How to make some power with a Miata

[team_suicide]

Hello all, I'm quite new here. I drive a '94 Miata (no pics yet, sorry) and it is my first RWD car. Problem is, the stock 1.8L is quite anemic (I used to drive a 160hp 2200lb Neon, so yes, the Miata is obviously slower)

I am planning on doing the standed I/H/E to hopefully free up some power, but it seems that the only way to make decent power with the Miata is boost or a seriouly built motor.

Does anyone know what are some simple yet effective bolt-ons I could buy? I'm planning on building my own intake since most of the ones on the market are expensive and still only replace the after-MAF section of the intake. As far as a good header, I think Jackson Racing makes one, and probably Racing Beat and Mazdaspeed... any others? I'll probably make up my own exhaust, too, to get the look and sound that I really want.

Ben

[sleedawg]

go check out specmiata.com and read what guys who race miatas do to the car. there's a lot of stuff you can learn about cheap power and optimizing the engine. the miata is not an underpowered car. it's got the same power/weight as a hachi. look what the hachis can do.

[Hollywood]

spec miatas are prety much stock, as far as performance. in an entire field of spec miatas all the cars may only vary 5hp. it dose make a difference in a long race on a track, but some of their tricks are very expensive.
the turbo kits for those miatas are actualy very inexpensive, what you would spend on I/H/E you could almost buy a turbo kit, and those cars do respond well to boost

[sleedawg]

trust me. there's more than just 5whp difference between a well prepped car and the rest of the field. there are many little subtle FREE things to do to "optimize horsepower." there's a lot of very expensive things too, but it's worth reading.

[Tuner]

www.miata.net

[kairles]

how about this

[EASTBAYMX-5]

advance the timing to 14 degrees, 18 if you want to use premium gas

[Rufio_28532]

Thats crazy, how they put that Chevy motor in that little car

[driftfreak]

http://www.v8miata.com/
http://www.mazsport.net/html/index.html
http://flyinmiata.com/