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How about the SOHC Neon? 132 stock HP, FWD, and 70 lbs heavier than the 1.8 Miata!
When these two cars raced together in SS (Miata in B, Neon in C), the Miata was always significantly quicker given comparable prep.
Lets not even get into the DOHC Neon which is unfairly classified at 2600 lbs, though it was also slower than the Miata in SSB.
For the most part, I really like the way that the formula has worked out and think that ITA is poised to be a terrific class. That said, the 1.8 Miata at that weight seems to have the potential of being an overdog.
To Andy's point that the only difference is software. A conversion of an OBD-1 car to OBD-2 hardware and software would only be legal if the cars were listed on the same spec line, correct? So until the '96 & '97 cars are added to the spec line that update is not legal, therefore the addition of the ODB-2 cars should cause the Miata to be rerun through the process. Or alternatively the ODB-2 car gets it own spec line and a higher weight. [/b]
Greg and I have been debating off line heavily...