Cheers mate. I try to make my changes functional B) , but sometimes you need the extra rice :P
My MX5 is a completely different beast. The sussy is still relatively stock (only on lowered springs, stock Bilstein shocks and stock SE swaybars), but very 'crashy' over the bumps. More so than the D2s on the stivo. New suspension and sways would definitely make it handle like its on rails.
Btw if you (and others) weren't aware, SEs are turbo'd, but atm makes similar power to the stivo, albeit through the rear wheels :P . Full boost from the IHI VJ35 factory turbo (tiny lil thing!) comes on around 3500-4000rpm and redline is at 6500rpm, so definitely different there compared to the 8200rpm redline on the stivo. With an aftermarket ECU, injectors and current mods, it should be somewhere in the range of 170-180kW atw!
Oh and the Torsen LSD helps massively