# how to turbo a miata in ten days **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [May 4, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254 "2009-05-04T10:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/41 "2009-05-07T13:40:51Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > I nuked a 1.6 rear end under stock power. > > The 1.8 ends are much tougher. > Holds up to turbo track abuse. > > I would if I wasn’t living under bmws. > and for the coolant lines. > Reroute them plz. > Do not run them back under that hot ass manifold. cmon!. yes all the lines are rerouted ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/42 "2009-05-07T13:44:32Z")
> [@BREETIME](#): > > cmon!. > yes all the lines are rerouted nice. You going to track this thing at all? I demand rides. ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/43 "2009-05-07T13:46:06Z")
i think its going back to montreal… ---
**Author:** ![kellersvt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kellersvt/32/5364_2.png) [@kellersvt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kellersvt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/44 "2009-05-07T16:37:51Z")
Hmmm… That motor looks a bit familliar:) ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/45 "2009-05-07T17:09:57Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > nice. > You going to track this thing at all? > I demand rides. yeah unfortunatly the car will be going back to montreal on sunday morning so no time for track play…prolly just enough time for tuning and trouble shooting…granted the axles ever come in… on to some more progress pics. ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/46 "2009-05-07T18:14:53Z")
got some stuff painted by slownismo thanks doggie. than bill (mindless) and lee (streetglow) showed to gimme a hand. ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/140jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/140jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/142jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/142jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/143jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/143jpg.jpg) got rid of the that dumbass maf…hardwired gm ait for the win ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/146jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/146jpg.jpg) dumb clean instal by slonizmo…thanks retard ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/148jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/148jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/149jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/149jpg.jpg) piping came in…great now i start plumbing ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/150jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/150jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/151jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/151jpg.jpg) fucking rip off coolant re route kit i had to pick up on account of these motors having horrible cooling properties ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/151jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/151jpg.jpg) matt (lowlyoilburner) came through for me hardcore! thank you! stock this water neck comes off the block and hugs the casting… for the bottom rad hose…well with the mani and turbo installed the compressor housing almost touches this drain and makes it impossible to squeeze a line on it… so the company begi (where the kits from) offers a water neck relocation kit…this cheap and simple but needed part from begi costs about 300 bucks…and all it does is change the angle of the neck to allow space for a line…i said fuck the 300 and the 3 days i dont have to wait for it and cut 2 inches out of it and had mat throw a bead on it… so fucking tits. ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/158jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/158jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/159jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/159jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/160jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/160jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/161jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/161jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/163jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/163jpg.jpg) and the fun stuff ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/163jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/163jpg.jpg) holy tools ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/166jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/166jpg.jpg) all wires ran thorugh the firewall ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/167jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/167jpg.jpg) standalone vac line ran through grommet ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/168jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/168jpg.jpg) hey minglor! is this emissions shit?if it is its goin in the garbage ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/169jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/169jpg.jpg) tuning cable ran under center console for now…once tuning is done ill shove it in the glove box ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/170jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/170jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/172jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/172jpg.jpg) bill disgusted with all 1600cc ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/175jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/175jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/179jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/179jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/180jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/180jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/181jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/181jpg.jpg) ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/183jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/183jpg.jpg) and shes in…had to beat some metal back with a ball peen in order to have the downpipe fit… should be starting in about 30 mins from now. ![http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/214jpg.jpg](http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr161/breetimejay/214jpg.jpg) and before someone tells me the mani looks cheap…i know… this turbo kit makes me:banghead: ---
**Author:** ![mindless](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mindless/32/7286_2.png) [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/47 "2009-05-07T18:17:24Z")
Tell the hooker that made the kit to blow herself. ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/48 "2009-05-07T18:23:02Z")
> [@larryr50](#): > > that or a ls2 lol [http://www.monstermiata.com/](http://www.monstermiata.com/) :burnout: I love miatas they are like little go karts I think the newer hard top convertables are real hot. DAm that little fucker is sexy ---
**Author:** ![DR.PUCH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dr.puch/32/5237_2.png) [@DR.PUCH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DR.PUCH)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/49 "2009-05-07T18:30:27Z")
> [@mindless](#): > > Tell the hooker that made the kit to blow herself. lol sound clip compared to Honda mani ---
**Author:** ![mindless](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mindless/32/7286_2.png) [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/50 "2009-05-07T19:21:28Z")
LOL its so needed ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/51 "2009-05-07T21:39:31Z")
> [@sLONISMO](#): > > lol sound clip compared to Honda mani aha ill try and get a clip ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/52 "2009-05-07T21:59:16Z")
jay, you need to run hard plastic vacuum line with a buffer (inline fuel filter) for the map sensor or you will have tons of issues trying to get a stable vac/boost signal. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/53 "2009-05-08T14:18:07Z")
> [@BREETIME](#): > > hey minglor! is this emissions shit?if it is its goin in the garbage That’s where it belong if I recall. That coolant re-route is nice. ---
**Author:** ![escgt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/escgt/32/7512_2.png) [@escgt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/escgt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/54 "2009-05-08T19:36:39Z")
is this a bp miata? ---
**Author:** ![540guy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/540guy/32/5052_2.png) [@540guy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/540guy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/55 "2009-05-08T21:59:31Z")
thing run yet? ---
**Author:** ![mickdad246](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mickdad246/32/7274_2.png) [@mickdad246](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mickdad246)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/56 "2009-05-08T22:14:11Z")
nice work :tup: ---
**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/57 "2009-05-09T20:18:02Z")
looking good :headbang: any updates? ---
**Author:** ![mindless](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mindless/32/7286_2.png) [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/58 "2009-05-09T20:27:06Z")
where are my baller weld pics LOL ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/59 "2009-05-09T22:32:11Z")
> [@mindless](#): > > where are my baller weld pics LOL ill get them them up soon holmes… car runs like a top…megasquirt is squirting…cams are camming… tuning will be done tomarrow…ill post lots of vids and pics ---
**Author:** ![mindless](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mindless/32/7286_2.png) [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254/60 "2009-05-09T23:04:51Z")
LOL just post the one weld the rest look like doo doo [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-turbo-a-miata-in-ten-days/67254.md?page=4)