Sad but true. The Mazdaspeed 6 and Mazdaspeed 3 both use a 2.3L I4 turbo. They call this engine the "MZR" family. The NA 2L version is in the Miatas now. I really want to see a turbo MZR Miata, as the weight and RWD would make its a really quick little car.

But the MZR engine use direct injection IIRC, which means the fuel is injected at really high pressures directly into the cylinder as opposed to what we all run where it gets injected into the manifold runners more or less at a pretty normal pressure referenced by vacum (or boost). Direct injection stuff is not so easy to tune right now, though that was true of EFI once as well. The direct injection stuff is badass for turbo and supercharger apps because it really helps fight detonation and the fuel atomizes extremely well. So those engines dont always need race gas to run big boost and decent timing like more conventional engines do.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled kill story.

Speaking of which: Nice kill!

I like those cars, kind of the civilized sport Sedan alternative to an Evo. But they are heavy and they are down on HP. Good TQ though in the mid-range. Not good enough apperantly