The ULTIMATE Budget Turbo Miata | 2Broke2Boosted Build Overview

This video is the ULITMATE guide to turbocharging any car on a budget. This video focuses on my turbo MX5 Miata, turbo'd for just over $1,000, but the process is the same for any car. Want to turbo your car but keep it reliable? Don't want to spend much money? Want to be like Broke & Boosted but have control over fueling and timing? This video will show you how to do exactly that! This video is the ULTIMATE Guide to turboing a car with the goal of reliability in mind. Here's the timestamps for what's covered in this video:

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At the end of the day a turbo setup is just nuts and bolts and a bit of learning, and this shows you what you'll need to do to turbo any car, from a turbo Honda Civic to a turbo Mazda Miata and more! This process makes use of inexpensive but high quality parts, including a budget standalone ECU. In 2020 and beyond there's no reason to NOT use a budget standalone ECU. It'll require some time as it's very DIY oriented, meaning you'll be turboing the car yourself, installing and making parts yourself, and tuning yourself. With this process, you can achieve great performance and reliability for your money. Cheap parts aren't bad parts, bad cheap parts are. Have fun with the new turbo on your car, and leave me any questions you have below!

Timestamps
Introduction: 00:00
Car Overview: 00:47
Picking an ECU: 03:03
Setting Up Sensors: 05:33
Picking a Turbo: 08:05
Picking a Manifold and Downpipe: 10:16
Picking an Intercooler: 12:28
Routing Oil and Vacuum Lines: 14:07
Setting up the ECU for Boost and Tuning: 16:00
Final thoughts and advice: 17:31

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[aaronlimbat]

i love how this video makes the idea of turboing your miata more approachable. big projects like these tend to scare me off once i start researching.

[garagism]

This is a video that might actually come in handy!

[jdwxly]

Just ran across this video after spending yesterday chasing a bunch of newer, faster Miatas in my nearly stock '91 with a 1.6. As a DIY mechanic on a tight budget your video gives me hope that I can add some boost without waiting to win the lottery. Thanks!

[sweetcarbro]

I happen to recently start on my "budget" turbo project E36 M50TU -- I'm guessing from searching/watching various turbo videos on YouTube, one of your "2broke2boosted" videos were on my recommended page. Not disappointed at all, and actually decided to subscribe. You have some good content, and really enjoy how how your detailed -- but quick and direct about it. As a viewer, I would just like to say. Keep with your approach, and your style. I hope these get recommended to more viewers, I think they'll enjoy your content!

[toxsicxrford]

Finally a video i have the patience to watch & understand. 👌

[gregbrightwell]

Sweet build brother.
We need more quality content of a budget nature in the Miata world

[Beardchanics]

Nice, the all thing in one episode with old episodes for details, perfect, waiting :)

[syed_]

Just wanted to say that your stuff is really helpful and well made. I wish you had a bigger following with these videos because it's amazing content.
I plan on getting an NA Miata one day and your videos have been invaluable.
I'll definitely come back to 2Broke2Boosted and your other videos on Miatas when I finally get one.

[TonyTheNerd]

Great video. Really useful explanation helping me understand how I might improve my standard turbo mini.

[MyTempest]

I will eventually be boosting my 1996 miata. I will be watching your videos because I also have a small budget to boost with

[Isaac-SpeedyEFI]

Love it! Glad to be part of another awesome build.

[sovietmaori]

i like that there's lots of turbo miata vids on yt cos it just gives me lots of references for when i decide to turbo my BP

[accordver]

I have a few notes I'd like to add if someone is interested? I recommend as much OEM used as you can find- turbos as well. If you find one at the right size an OEM and a rebuild kit will work fine.
I would say the same for intercooler. If you have to do custom anyways, get a good OEM unit if you can find one.

Also, do research on water to air. It's much easier to route some coolant hose to a heat exchanger than it is 2" pipe. Some cars that have cheap H/E are cobras Mercedes products etc. Prius water pumps are adequate for moving the coolant. Great video thanks!

[itsbunic]

I’ve been dreaming of getting one for years now and I’ll be able to get one within this year and pay for it fully I can’t wait

[oakleywood]

I've been saving up/researching to turbo my Miata and should be able to start the process in a few weeks. Perfect timing for this video! Thanks!

[JimothyCRAFT]

This is crazy how you did it for so cheap. Respect

[juangsalazar]

Years later I'm building my NB1 miata. Great video thank you.

[PokeGX]

THANK YOU you a real one! one day ima get a NA and i wanted to make it fun for my first car. later down the line ima get a sti but it looks way too complicated for me to start on so i thought i would get a miata. i know some things about how some parts of the engine works and what their for so basically im a beginner. i know some names of parts like radiator, down pipe, intake, etc but i dont know how exactly they work. ive watched so many videos on engines and how to build them but they probably only told me like 20% of the information i need to know to just build it, and not explain what they do. one day ima probably go to college for me to become a mechanic but damn this video pretty much showed me basically 100% of what needs to be done and 50% of how the parts work. i was so excited when you said you have more videos of the whole process and explaining it in more detail because these other youtubers hardly do it. Thank you sir!!! I liked and subbed because of this and i will NOT be unsubscribing at all!!!

[joecoool]

You did a great job here…well thought out and explained…..fyi. MAP sensor technology is older than MAF not the other way around

[nicwilson]

Glad I found this, was gonna be buying an MX-5/Miata soon. I already knew about the Arduino based ECU as I'm both a car nerd and an electronics nerd, so building my own from scratch with a custom designed cool PCB in a housing with a Lexan top cover mounted somewhere I can see it because cool was very much a plan anyways haha
Great stuff, look a very tidy build for a first time learn as you go!
The guitar solo at the end of the video was great, too, haha