New to Forum and Turbo
Hello everyone,
I purchased my 1996 M Edition two months ago after driving a Miata for the first time and instantly becoming hooked. I wanted to introduce myself to the community and share my plans for the car. I live in the Sarasota/Bradenton, FL area and would like to meet with any turbo miata owners in the area. My plans for the car are to initially hit 200 whp with a smaller turbo build on a college budget. I plan on doing a mostly DIY build because I have the tools and resources to pull it off, without dropping large amounts of money on a kit. I am installing a coolant reroute as soon as I have a free weekend. Currently installed parts list: Cat-Back Cobalt Exhaust Raceland Coilovers Godspeed Rear Sway Bar Konig Control - Silver 15'' Picture of the car from when I purchased it: https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...a6c1b24d3a.jpg Picture of the car now, around two months later: https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...448188deec.jpg Sorry for the image sizes, the URL image host was not cooperating with me. I look forward to being a part of the community. |
Welcome. I was just down in Sarasota delivering turbo parts to other people in the area.
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Good on you for rescuing that thing.
I actually fell back in my seat a little when that first image popped up. |
Damn, that thing was hideous when you got it. It looks like an adult drives it now.
Currently installed parts list: Cat-Back Cobalt Exhaust Raceland Coilovers Godspeed Rear Sway Bar Konig Control - Silver 15'' Welcome to the forum. I'm in Tampa/Plant City area and there are a few more more on here that have turbos locally. Don't take advice from LilxMoises on the local forum. Nice kid, but he's lost. |
Sorry for not responding, I have been sick. Thank you to everyone and nice to meet you all.
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Hey great to see more people looking for super cheap built. I boosted my 1.6 for around 800$ (not including the megasquirt). I used an ebay cast manifold(people will hate cause its eBay but eBay cast is the same) "150$", eBay intercooler "75%" and piping "100$", purple nb2 injectors(that will work on the stock ecu if you go that way) "50 and and picked up a used garrett t25 off throtl for like 300$. I built a downpipe that connected the turbo straight to the mid pipe thing. You can do it really cheap with an fmu and O2 signal modifier (which I have if anyone wants them for cheap) I ran it on the fmu for around 3 mouths and it drove fine just a little rich at idle to stay in good afr's in boost. I would highly recommend a megasquirt though. even thought it is pretty pricey it will help with afr's, stability, and ease of use. Thats how I boosted mine for dirt cheap on a high schooler's budget. I know everyone tells you to save the money and go megasquirt... just do it and save yourself the headache and cost of buying things twice.
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