What to do
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What to do
Hello im new to the whole miata scene, i just got a '94 miata from my neighbor and i was wonderin what are some things i could possibly do to get the most horsepower out of it. its a 1.8L and it is completely stock. im not worried about costs or anything like that and i was wanting to do a twin turbo but didnt know if it was a good idea or not
Thanks,
Matty boi
Thanks,
Matty boi
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do 4 turbos and 4 throttles
That was #5000
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wow, you guys really trying to break him in huh?
the longer im here the more i like this ritual...
what do you consider significant HP? and what is your budget? what is the # ammount of $$ you are willing to spend now vs later...?
what does the car have done to it now? do you wear girls panties when no one can see you? are you related to hustler? have you ever turboed a car before? have you ever driven a turbo miata?
now answer those questions and you may get some help around here...
welcome to MTnet>Mnet lmfao
the longer im here the more i like this ritual...
what does the car have done to it now? do you wear girls panties when no one can see you? are you related to hustler? have you ever turboed a car before? have you ever driven a turbo miata?
now answer those questions and you may get some help around here...
welcome to MTnet>Mnet lmfao
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TurboTim, a member on this forum, has done a twin turbo setup. For a while a picture of it was his avatar. But Tim is a professional fabricator who likes to do this kind of thing just to make the rest of us sick with envy.
Realistically, you can make enough power with a single turbo to break any transmission Mazda has ever put into a passenger car. And from a more practical standpoint, a properly sized turbocharger, with adequate intercooling, fuel and timing management can easily make a safe, reliable 200 - 225 HP in a manner that is actually useful and drivable. It's always a trade-off of sorts- you could throw a GT55 turbo onto your engine an make 600 HP, but it would take days to spool up and probably explode during the second dyno pull.
I notice that you're in Texas. If you are serious about money being no object, I suggest you drive to Spring Branch (a bit north of San Antonio) and pay a visit to Bell Engineering. They are the big player in turbocharged Miatas, and offer a variety of pre-packaged kits ranging from mild (5 PSI, probably 150 HP or so) to, as they somewhat humorously put it, "military-grade" (probably 250 HP for starters.)
Here is their website: http://www.bellengineering.net
Lastly, I'm just going to come right out and say this. Your screen name is Matty_boi. That is totally, seriously gay. :gay:
Realistically, you can make enough power with a single turbo to break any transmission Mazda has ever put into a passenger car. And from a more practical standpoint, a properly sized turbocharger, with adequate intercooling, fuel and timing management can easily make a safe, reliable 200 - 225 HP in a manner that is actually useful and drivable. It's always a trade-off of sorts- you could throw a GT55 turbo onto your engine an make 600 HP, but it would take days to spool up and probably explode during the second dyno pull.
I notice that you're in Texas. If you are serious about money being no object, I suggest you drive to Spring Branch (a bit north of San Antonio) and pay a visit to Bell Engineering. They are the big player in turbocharged Miatas, and offer a variety of pre-packaged kits ranging from mild (5 PSI, probably 150 HP or so) to, as they somewhat humorously put it, "military-grade" (probably 250 HP for starters.)
Here is their website: http://www.bellengineering.net
Lastly, I'm just going to come right out and say this. Your screen name is Matty_boi. That is totally, seriously gay. :gay:
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Welcome and please just browse around abit and check this stuff out. We have all the flavors you could ever want. It is like the baskin Robbins of the Turbo miata world, taste everything and then determine if you have enough money to make your sundea the way you want to.
too cute richard :gay:
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I'd suggest getting an idea of what you want to do before you do it. It will change, over time, but if you buy stuff at random you'll buy a lot of stuff over and waste money when you could be driving.
Also, few people have any idea just how fast a 200 hp miata is. Remember, they are only ~100-105 wheel horse power (~40 hp lost in the drive train) stock. So, going to 200 is literally DOUBLE.
My buddy is used to old cameros, and thought there was no point getting in a 200-300 hp car, since his 400 hp car wasn't even that quick, but he was mightily impressed.
Number one: Find a local miata club, or talk to whoever sells the kit you're going to buy, find someone who has a car and drive it. It answers a lot of questions very quickly.