How hard is it to actually turbocharge a Miata? I am getting pretty confident with my skills as a mechanic/casual wrenching and am wondering if it's something within the realm of possibility for me.
How hard is it to actually turbocharge a Miata...
Michael Davis
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Bentley Jenkins
Hardest parts are drilling the hole in the oil pan for the turbo oil return line, then fabricating exhaust bits.
Jose Peterson
>fabricating
Do they not have off the shelf bolt on kits?
Noah Reyes
It's piss easy, but you should know someone nearby who's done it before or knows what he's doing.
Jonathan Butler
$500 and an afternoon
Landon Howard
thought about that too, but what about supercharging or even just NOS?
Chase Hughes
Youtube is your friend. Plenty of people have done it and recorded themselves doing it. Get to watchin'
Josiah Taylor
The hardest part, actually, is getting it tuned and setting up the fuel system.
Ethan Ward
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Liam Williams
>afternoon
possible if you've been wrenching since cell divide
Henry Campbell
the hardware isn't the hard part. its reprogramming the EFI.
Luis Williams
I assume that means there are bolt on kits, and you need to get a tune like pretty much every car ever? Given that, is the stock PCM tunable, or do you need aftermarket?
Jack Sullivan
>do you need aftermarket?
and thats where they get you. the custom PCM you need is more than the turbo + manifold/intake piping.
Jace Wright
What about megasquirt?
Jose Anderson
MegaSquirt is ideal, except...
... It's got a steep learning curve to program and getting a pro to tune it isn't cheap.
Cooper Watson
Megasquirt is a great option if you want blow your motor
Ayden Carter
>megasquirt?
if you can into megasquirt, you have the intelligence to be fabbing your own intakes/manifolds.
Connor Reed
Intelligence doesn't equal welding and milling equipment on hand.
Nolan Johnson
I'm not OP, just inquiring. Thanks for the info though.
Angel Thomas
the intrinsic value of building a skill is greater than the marginally extra cost of buying the tool you will ideally keep long as long as the car.
Ryder Harris
it is really not that hard, you just need enough money to basically buy a second Miata.