quattro digest, Vol 1 #3110 - Big Trip raises 4KQ questions

[Larry C Leung]

Not to knock Z's, but they haven't struck me as being particularly
powerful either. Fun, awfully sweet looking (little Ferrari 365GTB
Daytona coupe style) and in particular I loved my cousins until she sold
it (without telling me. It was even a southern car, so it hadn't been bit
by the metal moth). Actually the earliest affordable coupe that I thought
was "powerful" (no flames please) was the first F.I. Mustang GT's, which
were cheaper than even 16V Sciroccos (which, though numerically not
powerful, were comparatively rather quick, at 0-60 mph in 7.9 seconds
16.1 through the quarter. Of course a lot newer tech than the 'Z, but
comparatively old tech to the Miata. 

LL - NY

On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 15:52:06 -0500 Kent McLean
<kentmclean at mindspring.com> writes:
>Larry C Leung wrote:
>
>> Not to knock Miatas <snip> ... but I definitely don't 
>
>> think of them as "powerful".
>
>Well, it's no S car, but compared to the Datsun 280Z
>(which prompted the comment) it is.
>
>			'93 Miata[1]	280Z[2] 
>
>Power (SAE) bhp at rpm	116 at 6500	149 at 5600
>Torque (SAE) lb-ft at rpm	100 at 5500 	163 at 4400
>Curb weight lbs		2216		2875	
>lbs/hp 
>		19.1		19.2	
>Zero to 60 mph (sec)	9.2		9.4	
>
>[1] from http://www.mindspring.com/~peldor/miatas.htm
>[2] from http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/DatsunZClub/specs.html
>
>HTH,
>Kent
>'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"
>