Mazdaspeed Miata or Honda S2000

[compufreak21]

i guess you could do that but then your sacrificing the handling and weight ratio that makes the miata such a fun car to drive. Just seems to me that you need to choose what is important to you with a miata (power vs agility) whereas the s2k's stock motor can be pushed to 500 hp and beyond while still keeping its great weight ratio and agility. Upgrade to some decent suspension to handle the added power and thats it. Please correct me if im wrong. I would love the idea of a 13bt miata. Wish i would have known about that when i still had my old miata!

[JITB]

i guess you could do that but then your sacrificing the handling and weight ratio that makes the miata such a fun car to drive. Just seems to me that you need to choose what is important to you with a miata (power vs agility) whereas the s2k's stock motor can be pushed to 500 hp and beyond while still keeping its great weight ratio and agility. Upgrade to some decent suspension to handle the added power and thats it. Please correct me if im wrong. I would love the idea of a 13bt miata. Wish i would have known about that when i still had my old miata!

correct me if im wrong miata folks, but last ive heard is that the 5.0 swap in a miata doesnt really hurt the weight distribution as much as u would think, neither does the 13b swap, and i do believe the 13b is lighter than the iron block in the 1.8 miata, and the B6 1.6. BUt the stock motor in the miata is very very well capable of handling boost, the Bp is a NA version of a turbo motor..with alittle weaker rods. The weak part of miatas are their ability to make power NA, bp motors dont make good power na at all, compared to a honda..

[OneSlow5pt0]

correct me if im wrong miata folks, but last ive heard is that the 5.0 swap in a miata doesnt really hurt the weight distribution as much as u would think, neither does the 13b swap, and i do believe the 13b is lighter than the iron block in the 1.8 miata, and the B6 1.6. BUt the stock motor in the miata is very very well capable of handling boost, the Bp is a NA version of a turbo motor..with alittle weaker rods. The weak part of miatas are their ability to make power NA, bp motors dont make good power na at all, compared to a honda..

yea,the 13b is lighter.....but yea,like u said the 1.8L loves boost