Recently had my 30K service done at a Mazda service dept. To me the car feels down on power after getting it back. Not sure if this is just due to becoming used to it over time or not.
One thing I have noticed is that in 2nd gear, it is now very rare that the boost guage lights up the top bar. I know that these cars have boost restricted in first few gears but I'm sure that previously I've never noticed it on the gauge. I know that previously in 2nd gear it used to light up all the way.
1st gear only seems to light up half way, although I can't say that previously I've taken much notice of how it behaved in first gear as far as the gauge showed.
So any GenII owners with stock car able to tell me how their boost gauge behaves in 1st/2nd gears?