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*Junked* 92 mx3, BP swap- milage whore, beaten up and down the east coast
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They wont turbo charge the miata because the miata CAN'T be more powerful than the rx8.
They can't turbo charge the rx8 because the motor already has super ****ty fuel economy despite the "estimated" mpg's. The damn thing would get 8 city and 12 highway if it were turbod by the factory.Originally posted by 1967cutlasComment
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if im not mistaken the miata is already turbo charged from the factory. isnt the mazda speed mx5 a turbo'd model???1994 Escort LX Wagon
2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo
91 Infiniti M30 Convertible - Traded in for Veloster
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That's the NB (2nd) generation MazdaSpeed Miata, which has a BP that's turboed. It ran '04-'05, as all MazdaSpeed cars they only do them for 2 years(*Except the MSP, which was 2 half-years, but it was piss slow anyway).Originally posted by MATT91GT View Post
You say that, but the MS6 and MS3 are significantly faster than the RX-8...even the new Miata runs very strong and close to the RX-8 til higher speeds.They wont turbo charge the miata because the miata CAN'T be more powerful than the rx8.
They can't turbo charge the rx8 because the motor already has super ****ty fuel economy despite the "estimated" mpg's. The damn thing would get 8 city and 12 highway if it were turbod by the factory.
The fuel economy is one reason, the other being that Mazda now has a 1.6L Renesis to debut in the 2009 RX-8. It's the first size change since...jees...late '70s when the 13B came out in the RX-5?
That SC'ed Cosworth engine is tasty. Waiting for it to appear at my dealership.
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1994 Protege BP-Turbo.....1994 Miata Supercharged.....2003 Protege5 stock DD.....1988 323 GT Turbo
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I actually read that the 1.3l renesis was going for 1.8L for the rx-9???? check car and driver dot com and search up the rx-9Comment
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