Miata top speed

[gandanick]

Why doesn't the mazda goes above 165/170 Km/h in flat???
My 1400 ford fiesta does 185 Km/h... and has less 50 BHP

[スマーティ]

yeah sure 185 with less than 50 ps :D downhill and wind blews from the back and tires with about 5 bar

[Talkie Toaster]

The Japanese cars were limited to 112mph and the others had a top speed of 126mph (if you're lucky), so yeah it does seem a little slow. Try increasing tyre pressures and running less fuel maybe.

[Rawex]

Yeah like Yolanda says, a full tank slows you down!

[Mr Crisp]

The MX5 has a top speed around 123mph, this isn't much more than your 1400 Fiesta, but the difference isn't the power but the gear ratios.

The Mx5 will blitz to 100mph quicker than your Fiesta 1400 which would take probably as long to get to just 60mph. Torque at the wheels is determined by the gears, lower gears have more torque to propel the car but less top end- its possible the gearing by Mazda is made for quick acceleration and not top speed as 140bhp 1.8 runs out of puff at over 120mph anyway.

[gandanick]

i will try running it with less fuel thanks!
even my old fiat punto elx 1.3 85 bhp was going for 185 km/h xD

[gandanick]

Originally posted by Mr Crisp:

The MX5 has a top speed around 123mph, this isn't much more than your 1400 Fiesta, but the difference isn't the power but the gear ratios.

The Mx5 will blitz to 100mph quicker than your Fiesta 1400 which would take probably as long to get to just 60mph. Torque at the wheels is determined by the gears, lower gears have more torque to propel the car but less top end- its possible the gearing by Mazda is made for quick acceleration and not top speed as 140bhp 1.8 runs out of puff at over 120mph anyway.

they have almost the same torque, Mazda has around 150NM the ford has 120NM.
the ford has a very short gearbox! i can be at 80 km/h at 6500 rpm at the end of the 2nd gear

[gandanick]

i tried it at nurburgring tourist and in the longest straight flat line the mazda barely reached 170 km/h :(

[gandanick]

Originally posted by Barsch zu Mund™:

yeah sure 185 with less than 50 ps :D downhill and wind blews from the back and tires with about 5 bar

tyres in both of these cars don't go up to 2.0 / 2.1 Bar...

[Nevini]

My 2016 Mx-5 UK max is only 130, the MX5 is not a fast car, however it is a beautiful car to drive. In RL you feel as if you are going faster :) I did a track day at Croft and was blown away at how it handled :-)

Assetto corsa have nailed it..the boys know car physics.

[gandanick]

Originally posted by Nevini:

My 2016 Mx-5 UK max is only 130, the MX5 is not a fast car, however it is a beautiful car to drive. In RL you feel as if you are going faster :) I did a track day at Croft and was blown away at how it handled :-)

Assetto corsa have nailed it..the boys know car physics.

yes, its handling is amazing

[Mr Crisp]

Originally posted by Hawaii ✌:

Originally posted by Mr Crisp:

The MX5 has a top speed around 123mph, this isn't much more than your 1400 Fiesta, but the difference isn't the power but the gear ratios.

The Mx5 will blitz to 100mph quicker than your Fiesta 1400 which would take probably as long to get to just 60mph. Torque at the wheels is determined by the gears, lower gears have more torque to propel the car but less top end- its possible the gearing by Mazda is made for quick acceleration and not top speed as 140bhp 1.8 runs out of puff at over 120mph anyway.

they have almost the same torque, Mazda has around 150NM the ford has 120NM.
the ford has a very short gearbox! i can be at 80 km/h at 6500 rpm at the end of the 2nd gear

150nm vs 120nm is not anywhere near `almost the same torque`- its a huge difference and the Mazda is far faster than a 1400 Fiesta any day, heck probably faster than the 2.0 litre Fiest ST with the Mondeo engine.

[Johnnie Concrete]

Originally posted by Hawaii ✌:

Originally posted by Nevini:

My 2016 Mx-5 UK max is only 130, the MX5 is not a fast car, however it is a beautiful car to drive. In RL you feel as if you are going faster :) I did a track day at Croft and was blown away at how it handled :-)

Assetto corsa have nailed it..the boys know car physics.

yes, its handling is amazing

But not as good as my MKIII MR2.

[Mr Crisp]

Originally posted by Johnnie Concrete:

Originally posted by Hawaii ✌:

yes, its handling is amazing

But not as good as my MKIII MR2.

The MR2 handles far far better than the MX5 with the engine mid-mounted and having a `proper` driving position and sporty drive- the MX5 tries to be a `sports` car but with its lumpy handling and pretty inprecise road control, makes it more of a `pretend` sports car with a drop-top, no wonder `hairdressers` love them so much, the wind in their hair...

[gandanick]

Originally posted by Mr Crisp:

Originally posted by Johnnie Concrete:

But not as good as my MKIII MR2.

The MR2 handles far far better than the MX5 with the engine mid-mounted and having a `proper` driving position and sporty drive- the MX5 tries to be a `sports` car but with its lumpy handling and pretty inprecise road control, makes it more of a `pretend` sports car with a drop-top, no wonder `hairdressers` love them so much, the wind in their hair...

Originally posted by Johnnie Concrete:

Originally posted by Hawaii ✌:

yes, its handling is amazing

But not as good as my MKIII MR2.

MR2 is one of my favourite affordable cars !!!
but i never drove neither rode one :(
A couple years ago i was thinking about to get one, but 1.8 130bhp with an average of 7.5/ 8 L/100 of petrol... The petrol is very expensive in my country !!!
My in mind option will be a 320d E92 which is pretty eco for its power! And easily does 5.X L/100 and of course diesel is around 3 times less expensive than petrol in my country.

[DN]

Originally posted by Hawaii ✌:

Why doesn't the mazda goes above 165/170 Km/h in flat???
My 1400 ford fiesta does 185 Km/h... and has less 50 BHP

I made 182 on Highlands Long with the miata