A well driven Mk1 will embarrass many much bigger cars on trackdays so don't worry about power. You can always add a turbo at a later date. It is probably worth buying one that has been owned by an enthusiast who has had the car undersealed etc, many will already have some modifications, as adding mods to a car gets expensive very quickly depending how far you go.
I haven't had a Mk2, many of these are the lower powered 90bhp which are generally avoided, but a 1. Any questions just ask cheers. Accelebrate 4, posts months. I bought a high mileage 90k 'non-sport' MK3 for around 3k 18 months ago. Most MX-5s are weekend toys so there are plenty with low mileage around, as a result, the higher mileage cars tend to be a lot cheaper.
They don't automatically explode at k so I wouldn't be put off by it. Have just discovered it has the rusty sill issue but am going to fix it as in the grand scheme if things, it's not desperate. Thanks for all teh advice. Started looking at Mk 3 cars but still tempted by a good Mk 2 but as mentioned previously, even finding a good mk 2, worried the tin worm will get to it at some point. This is exactly my dilemma, I've been watching mk3s for a while, in part due to Accelebrates great thread.
Was previously looking at mk2s but everything I see has rust. I'm also tempted by a Boxster, but sensible me says keep the budget low, do a few track days and if more serious buy Boxster for the wife obvs if I need to upgrade. Great advice on here, thanks. Darkslider 2, posts months. Has there been any serious cases of rust on a mk3 yet?
Wondering if they'll go the same way of the mk2 or if the steel is better protected or they have less design flaws blocking drain holes and multi layered water trap chassis rauks than the mk2? Evoluzione 6, posts months. Yes, just not as bad as the earlier models. While they can be easily modified, and benefit from a thriving tuning community, Mazda has also tried its hand at giving its roadster a little extra go from time to time.
By its second year in production, the Miata was a runaway success for Mazda. While the standard cars were only available in red, white, and blue, all 4, SE cars wore a deep shade of British Racing Green. The 1. Despite a serious performance boost, Mazda found few takers for the R cars, selling only 1, of its track day specials.
If the roadster for the masses ever had a forbidden fruit, it was the M Coupe. Mazda briefly put a second-generation coupe into production in pictured above , but it was a Japanese market exclusive.
You could do a rental kart league, but you really should try a race kart. Consumables will be waaaaay less. And you will be racing w2w now, not in the future! If you decide the lo is too slow you can probably find a local ka series and go much faster. It'll cost more, but that's motorsports. While kart racing isn't with car racing it's pretty darn good, almost every driver in pro motorsports started in karts before jumping into f4 or gt juniors. You'll spend time honing your race craft so you'll be ahead of the curve when you do move up to cars.
I've also been surprised by the steady upward climb in NA Miata prices. If you want to give it a test drive to see if the ergonomics and power or lack thereof will actually work for you, let me know! First question is whether you already have a vehicle you can tow with.
If you do and you think that W2W racing is anywhere in your future, the easy button is to buy a race car that someone else has already built. It is way more expensive to incrementally turn a street car into a track car, and if you buy one that's been raced recently you can be pretty sure that all the maintenance has been addressed. I think it's hard to beat a Miata.
The earlier 1. Don't let that scare you, they're still plenty competitive for mid-pack drivers. IMO on some tracks they actually have an advantage due to the lighter weight. You could race every weekend if you wanted to. Don't worry about mileage as much as condition.
I did a track day in mine yesterday, here's a clip of me running down a newer V8 Camaro with the original k mile engine. The NC Miata definitely have more performance potential but at x the cost to prepare one properly. They also don't fit neatly into race classes yet.
Very similar chassis to the NC, but without the faff of installing a rollbar unless you really, really want to install one. I would buy a 1. There is nothing in the rulebook that says you can leave the interior in your track car; I daily drove me Showroom Stock C Miata. That would cut way down on the costs versus Spec Miata. Anything you can find will be older and a lot of the older stuff went to the wrecking yard.
What is left is in demand and will be expensive. Used cars in general are getting pricey. The answer for a track rat in may still be Miata or it may be MR2, but whatever it is, it will be expensive. Get used to it. I'd love nothing more than to have the garage space for an XJS myself, but I simply don't consider it the easy button for a track toy. A Jag is a Jag and a Miata is a Miata. In my experience, in trying to draw equivalency by describing any car as a 'big Miata', the biggest thing it's going to be is a let-down once it's actually compared against the innate Miata-ness of a Miata.
Otherwise you could just describe a Miata as a 'small XJS', which it's anything but. Easier to find with manual transmission. Better off-the-shelf rollover protection. Easier cheaper on consumables. Larger and more widely available current body of knowledge.
While there are plenty of cream puffs out there that have been taken care of as you describe, I can't fathom that the seller of a track-rat condition XJS is still owned by "older successful people who's retirement treat is the Jag" and "tend to be carefully maintained by the dealer". Perhaps the same individual, but no way has it actually been cared for like that in at least a decade or two. Once you start modifying stuff, a slightly crusty 1.
Len Taylor -- White '99 Sport. You said, "doesn't seem to perform as well. Just run at Driver Ed events where timing is a no-no so "times" are just different clockings by different people with different watches etc All times are GMT The time now is Join us now! Mark Forums Read. If you're into Miata Race Cars with full roll-cages, log books, and battle scars then this is the forum for you. Thread Tools. Best Model year for track days Present NC is used as daily driver and track days.
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