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1Sleepy93 said:
Obsessed...maybe. I just think my 244-hp turbo '07 CX-7 (16.1 hp/weight ratio) should be able to outrun my 134-hp normally-aspirated '97 Miata (18.7 hp/weight ratio), which will hit an honest, GPS-measured 125 mph, given the time and distance (about two miles of flat Interstate and about two minutes). The -7 is absolutely quicker, but the Miata is faster, and it is, like, such a chick car.
But that's me... (peep)
kickniteasy
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some of us try and avoid felonies.......=)
And another thing...
Don't know where you are, but Tennessee has a "max performance" thingie in their law, so if you're planning to do do a sub-five 0-60, don't do it in TN, because The Man will be The Man, and you will be, ummm, well, you figure it out.
A Deal's Gap veteran said that. I know him, and he's honest.
mikey1981 said:
Don't know where you are, but Tennessee has a "max performance" thingie in their law, so if you're planning to do do a sub-five 0-60, don't do it in TN, because The Man will be The Man, and you will be, ummm, well, you figure it out.
A Deal's Gap veteran said that. I know him, and he's honest.
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spike blue
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mikey1981 said:
corksport is making a downpipe,exhaust and fmic for our cx-7s that will make it way faster in a reliable and safe mode!!
If there is something that can be done to get the 0-60 down in the lower 6 secs, it would definitely be something I would consider...
As for the top speed, it's not that important... 117 mph is fast enough, but I read somewhere that the European one was set to go somewhere around 130 or so... so I think it is ridiculous that someone decided that here in the US a chip is set to limit the top speed... free the CX-7 top speed...
As for the top speed, it's not that important... 117 mph is fast enough, but I read somewhere that the European one was set to go somewhere around 130 or so... so I think it is ridiculous that someone decided that here in the US a chip is set to limit the top speed... free the CX-7 top speed...
mikey1981 said:
Doesn't have to "measure" anything--just has to observe you accelerating hard, cornering hard, squealing the tires, whatever. It's what they use to crack down on the sport bike riders. Check out www.tailofthedragon.com (318 curves in 11 miles, no side roads). No affiliation, etc.
its alot easier to judge acceleration on bikers (noise/speed in relation to other objects) than an suv. PLus, acceleration in a bike isnt even comparable to a car.
again, how could someone give u a ticket without any means of a judgement/measurement . . . id like to see the law on this acceleration thing
again, how could someone give u a ticket without any means of a judgement/measurement . . . id like to see the law on this acceleration thing
mikey1981 said:
I'm not saying it's right or fair, but come on down (over, up, whatever) to Deal's Gap the last weekend in July. That's the Miata weekend, and there will be about 400 of us there. On that Saturday (29 July 07), we'll be joined by, oh, seven or eight TN State Troopers and county deputies, and two or three of North Carolina's finest (and one or the other has been known to bring a helicopter; it's a hellova thing). I'm sure they will be happy to 'splain you the law in detail, be you on a bike or in a Miata, SUV, or state of denial.
Me--I get there Wednesday, rip it up on Thursday, cruise on Friday, make one slow-and-easy over-and-back on Saturday, and head home on Sunday with the T-shirt and assorted swag.
