrosses, the Miatas are very nearly unbeatable. On more open road-race courses (Sears Point) they lack power. (then again... so does the Fiero)

In a straight line, the v6 fiero will beat any stock miata (they do have easy turbo kits which make those little cars haul tail though. Nice mild boost on a stock compression ratio engine, so you don't loose off-the-line pickup. what little the tiny motors have.)

But hey, with some sticky rubber, the little cars can *really* scoot. Nothing like a slammed-to-the-ground featherweight car with great balance and a factory LSD.

Best!
Ben

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Ben Cannon
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