With great power comes great responsibility, so perhaps you’re better off with an , especially on a circuit.
For starters, you won’t have to explain why a Porsche 911 Turbo S is faster than you, as opposed to the other way around; like, say, in this video.
A well-balanced car is all you need to conquer the track, albeit being behind the wheel of a full-bred supercar might help as well, more so if you have the skill to back up the car’s performance. Unfortunately for this 911 Turbo S driver, the guy chasing him in the MX-5 was more zealous and, we guess, more experienced, proving that power isn’t everything if you have what it takes to hang on.
The most outstanding thing is the fact that the little roadster isn’t even the latest ND model, but (judging by the other videos on the channel) a 1st-gen NA. However, it is a Spec variant, which means it was purposefully built for track usage.
Spec Miatas use specific Bilstein shock with an adjustable coil-over suspension with Eibach springs and adjustable front and rear sway bars, and steel braided brake lines. It only weighs 2300 pounds (1057 kg), if it’s a 1.6-litre, and may run a modified air box – providing the owner chose to keep it stock.
Still, it’s a long way from the Turbo S’ monstrous 552 bhp, 700 Nm (516 lb-+ft) of torque output, that can catapult it from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.1 seconds, as can be seen by the German car’s performance on the straights. What it lost there, though, the Miata more than made up under braking and in corners.