My name is Dennis and I drive a red 1991 NA with a stock 1.6 drivetrain. This is my first Miata after waiting 28 years for the time to be right to get one (the kids all drive themselves around now). It came with some nice paint and interior upgrades and some really low springs, along with the associated dragging of undercarriage and smashed frame rails. I took the suspension back to OEM spec and learned what a stock Miata was like first, then started with some mods to stiffen the chassis: FM frame rails and front shock mount brace, roll bar (no name clone of a Hard Dog Ace), and Cobalt tubular front and rear lower subframe braces. Also swapped the stock daisies for a set of 15x6 wheels from an NB to get some more tire choices. Recently added a set of FM sway bars as well.

This is my daily driver and weekend twisty road toy. I hang out with a group of Miata enthusiast that are chronologically advanced but young at heart. These folks can drive and I can hang with them in the twisty stuff. But when the road straightens I get dropped, the little 1.6 spinning like mad to make some power and try to keep them in sight.

Which is why I'm here. I want to look at options to add some midrange and top end power without messing up the daily driver capabilities. I'm not looking for big dyno numbers; something between a stock 1.6 and an FM Stage 1 turbo would be fine. I'm open to turbo or supercharger or whatever options would work. I do most of my own maintenance so installation will be on me. Keeping the costs as low as reasonable is also important to me. I have a lot of searching and reading to do :-)

Glamour shot: https://jdwxly.smugmug.com/1991-Mazd...LP/i-T34NFW6/A

 

Welcome! I'm just over in Hillsboro, we should meet up at bald peak sometime! I have for sure seen you're car around here before, very clean.

Read as much as you can on here, have a plan before you buying anything. AR auto is a great local resource if you need tuning/fab or advice, they know Miata's. One of their techs Josh, is a good tuning resource and is on this forum. He helped me through my build.

 

Welcome. For your power needs, you should look into the MK turbo kit. Everything you need to get your 200whp.

 

Thanks, I will check that out. I don't think I "need" 200 WHP :-) I'm thinking in the 150-170 range would be plenty. One of the things I need to learn about is sizing the system for a particular HP target. I hope to keep the rest of the stock driveline alive (clutch and VLSD diff) to reduce costs.

 

you definitely need 200. 150-170 is definitely not enough XD