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Of course, if I had the money I'd go for a Monster Miata ...but that's neither here nor there in the scope of this thread.


Did I miss some math, or would the total cost of that be:
  • $4500 for a 1992 Miata MX-5, plus
  • $4000 for the conversion kit, plus
  • a few hundred for some sticky, sticky tires


equals $9000 ?

(plus $500 for Empeg and audio upgrades, plus $1000 for random transmission or suspension enhancements)

Miatas are already very popular Auto-Cross cars.
And with a MonsterMiata setup, you could take it to the track and conceivably taunt the guys driving Vipers (depending on the track).

P.S. Someone earlier mentioned the Mini Cooper S. I know people have done some amazing souping up to those cars -- and they are supposedly quite fun track cars to begin with.

I went to the Monterey Historic Car races last summer and the featured marque was Cooper (the original Cooper). However, they had a special corral for a bunch of Mini Coopers. Dinan was there (the performance specialists for BMWs) showing off some serious aftermarket enhancements they now offer for Mini Coopers (since they're really BMWs now).