Before the engine came out, I put the car on the scales for a final weigh-in.
Notes for its configuration when it was weighed so I can scale it post-swap apples to apples:
No wing
No diffuser
No flat bottom
15×9 6ULs
Side windows removed
Hardtop on, nose on, splitter on
Since the diffuser and wing were off the car in the rear, it’s a tiny bit exaggerated, but it goes to show how nose-heavy a miata with a turbo system can be, particularly one that saves weight wherever possible since there’s a lot of relatively easy weight to pull from the rear and less in the front.
Will be interesting to see what this looks like after the swap. I’ll scale it in the same config to get an accurate comparison.