Ramona's competition ride before the E30 was a stock first-gen Mazda MX-5 Miata, and it almost received a V8 too. She wanted to swap a 4.4-liter V8 into the tiny Miata but abandoned the project when she decided it wouldn't fit. After the installation of a turbo, the Miata was Ramona's drift car for a time, until she felt the need for more power. After abandoning the Miata-swap idea she turned to the E30. Going back further than the Mazda, her automotive history reveals a Need For Speed-themed Ford Probe, which, like the Miata, she still owns. "I know it looks cheesy now, pink and all, but those were the times; it won a lot of trophies in its prime," Ramona says of the Probe, which was really a Mazda underneath anyway.
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