turbocharged mx5 talk

[turbojolt]

Any one here had any experiences with turbo mx5s....helped build one, driven one, raced one etc......

Talk to me, tell me......

[novarally]

A friend of mine is putting a BBR kit on his Mk1 MX5 as we speak, so I will find out more soon enough.

[turbojolt]

Those bbr kits look bloody expensive. Any idea how far along he is?

[pete17]

have a chat with this guy, i dont know him but i drive past his unit and he has tonnes of mx-5s and alot of highly tunned ones so must know his stuff??? http://www.5-speed.co.uk/where apperently from talking to the guy in the next unit he has a 500bhp one ??? ive seen a few go past the unit i do some work at and they are usually going sideways , (i dont talk to him as the guy i do work for hates the constant noise and cars screaming around lol )

[novarally]

Those bbr kits look bloody expensive. Any idea how far along he is?

He bought the kit secondhand a few days before Xmas, so I'm guessing he is not very far along yet. I think he paid around £1k for the kit.

[bazzap8389]

A friend of a friend is doing one just now, picked up and rx7 engine at the weekend and he's doing a single turbo conversion so it will fit in. I think he also said they've to cut a bit from the bulk head also.

[paul080803]

On youtube there is a video series called Mighty Car Mods about guys that modify cars, one of the projects is turbo charging a MX5. Think it is in Australia but it is ok and may be worth a watch and it is on a Euro spec MX5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUKgKtMXec8

[turbojolt]

I'm a big mighty car mods fan'boy lol so I've seen the build and the other mx5 videos a few times now. But cheers for the suggestion :)

[totalnova]

I've seen some quite cool looking kit cars based around the mx5 I'd fancy something like that one day, as for the engine from what I've seen there are a few companies out there to cater for the mx5, the hap/drift seen is huge now, so a turbo or supercharger kit should be a straight forward mod