[Jims5543]

I love when people will not let you take a pic of their engine. All the worlds secrets are under the hood. My mechanic is the same way really paranoind about everyone stealing his ideas.

I have a hard time believing that Miata, as it sits in that picture runs 9's. My reason purely traction related. To run 9's he would need some serious rubber in the back.

Do they street race for money? I worked with a guy that did this and yes, lots of money can be made. He is building up a twin turbo Vette with his winnings. 90% of making money in a street race is negotiating and suckering the other guy. The guy I worked with had a well hidden 250 shot of N2O in his Camaro. The bottle was hidden in the front bumper. The car looked stock except for the huge Mickey Thompson drag radials on the back, I think he ran 12" wide tires.

I drove a 340RWHP Supercharged Miata at an Autocross one time and it was insanely fast and had lots of traction issues even with sticky Hoosiers on the back.

I bet that Miata is a scary ride.