I de-supercharged

No, you won't enjoy it. Miata's are fucking slow as dirt, FI is the way to go, period.

Yeah, bone stock they are... throw a few mods on there and its better...

I'll give you a ride in my '94 at the AX next weekend.

I like Junior N/A, though I consider some sort of boosting every once in awhile. There's just something fun about running a low powered car to its very limits...

It will be a nice change, at least for a litlle while.

If I dont like it I can always go back.

LagunaMiata @ Thu Jun 01 said:

Yeah, bone stock they are... throw a few mods on there and its better...

I'll give you a ride in my '94 at the AX next weekend.

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I'll happily take you up on that.

Honestly, I'm having a hard time deciding if I want to Turbocharge my Miata or go NA. I could make a LOT more power with turbo, but ITB's just sound soooooo good.

Power is what? Nothing, IMHO if you can't use it. People always whine about:

"Oh, I need it to pass!"

No you don't! You just need to be comfortable with actually revving your engine past 4500rpm...

Honestly, it's funny to watch people who are driving N/A say FI is the way to go "period". I have to ask if any of those folks have lived with an FI Miata on a daily basis.

I have both... a '90 NA and a '92 model Turbo (220bhp ish)
The turbo is great for point + squirtm plus it has been my daily driver for 7 years, still love it and wouldn't go back... BUT.. theres nothing like an NA for ragging out the engine on a country lane...

Stevo11 @ Fri Jun 02 said:

BUT.. theres nothing like an NA for ragging out the engine on a country lane...

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Thats the feeling I have been missing.

I have a TON of mods on the SC, I had never been to the dyno but the car had to be in the 170-ish hp range... Made great power and boost right off idle... and let me do crazy power drifts! but after awhile I realized I began shifting at 4k. I could go to redline, but there just was not as much power there. That had a lot to do with the pulley I was running, the overworked m45, and the agressive timing controlls required. Adding an intercooler helped out with a lot of that though.

Im going to keep it in the garage for awhile before I make any drastic desisons, as I really loved the power and the midrage rush of the little blower. The car has been charged for three years non stop, and was juced before that... and I think I may be ready for something different.