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If you wana beef it up definately do a cold air intake system and replace the exhaust/cat system. These two mods will get your MX feeling alot more free. Throttle response will be much more tight and accurate and it won't feel like a slug anymore.
All they are doing is making it easy for the engine to suck and spit out as much air/waste as possible. Imagine yourself trying to breathe through a straw compared to breathing through a piece of 3inch PVC piping. I hope that all makes sense
****I was dissappointed with the amount of power from the 1.6 as well when I bought mine.

Hey Mikey. Be aware that an intake/exhaust kind of setup won' tbe massively faster than a standard car. You'll have maybe 10-15% more power, focussed on the top end.

minimum costs:
DIY cold air intake ~$150
mild steel cat-back exhaust ~$500
used extractors ~$300

from there, start adding bigger bucks for smaller gains.

Mikey do you have a link to that intake kit on eBay?

Also advance your timing to 14 degrees.

And don't shift at anything under 4000 rpm

mikey mx5 wrote:My car is only a 1.6L, and I don't how to construct anything myself! I can change the water and oil and that's it!

Mikey

Join the Vic club, come to some events, make some friends, and you might find someone who will help you out...

we have a monthly run, about 10 motorsport events a year, driver training, christmad party, AGM, plus all sort of other stuff. usually about 40 events a year!

We love MX-5s just as much as you do!

see the club website. www.mx5vic.org.au

Join the club for sure, great bunch of people and the good advice /contacts will save you a fortune and heartache.

mikey mx5 wrote:OK, so does the Vic club still have weekly events, or just the big events on the calendar?

Not club related but is a weekly MX-5 event - link