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Sounds to me like the engine had a lot of room for improvement to begin with. I always wondered why the ND's redline was so low compared to previous Miatas. It went from 77.5 HP/l to 90.5 HP/l, a 17% improvement. Still 13% off what the FA20 makes with the same redline though.
People love to shit on the FA20 for not having enough power, but for its displacement it actually makes a lot of power, it's way up there for naturally aspirated engines. It didn't make it into Ward's 10 best for nothing. The fact we got such a well engineered motor in a 25K car is pretty impressive.
Any performance advantage the new Miata has over the twins now is purely due to weight. Then again if the Miata had rear seats and 10" more in the wheelbase that edge would be virtually gone or maybe even flipped.
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