Originally posted by JapDanny
Isnt this the same motor as the Mazdaspeed protege stock bottom end with boost ?
I see these things blowing up alot fo so . Hopefully mazda saw what Dodge did witht eh SRT-4 and learned from it . If you build it they will come
Well since the protege is a 2.0L and the Mazdaspeed miata is a 1.8L I dont think they are the same.
Neither one of them are built for boost. Mazda has never been about big power they are just want to build all around good cars. The mazdaspeed protege was a good car for 20k and I'm sure the mazdaspeed miata is and excellent car for what they intended it to be.