Do all 1.6 Miatae have the VLSD?

steverife · Post by **steverife** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:23 am

If not, how can you tell?

I apologize if this has been asked before. Search for Miata brings up just about every thread posted here...

Post by **thrdeye** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:30 am

http://www.miata.net/faq/

steverife · Post by **steverife** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:37 am

Wow. That's a lot of crap to read.

So the VLSD looks to be optional. How can you tell if it is there? Call Mazda with the VIN? Is there anyway way you can tell visually?

Miata 37 · Post by **Miata 37** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:37 am

They didn't all come with one, but it was optional. For a way to ID one from eyeballing it, follow this link: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/242583/3

Check the 2nd, 3rd and 4th pics from the bottoom of the page.

whenry · Post by **whenry** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:32 am

Drive it.

Dentspeed · Post by **Dentspeed** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:35 pm

Rife, I thought you wanted out of STS2. What are you cooking up?

steverife · Post by **steverife** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:56 pm

I have no idea.

I'm starting to get a little more comfortable in the Honda, but I'm not sure if I want to fool with it. Scuffcakes let me drive his car and I really liked it. STS2 is cheap and I think you can make a RWD a little more forgiving and still make it rotate. I went faster in the Honda, but the Miata felt better. I just wish they were a little more practical. I still want a Camaro, I think.

MarshallMX5 · Post by **MarshallMX5** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:08 pm

I might be wanting to sell mine soon, if you get a miata. I'm probably going to go to a 1.8 rear.

01badz28 · Post by **01badz28** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:34 pm

not cbring wrote:I have no idea.

I'm starting to get a little more comfortable in the Honda, but I'm not sure if I want to fool with it. Scuffcakes let me drive his car and I really liked it. STS2 is cheap and I think you can make a RWD a little more forgiving and still make it rotate. I went faster in the Honda, but the Miata felt better. I just wish they were a little more practical. I still want a Camaro, I think.

Shoot son, I drive my Miata every day (including overnight trips). If you want to test drive a 1.8 w/ LSD (to get feel fot them) let me know.

MARKP · Post by **MARKP** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:36 pm

Your torsen and the VSLD are night and day different. The torsen isn't legal for STS2.

01badz28 · Post by **01badz28** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:40 pm

MARKP wrote:Your torsen and the VSLD are night and day different. The torsen isn't legal for STS2.

Thats what I get for chiming in on a car I am still learning about.

Just for the heck of it, is mine still an E stock car with the Torsen? I've about got Sarah convinced to co-drive at the Elizabethton event, but she refuses to drive the Camaro.

Post by **thrdeye** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:42 pm

yeah, yours is the Miata to have for ES.

steverife · Post by **steverife** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:59 pm

01badz28 wrote:
not cbring wrote:I have no idea.

I'm starting to get a little more comfortable in the Honda, but I'm not sure if I want to fool with it. Scuffcakes let me drive his car and I really liked it. STS2 is cheap and I think you can make a RWD a little more forgiving and still make it rotate. I went faster in the Honda, but the Miata felt better. I just wish they were a little more practical. I still want a Camaro, I think.
Shoot son, I drive my Miata every day (including overnight trips). If you want to test drive a 1.8 w/ LSD (to get feel fot them) let me know.

Do you haul 4 tires, jack, toolbox, cooler, jackstands, sprayer, helmet, overnight bag, etc?

For whatever reasons, the ES cars don't really interest me. I'm pretty sure that I could talk my dad into splitting a '90-'93 Miata with me, but I'm not sure if he'd like ST springs, a race bucket, crazy alignment, and letting me take it on the weekends.

01badz28 · Post by **01badz28** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:33 pm

not cbring wrote:
01badz28 wrote:
not cbring wrote:I have no idea.

I'm starting to get a little more comfortable in the Honda, but I'm not sure if I want to fool with it. Scuffcakes let me drive his car and I really liked it. STS2 is cheap and I think you can make a RWD a little more forgiving and still make it rotate. I went faster in the Honda, but the Miata felt better. I just wish they were a little more practical. I still want a Camaro, I think.
Shoot son, I drive my Miata every day (including overnight trips). If you want to test drive a 1.8 w/ LSD (to get feel fot them) let me know.
Do you haul 4 tires, jack, toolbox, cooler, jackstands, sprayer, helmet, overnight bag, etc?

For whatever reasons, the ES cars don't really interest me. I'm pretty sure that I could talk my dad into splitting a '90-'93 Miata with me, but I'm not sure if he'd like ST springs, a race bucket, crazy alignment, and letting me take it on the weekends.

Nope, but thats what the Camaro is for. I did get a bag of golf clubs, two banker's boxes full of work files, and a suit bag in one though. As for tires: www.tiretail.com . I am curious if they can rif one of those up for the black car.

Scuffcakes · Post by **Scuffcakes** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:34 am

[quote="not cbringDo you haul 4 tires, jack, toolbox, cooler, jackstands, sprayer, helmet, overnight bag, etc?

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I've done that many times. I would guess that you could safely tow up to 600 lb. if you're careful. Ask Larry Huff about the difference in carrying your tires on-board vs. a trailer.