Just did a car this morning, swapped out Inductive for full CDI system, and better idle.......... so go figure
I think the point is with all of this (and I have seen it before across many times repeated tests) you cant take a one off "bad experience" as a case for all, as I said not all are equal.
I do know that I personally have never seen a CDI make the same power as an inductive, its always been a big + increase to the CDI system
FWI to the original poster.
TTT I too had a bad experience with CDI's a few times over the years, but then I learned myself about electrics and bought my own equipment to test it, and sorted the shit from clay
when you do that and quantify the spark current, and secondary voltage, burn time, and number of restrikes, you can see that there is no substitute for ignition power
I don't go off brand names or people titles or who they work for, I just look at the raw honest testing data, take a look at it, understand what is going on and you will see the merits of CDI on all applications.
I'll take some pics of the Mazda test and post them for you mate.