The BBR Mazda MX-5 Turbo Kit Will Give Your ND Miata A 5sec 0-60

UK tuner BBR GTI has revealed its new turbo kit for the ND MX-5, which will boost the roadster's 2.0-litre engine to a healthy 245bhp
The BBR Mazda MX-5 Turbo Kit Will Give Your ND Miata A 5sec 0-60

Last year, we popped down to see the lovely folk at Brackley-based BBR GTI. We drove the tuning company’s Super 190 MX-5, and while we enjoyed the N/A-tuned ND very much, we were a little more interested in what the team was secretly working on at the time: a new turbo kit for the current Miata.

After three years in development it’s now here, and it sounds incredibly promising. The ‘Stage I’ version of the kit consists of a twin-scroll turbocharger, a new exhaust manifold and downpipe, a new intercooler and a reworked ECU, among a few other bits and pieces. Have all that fitted, and the power from the 2.0-litre SkyActiv unit jumps from 158bhp to 245. Torque is at 236lb ft, meanwhile. Lovely.

The BBR Mazda MX-5 Turbo Kit Will Give Your ND Miata A 5sec 0-60

That’s enough poke to see the little Mazda charge from 0-60mph in five seconds dead, on to an electronically-limited 155mph top speed. It’s not even that expensive: BBR will fit the whole shebang for £4995 (plus VAT). The newfound poke will probably make investing in some suspension and brake upgrades worthwhile, though.

The reason for a turbo, over a supercharger? According to BBR’s Neil Mckay, a supercharger is not a good fit for the 2.0-litre SkyActiv unit. He said:

“Very early on during development it became clear that use of a supercharger, with its high parasitic losses, would work against the Mazda SkyActiv-G engine’s ultra-efficient ethos. Significant boost levels would be required to deliver considerable power gains with a supercharger, which would be incompatible with the SkyActiv-G engine’s high compression ratio.”

The BBR Mazda MX-5 Turbo Kit Will Give Your ND Miata A 5sec 0-60

If you live in the USA, you’ll be pleased to know you’re not left out. Colorado tuners Flyin’ Miata - the nutters who’ll shoehorn an LS3 under the bonnet of an ND for you - are US distributors. So that leaves us with an interesting question to ponder: would you have a V8-engined ND Miata, or a turbocharged one? Let us know in the comments…

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Comments

Frank Ma

Turbo over LS anyday

04/21/2017 - 20:24 |
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DL🏁

Its cool, but I wouldn’t spend my money on it
The whole concept of the MX-5 is to be simple, naturally aspirated and affordable car, which can be fun to drive without having to go fast

Now with the turbocharger, all of this is sacrificed. Simple? Not anymore. Naturally aspirated? Not anymore. Affordable? Well, £5k for the kit plus, as it was mentioned, you will want to spend more on suspension and brakes upgrades. Fun to drive at slow speeds? Not anymore.

04/21/2017 - 20:49 |
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Simon Sebera

I think the little boost is good for Miata. If you want a bigger performance you choose another car

04/21/2017 - 23:15 |
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Daksh Pat

all i want is a rotary engined miata

04/21/2017 - 23:19 |
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Harry 15

We all know the real question however

04/21/2017 - 23:38 |
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Anonymous

Alex should get this.

04/22/2017 - 00:06 |
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Joshua Persaud (Wagon/Estate Squad) (Sleeper Squad) I need a

Hint ND not NA Miata. Sorry Alex Kersten.

04/22/2017 - 02:13 |
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imamutomo21

wil it have massive oil or colant leak when i bring it to nurburgring ?

04/22/2017 - 04:22 |
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Anonymous

How about a turbo V8?

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