- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Today I was looking for some Redline synthetic gear oil, the only dealer in the valley that had any in stock was Flyin' Miata in GJ. They do mostly mail-order work and hardly any local sales. I ran to the shop to pickup 6 quarts and while I was there getting them, we started chatting and I commented that they did some pretty cool stuff. Guy asks me if I wanted a tour of the shop, how could I turn that down!? Even if it's a Miata, I'm still a car guy. 
The tour was nice, they have a HUGE building with a lot of parts on hand, an area where they disassemble and part out Miatas, install their custom parts on customers cars, an R&D area, dynometer, etc. He was showing me their shop vehicles, including a couple supercharged and a couple turbocharged Miatas. Then he pops the hood on this blue car... it had a Thunderbird emblem on the hood... ... and an LS1 under the hood!!! :freak:
After walking thru the shop he asked if I'd like to go for a ride... again, I couldn't turn it down. He said I could pick the car of my choice! I choose the car that had their turbo kit with an upgraded larger turbo, bigger injectors, etc. That car makes a verified 300+ horsepower at the rear wheels, on a 4 cyl with stock internals!! It was amazing, the car planted the tires quite well, it went from a rolling start to 80 MPH in no time... started to break the tires loose in 1st gear, but had no problem with traction after that. Even with the slight tires breaking loose, it skittered a bit but kept going.
The car also has aftermarket coilovers and could corner like MAD! He mentioned that the street stuff was nothing compared what it could do on the track. He said with the turbo and coilovers, the car would leave a Porsche in the dust. They are having a track day next weekend, he invited me down for a ride, but sadly I'll be in UT. :-\
Those guys were really great, took the time out of their day to show me around even though I wasn't going to buy anything other than oil. Very cool people and fun to see what they do for a living. After that ride, I considered owning a Miata... that turbo kit was simply amazing. It would give cars that cost 10x more a run for their money.
The tour was nice, they have a HUGE building with a lot of parts on hand, an area where they disassemble and part out Miatas, install their custom parts on customers cars, an R&D area, dynometer, etc. He was showing me their shop vehicles, including a couple supercharged and a couple turbocharged Miatas. Then he pops the hood on this blue car... it had a Thunderbird emblem on the hood...
... and an LS1 under the hood!!! :freak:After walking thru the shop he asked if I'd like to go for a ride... again, I couldn't turn it down. He said I could pick the car of my choice! I choose the car that had their turbo kit with an upgraded larger turbo, bigger injectors, etc. That car makes a verified 300+ horsepower at the rear wheels, on a 4 cyl with stock internals!! It was amazing, the car planted the tires quite well, it went from a rolling start to 80 MPH in no time... started to break the tires loose in 1st gear, but had no problem with traction after that. Even with the slight tires breaking loose, it skittered a bit but kept going.
The car also has aftermarket coilovers and could corner like MAD! He mentioned that the street stuff was nothing compared what it could do on the track. He said with the turbo and coilovers, the car would leave a Porsche in the dust. They are having a track day next weekend, he invited me down for a ride, but sadly I'll be in UT. :-\
Those guys were really great, took the time out of their day to show me around even though I wasn't going to buy anything other than oil. Very cool people and fun to see what they do for a living. After that ride, I considered owning a Miata... that turbo kit was simply amazing. It would give cars that cost 10x more a run for their money.
