For alignment on these cars I'd look at Centre of mavity or Powerstation (Midlands), Roddisons Motorsport if you're ooop north (Sheffield), Blink Motorsport if you live in Chesire, or Wheels In Motion if you live in the south east. All good with MX5s 
The 2.0 cars usually come with a better spec, apart from the extra power, so its worth considering...
All 2.0s have a limited slip diff, no 1.8s did. You can get the 2.0 with 5 and 6 speed boxes, not much difference between them to be honest, if you like changing gear get a 6 speed car...ratios aren't much different but they are closely stacked and the gear shift is very good. Bit stiff when cold mind, don't be put off by this, its normal, as is a little transmission whine at low revs when the box is cold.
The 'Sport' or 'Sport Tech' is the top specification, now identifying the spec can be tricky as you could actually add options to a normal 2.0 model to make it almost the same specification as the Sport! And many sellers advertise them wrongly, a 2.0 Option pack car is almost the same as a Sport and to the uninitiated its easy to confuse them. All Sport or Sport Tech cars come with the following spec, all items, no exceptions: leather seats, Bilstein suspension (yellow dampers), a 6 speed gearbox, front fogs, and a (somewhat pointless) front strut brace.
Anything that does not have all of these parts fitted is not a 'Sport' despite what the advert may say. Some will have the Bose stereo which is a nice upgrade over the stock item but still lacks functionality - only the very latest cars or ones with a double din stereo/nav unit will have bluetooth or USB etc.
There are a huge number of limited edition models out there too, best guide for the differences is the Roadster-nc.com website. Sometimes I wonder if there are more special edition MX5s about than 'normal' road cars!
The 2.0 cars usually come with a better spec, apart from the extra power, so its worth considering...
All 2.0s have a limited slip diff, no 1.8s did. You can get the 2.0 with 5 and 6 speed boxes, not much difference between them to be honest, if you like changing gear get a 6 speed car...ratios aren't much different but they are closely stacked and the gear shift is very good. Bit stiff when cold mind, don't be put off by this, its normal, as is a little transmission whine at low revs when the box is cold.
The 'Sport' or 'Sport Tech' is the top specification, now identifying the spec can be tricky as you could actually add options to a normal 2.0 model to make it almost the same specification as the Sport! And many sellers advertise them wrongly, a 2.0 Option pack car is almost the same as a Sport and to the uninitiated its easy to confuse them. All Sport or Sport Tech cars come with the following spec, all items, no exceptions: leather seats, Bilstein suspension (yellow dampers), a 6 speed gearbox, front fogs, and a (somewhat pointless) front strut brace.
Anything that does not have all of these parts fitted is not a 'Sport' despite what the advert may say. Some will have the Bose stereo which is a nice upgrade over the stock item but still lacks functionality - only the very latest cars or ones with a double din stereo/nav unit will have bluetooth or USB etc.
There are a huge number of limited edition models out there too, best guide for the differences is the Roadster-nc.com website. Sometimes I wonder if there are more special edition MX5s about than 'normal' road cars!
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