

Our race schedule can be found on our Events Calendar here:.The team focuses their race season with SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) clubs and races primarily at Daytona International Speedway and Sebring International Raceway, with occasional trips to Palm Beach International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.The cars are serious racecars and can outhandle just about any car on the track that isn't a purpose built formula type racecar. The shocks, springs, exhausts, brake pads are all race parts, and the entire interior is completely stripped to make room for a race seat and roll cage is added. Power output of a Spec Miata engine usually ranges from 110hp (stock engine) to 125hp (pro built SM engine) at the wheels. The engines are comprised of OEM parts but built to the max extent of the factory tolerances, no aftermarket parts are used within the engine.

All aspects of the car have specifications that cannot be exceeded, such as tires, wheels, suspension, brakes, engines, exhausts, and just about anything that would add to the power of the engine or improve handling capabilities.
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The emphasis on the class is to promote driver skill by keeping the speed capabilities of the cars level with very restrictive rules. Spec Miata (SM) is a race class within NASA and SCCA that comprises of 1990-2005 Mazda Miata's and has a highly restrictive and tightly governed rule set.2001 Mazda Miata VVT (in-progress build).The 5X Racing Team comprises of the father/son team of John and Rick Adamczyk with their two Spec Miata racecars.Racing helps us make legitimate parts and to learn what works, what doesn't, and what we can build that will work on everything from a hardcore racecar to a hard parked stance car. This knowledge helps us pick out and offer the best parts for Miata's - both race AND street - as well as knowing what parts to recommend to our customers. We are Miata specialists because we race Miata's, and we've gained a profound knowledge from building Miata race cars and maintaining them since 2006. This might be the most overpriced car on the road today.5X Racing isn't just a webstore trying to make a buck, we're a serious race team that is the foundation of our business and the platform for us to test and prove our prototype parts on the racetrack. The RF priced between $37-42k, with no real cup holders, no back seat, no trunk space, and a 181hp non-turbo 1.8l is absolutely insane. The BRZ version is 28k and 31k.Ī Toyota Supra comes in at 43k in the turbo 4.Ī new Nissan Z will start at $39k but seems to be around $42k. Adding basic shit like interior lighting, metal pedal kit, a color, etc will get you to near $42.Ī Civic Si Sedan with a turbo-4, 200 hp engine, 3000lb curb weight $28kĪ BMW 230i - 255hp turbo-4 with more options and colors $37kĪ Toyota GR86 is $28. The club starts at $38k but is mysteriously priced at $40k when you build it. This is the base build with no options, in white, with a manual. The RF "starts at $35k" but whenever I go into the builder the car always starts at $37k. Will my husband divorce me if I dehydrate tomatoes in his F-150 truck?ĭennis Collins, a Highway Accident Investigator at the National Transportation Safety Board The wonderful and epic tale of Yoshi the Yarisįorget the trunk monkey, check out trash pandas. Trying to identify a car? Try /r/whatisthiscar, /r/namethatcar, or /r/rbi.įor information on content removal, user warnings, and bans, please see the Chain of Action page. Create a text post that includes the link and your thoughts on the subject matter.Ħ: Users will need to participate in threads created by others in /r/cars before being able to make their own threads. -Basics of swapping engines/layouts/transmissions/bodiesĢ: Direct image and video links are not allowed.

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