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Originally Posted by tangerine911S
Ok so this got me thinking. A lot of money is spent making road cars (911's for instance) light, more powerful, and track ready. This car is faster and cheaper than most modified racers. This seems like the ultimate "affordable" race car. ~1000 lbs, 240 hp, ~$50,000. It has the Mazda Renesis rotary engine out of the RX-8. I want one. I wonder if it can be made road legal? 
Formula Mazda: |
For a Pro Mazda, you're looking at about $100k, plus about $125k to run a regional series. About $250k to run it in the national series.
Operating costs for race cars are astronomical compared to the initial outlay...