Rofl! Sorry to have thrown the thread off course, but honestly anything is better than another "can i cxracing my miater?" thread

it's from this song:



You know who you are you insincere,
Straight edge last year,
Drinkin' a beer,
Have no friends,
No heart or soul,
Playing the roll,
Full of shit.
Before you go waving flags you better know what you stand for.

Please listen to 18PSI and the likes of those who discourage going the cheap ass route. I myself thought of going that cheap route, but realistically, if you don't have the money or commitment to go all in financially with your Miata, you shouldn't be anywhere near forced induction.

There is smart budgeting where you slowly piece together quality parts....versus buying a POS kit that you could easily invest 25-50% more and get something you can put in, set it and forget it, as Ron Popeil used to say.
Not putting them on pedestals, but I'm glad I listened to their advice. I guess now we're all equally annoyed when we see another "broke but want boost" thread. Worse are those that want advice but then do what they want anyways. It's like saying I want to live in upper Manhattan but don't want to spend too much money. The two do not go hand-in-hand

I also play the role of the "broke college student", and almost ran a similar course to you.
The way I would do it, is just to amass your parts slowly after getting your MS. I bought a lot of turbo parts and then halfway through got an MS. Start with your MS, also don't get a MSPNP2. Just get a DIYPNP, with the sequential injection mod. Building your own MS is way easier than it seems if you can follow directions.
My setup was the classic "Taco Taco" cast manifold, and a cheap random T25 chinacharger that I picked out of the pack at random. If you don't like deciphering eBay turbo specs, ask someone on here, or just get the MK Turbo kit AFTER your MS.

Itemize your setup in an excel sheet. With price, link, purchase date. That way you can keep track of what you've bought, what you need to buy and how much money you're going to throw into this. Building a turbo car takes research, lots and lots of googling and money.
Certain websites make it seem very easy to just slap on a turbo with an MS and call it a day.

Then there is the exhaust:
I've yet to find a prebuilt downpipe that isn't incredibly expensive. I bought one of those pre-bent exhaust pipes that has a U, and a 135 degree bend. Buy a welder if you can, it'll save you SO much time and money.
For my setup, I couldn't afford to build a full exhaust, so I attached my downpipe to my stock midpipe. It cost me like 50$ in parts for the downpipe, and another 140 for the HF welder and mask.

Its definitely possible to boost your car right being a broke college student. Just do it right the first time. Don't be dumb like me and run no coolant in your turbo, or testing the limits of your turbo (I hit 21 PSI). Be patient.

Jeez I thought you hit 14 and made everything unhappy. But 21 on that thing.....