Thanks to all for your opinions in my previous inquiry. It made me stop and take a hard look at my current setup (PO). After reading the comments on ride height and small wheel sizes, I went out and crawled under the car (15 degree temp-ouch!), and it's clear that the trailing arm and A-arms are far from being level (and jack points are 6"+ with the big wheels). It can certainly be lowered a good deal (but not with the 16" wheels currently fitted due to too tight a clearance).
So I am going to go to a - Drum Roll Please! - 15" wheel size. Lighter, Cheaper & Lower! Why didn't I think of this? Duh? Thanks guys!
Here's what I'm considering now:
Front: Hoosier 205/55 on 7" 15's.
Rear: Hoosier 225/45 on 8" 15's.
The above combination will actually retain my old tread width of the bigger Yokos, but let the car sit 2.5 inches lower with more camber and lighter unsprung weight. Will let you know how it works.
Those CSP Miatas will never know what hit'em! Thanks again.
Joseph
PS: here's some pics of the car as it is now (check out the license tag):
http://www.josephmills.com/porsche914/index.html