Well, you convinced me. Each pair of coils draws more than 5amps at idle so it made sense to separate them out of a circuit that could shut off the main relay.
Installed a relay next to the main relay box, used the factory coil power as the trigger. Ran two separate fused lines to the coils. If one coil ever has excessive draw or a short, it will not shut down anything aside from it's batch sister coil. Added bonus, the connectors at the relay makes the wiring removable and testable, and allowing neater installation/routing as I re-do other lines and hoses under the hood.
Test drove the car quite a bit, seems to be running great, maybe even a bit smoother. No issues with repeated runs up to and at 7800 rpm, 17psi of boost. Nice. While I was procrastinating with this, I had a chance to rewire the Wideband and get rid of last of the wire nut connectors from previous owner. I believe the only wire nut connectors left are on the aftermarket oil temp and pressure gauge sensor lines.
Anyway, thanks a lot for the help. It was a nice excuse to download some wiring diagrams and get more familiar with how the electrical system is designed on a Miata :)
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