CXRacing turbo kit
 

I own a 91 miata with 93k. I am looking to turbo my car, but I dont want crazy power, just enough to have fun. Im looking to be in like the 160-180 hp range. WHat do you guys think about the CXRacing turbo kit for the 1.6?

If only we had a discussion like this before that you could search for.

Oh wait...

Don't, Just Don't...

Tre don't listen to those fools. The CX Racing kit is perfectly fine! It won't crack or anything.

I wish I was smart enough to research and find this kit... I could have had my car finished a couple years ago! Damn!

Have you seen it? Its sch10 pipe.

i've noticed a few things about miata forums:

* it's difficult to tell when a post is serious or sarcastic without knowing the personality of a particular member, especially for people like me that don't spend every day on these boards
* it seems many posts are sarcastic, confrontational, and rude
* because of this its very difficult for a person who's serious about researching a sensitive topic to find credible info

soooooo...it's with some trepidation and doubt that i request any actual feedback as to the OP's original question: anyone have any experience with this CX Racing kit, in the last few years? I've spent a significant amount of time digging into kit options and unfortunately i find a lot of dated threads, lots of people justifying their expensive investments and putting down the "cheap" kits, and precious little objective feedback on this CX kit.

i've looked into the other kits, and some are fairly affordable. but at 1400 bucks for a fairly complete kit with a proven chinese turbo, a 10 gauge SS manifold, an intercooler, and the exhaust downpipe (plus other bits), the CX kit is very well priced kit for someone looking for a mild 6-8 psi level boost. the company seems legit and their feedback is not bad.

stay tuned. i may give this a whirl. haha, get it?

cxracing.com: CXRacing Turbo + Intercooler Kit For Mazda Miata MX-5 1.8L NA-T T3 Top Mount

Your question is alright, but don't start moralizing. It's been a long week.
I remember someone using that manifold recently, so I'll find the link for you.
I'll save you some heartache though and tell you to go with a MK turbo kit built by one of very own moderators.

Cast log manifolds are a very reliable proven set up.
Thick schedule pipe DIY manifold also are when welded properly.

that CX racing manifold has so many welds (points of failure) and their quality control on weld quality is questionable. The turbo is cantilevered pretty far out stressing the weld joints.

I'd pay a little more now for a good cast iron log manifold that I know will last I won't have to spend time, money and other resources possibly constantly re-welding and repairing.

https://www.miataturbo.net/build-thr...-thread-80256/
Found it.

Edit: Spoiler alert; the manifold is holding up fine, although fit is not optimal and the flange came warped. User wishes he had waited and bought a set up from Artech.

Its also worth mentioning that the OP didn't specify exactly which CXRacing kit he was thinking about, and any 1.6 kit of theirs has little to do with the kit linked to by i-zapp since that particular kit is 1.8 only.

Fair enough.

I'll respond in exactly the same manner:
*to know the context of the comments, you gotta be part of the community, get to know people, etc. Many of us are friends online, AND *gasp* in real life too
*see above. Most of us are grown men, so we make grown men jokes and remarks.
*every time a n00b joins they expect us to have everything chewed up and in a gold plated spoon ready to spoonfeed the info so they don't have to do any of the hard or expensive part, just enjoy success
*every time we point them to proven methods that work and refute unproven methods that may potential fail hard, they call us "cookie cutter" conformists, closed minded, etc
*every time we reply sarcastically because a topic is either beaten to death or completely untested we are deemed terrible people
*every other n00b that comes here expects to be accommodated like we owe him something, and heaven forbid we don't, then the crying starts

Just some observations, because you know, it swings both ways.

But hey, if that last part of your post is true, you should definitely DO IT, and report back thorough data/feedback/findings/documentation and................actually contribute to the commonwealth of info on here

Good luck :party:

I'm going to wager this guy came from our silly FB site.

we have a silly fb site?

Gads, here I am agreeing with 18PSI. It must be time for my monthly dementia test.

corky

Wow there's a lot of fail on that page.

@JoeP

https://www.miataturbo.net/prefabbed...bo-kits-19358/

This thread seems to have broken links. I see the links are directed through some "boostedmiata" site. Broke.

Also, as a stickied thread i feel that the OP should update said thread with the times. As a moderator and sticky thread owner you ought to be on top of this.

Think of the noobs.

Other than the stance/slammed crap, it wasn't too bad.

Boostedmiata used to be Braineacks site that a few of us stored pics at. He took it down a while ago when MT was sold to IB because it was hosted on Rick's old equipment.

I honestly might pick up the new and improved CXRacing manifold and downpipe in the future to do some testing with. They use the same turbo I use in my MKTurbo setup so it would be interesting to see the differences.

I support this.

Real world feedback and data are key.
We can argue until we are blue in the face that "xxx" sucks and "xxx" is better but until we see some real world data that isn't archaic our arguments can't be considered valid.

Going back to Joes original ebay thread.
It outlined the basic data showing what "kit" included and didn't include to make our cars run properly without failing. It was / is very informative.

Hey guys sorry to bring back an older thread but I recently picked up a non plateable 1.6 that I am building up for my drift car. I'll be most likely ordering this kit tomorrow as a starter (budget drift car as far as full build drift cars go) as well as my roll cage, harnesses, seat mounts for my brides, switch panel, and a bunch more. And plan to build onto this kit and motor as I go, aiming for a well tuned 14 psi. But the 7 psi actuator included will do me fine for now as the cars getting fully gutted at the moment and the only weight added is the cage.

I figure a 6 puck exedy clutch with chromoly flywheel will pair nicely.

I will update once I've ordered and once it gets here I'll do a full photo session to show the kit and install

I can't wait to see it! Please hurry!

Haha I shall! Here's how its 'sitting' right now
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5344/1...938b3f15_h.jpg

In for the...:drama:

What's going on with the hood, and what does a switch panel do? Is this thing going to be on hydraulics? ! I had a buddy who had hydros once. But he also had titanium blocks for super dragging.

The hood has a URAS Style vent on it, going to mold it in when I finish the body and prep it for a repaint. The ignition switch is basically a panel of switches seen in many race purpose cars that holds your fuel pump cutoff, battery switch, rad fan switch, Ignition Button and a few more. Its going into a full metal panel that will house my boost/afr/oil pressure gauges in replacement of the HVAC and radio

Ohhh. So no hydraulics?

Coils and sway bars on order, but no air ride to delicate for a drift build

*ignore*

double post...

Update:
I was in an accident with my FR-S which needed funding to fix so my turbo fund had to be dug into for that.. meaning it will be a couple months before I can order this kit. I'll likely get a MS PNP at the same time as well as some 460cc redtop injectors and a high flow fuel pump. But to serve the purpose of this thread I will test solely what comes in the kit first.

I have had the miata out for its first track day and it did alright, I need the coils to come in to fix body roll and a turbo will help a huge amount. Just letting you guys know it'll still happen but will take longer than expected.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1435168632

<p>Skip the fuel pump and get better injectors. GT500 to be exact. Or rx-8.</p>

Or better yet, light that thing on fire and stick with the FRS.

OEM should be good enough hey? Good to know thanks

Not sure if your being sarcastic but if not please clarify why

<p>OEM is fine.</p><p>He's quite serious. Round here we don't really like drifters and shitty stuff like that.</p>

Well better than what the car was headed for, being crushed. Around where I live its the only real Motorsport that's happening. The only tracks around here are solely used for demolition derbies.. and drifting.

You should probably check out the derby. Sounds like a good time.

I wasn't aware of the difference.

<p>:rofl:</p>

From now on, i'm calling every drift car "derby car."

<p>I actually really want to try demolition derby.</p>

<p></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>sigd</p>

figure skating is not a sport

*edit: props to Ed :laugh:

You haven't done one in your car already?

<p></p><p>Technically it was my gf that ran into my car. All other off-road excursions only involved fences, tire walls, sign posts, fields.</p>

THREAD RESURRECTION:

Did anybody actually end up purchasing the Cxracing turbo kit for the 1.8? Can we get a review on this thing please.

LMGTFY

Pat tried the newest manifold. Said it required a bunch if Essington with.

Thank you for the hand holding but many of those seem like old threads. I will dig through them more for answers. I am mostly wondering if the t3 that comes in the 1.8 kit will have a lot of lag for a low boost setup (6-8psi). The t3 looks to be pretty small but I know even the smallest t3 is bigger than the smallest t25, so it looks like it would spool similar to the sr20 t25's many people use which would be perfect.

if you're looking for spool, you shouldn't be looking at chinachargers anyway

Exactly. A genuine sr20 T25 is capable of 4 psi at 2000 rpms. I'm not sure a chinacharger even spins before 2200.

From my research I have gotten mixed reviews on the sr20, some seem to think it isn't a fast spooling turbo and others say it is. I would like something similar to the Gt2554r, since I will be doing a low boost setup and do all city driving. So a sr20 would spool quicker than something like this:
GT28 GT25 GT2871 GT2860 T25 T28 SR20 CA18DET Upgrade Turbo Turbocharger 400HP

I don't understand why someone would build a turbo miata if all they do is city driving. That sounds miserable...

The results are that the manifold does not work well with PS/AC. It hits or comes close to several coolant hoses. It may require welding to fix parts of it. The routing of the IC piping is horrible and requires cutting up your body. The turbo is badly sized for the miata, as it is a bit to bit.

Wow thank you for your review! Just to be clear, you had the new tubular manifold with the t3 turbo for the 1.8l engines, correct? If so, you have saved me and many others from wasting money and dealing with that issue and we really appreciate it. It's great that there still are people on here who will leave an honest review with true facts from experience, rather than just giving an innacurate opinion and hating on something just because it isn't FM or Begi products. I had a feeling that t3 in the kit was not suited very well for the 1.8l and I don't understand why Cxracing would build a t25 kit for the 1.6l motor only and not for us with the 1.8l..... seems pretty odd to me.

I have not personally used the setup before. That is all info from other members here who have purchased various bits and pieces. Buying a full cxracing setup and doing a full review is on my to-do list, but way down it.