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[G.Irish]

Weight is only a portion of what makes a car handle well. Center of gravity, suspension design and size of tire matter - you know all of this. My Saturn weighed roughly 2300lbs and had no sporting presence whatsoever. No amount of suspension overhaul will make a Saturn chassis handle like a Porsche Cayman, weight be damned. I would say the same thing is true of a 100 something HP Miata chassis vs a Z06.

And a C6 Z06 has an extra 100hp, which doesn't hurt either

Sure but the question is will the additional handling prowess of the Corvette chassis be enough to overcome a weight disadvantage of 800+ lbs? The Miata is already an excellent handling platform, even if it's not designed for 400 whp.

And 400 hp with 255 tires? No problem, I've got 200 hp going through one 190 tire and I can assure you it's no problem. Granted I've got really advanced traction control but still.

It's called balance. Have fun hauling a 400rwhp miata that is modified to the same level of grip as a corvette. There is a reason high horsepower cars are both longer and wider...

I totally understand this concept, but some people say it's about the motion in the ocean. If you're shorter and narrower you've gotta work it twice as hard.