Funny you brought this up. I saw one being delivered yesterday.
Yep, that's a production turbo kit on Mazda's latest roadster.
Despite adding 70 horsepower, everything still looks factory under the hood.
The interior remains completely unchanged.
From the outside, your only clue to what lies under the hood is a tiny BBR badge.
Shut up and take our money!
Wondering when somebody will finally offer a turbo kit for the ND Mazda MX-5? Wonder no more, because that time is now. Flyin’ Miata is now selling BBR Stage 1 turbo kits for the latest Miata, with claimed power increases of 70 horsepower and 70 ft.-lbs. from a kit that would look factory to the untrained eye.
Per Flyin’ Miata’s site, each kit includes:
• BBR bespoke twin scroll hybrid TSX30-71R turbocharger including jet turbine specification fixings
• BBR bespoke cast iron twin scroll exhaust manifold
• BBR stainless steel downpipe
• BBR high-flow lightweight front mounted aluminium intercooler with factory look black intake pipes
• BBR high-flow custom silicone turbo pipes in factory look black finish with stainless steel hose clamps and unique black coating
• BBR lightweight aluminium battery tray in factory black finish
• BBR Recirculating piston type dump valve in factory black finish
• BBR / Bosch MAP / Temperature sensor
• BBR high efficiency carbon fibre turbocharger heat shield
• BBR high flow K&N Typhoon induction kit
• BBR stainless steel oil and water lines
• BBR Starchip EcuTek RaceRom calibration software
The kits cost $5695 each, and Flyin’ Miata claims they’re the easiest kit to install that they’ve ever produced.
Everything looks good on paper, but what’s a turbocharged ND like in real life? Look for an exclusive first drive report right here at Grassroots Motorsports tomorrow.
Find more details about the kit here.
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Funny you brought this up. I saw one being delivered yesterday.
With the reported issues with the ND transmissions, isn't this just adding fuel to the fire?
What is "jet turbine specification fixings?"
scardeal wrote: With the reported issues with the ND transmissions, isn't this just adding fuel to the fire?
The transmission was upgraded in late 2016. If you have an early one, you have 3 years/36000 miles to break it.
I believe BBR is sourcing aerospace spec hardware.
In reply to Keith Tanner:
I must have missed that they upgraded the transmissions.
z31maniac wrote: What is "jet turbine specification fixings?"
Inconel bolts?
I love OEM looking upgrades- not a hint of silicone blue . Looks like very short routing and with the latest in turbos I wonder how little the lag.
NOT HELPING!
I like that the ND is the first miata quick enough out of the box that a turbo version could more or less automatically be assumed to be fast. In the past, a bolt-on boost kit for a miata wasn't even guaranteed to make it as fast as an ND is stock.
Vigo wrote: I like that the ND is the first miata quick enough out of the box that a turbo version could more or less automatically be assumed to be fast. In the past, a bolt-on boost kit for a miata wasn't even guaranteed to make it as fast as an ND is stock.
Buh? It's been a long time since anyone sold a turbo kit that didn't make at least 150 rwhp on an NA/NB.
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