On Aug 21, 1:59*am, Donwill > wrote:
> On 20/08/2010 20:27, John McGaw wrote:
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> > On 8/20/2010 2:21 PM, Tim M. wrote:
> >> On Aug 20, 3:30 am, > *wrote:
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> >>> * An NA or NB Miata gets a bit
> >>> light on the steering at or above 120 without full ground effect
> >>> skirts.
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> >> I was not aware that the Miata was capable of speeds above 120mph. *I
> >> actually have always thought that they top out just below 110mph or
> >> so. *Have I been wrong all these years? * (Not that I am interested in
> >> checking it out in my '97 M-edition; I save the triple-digit speeds
> >> for my Ducati on the racetrack.)
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> > I'm pretty sure that even the NA was good for at least 120mph or close
> > to it. I never had mine above about 100 indicated and it felt fine.
> > The USA-spec NC is rev-limited to 220k (137mph) and it feels as if it
> > will do it too.
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> The latest (UK)MX5 brochure quotes 132 mph for the Sport Tech (soft top)
> and 136mph *for the retractable hard top version, not that I'm
> interested in speeds above 85 mph (French Auto-routes) *with very
> occasional bursts to 90 perhaps to get clear of difficult, potentially
> dangerous bunching on motorways.
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Curious why the heavier PRHT would be rated faster? If the engines are
the same, then the UK soft top must be getting different gearing (ie:
5MT instead of the 6MT).