CX Racing Miata Turbo Kit Review : A Year Later

My turbo Miata has been daily driven for over a year with the CXRacing turbo kit. I decided I would create this quick video going over the kit and how it has held up. I hope this will help a lot of you out, and feel free to leave any questions in the comments👍

[TheCarPassionChannel]

Good to see a longevity review on the kit, I'm glad CX seemed to have redeemed themselves on that manifold

[SpitfireZero]

Chiming in. I've had a CXRacing kit on my 97 MX5 since 2018. I daily'd it for a while, ran it hard on weekends, and basically every time i take it out.. and a few hundred mile road trips.

The ONLY things Ive changed from the CXRacing kit, is the exhaust manifold gasket (new OEM multilayer is better), dremmel'd out the WGA hole to fix boost creep (Thank you Greg AKA CarPassion) and made my own turbo flange gasket. The Downpipe fit perfect, the manifold was welded nicely and has had no cracks. Its been on 15PSI this whole time, and everything has still held up (knock on wood) around 250whp/240wtq.

The "V2" kit (mine) was definitely WAY BETTER than the original they put out. I heard nothing but bad things on the version 1.

[yuulo]

the only reason a miata is going to be my first car is bc of this series man loving it

[GrantGrabert]

I had a very similar rig so sharing my experience: the vent holes in your front bumper are actually creating less flow through the intercooler. I tried that also but found it was venting air OUT instead of IN. Weird aerodynamics. When I was driving track days, the intake temp would rise and EMS would retard timing. After installing a shroud over the holes to help direct air in, the temps dropped significantly. Contact me if you have any questions. Great job on the build. 👍

[MIRACLECHEEZ]

glad you’re still doing car stuff! i was afraid after selling your e36, maybe you were going the family route and got a minivan or something. it’s cool to see the dream didn’t die, but was reborn into something new. when i get my 323is back together, i might have to throw a bomber face on it out of tribute lol. you rock man keep it up

[kodybell]

Hell yeah austin glad it wasnt a year before i saw you again!!!!
But may i say the miata sounds better then i ever thought it would!! Keep the good work up man!!

[matthewmoates]

Love it Austin ❤️ keep the uploads coming

[johnbean]

Nice man! Good to see you back, lookin fresh

[joenero]

Love your review very informative your car amazing as well good job on the build

[Henryslides]

yea i’d love to see them add a bong to this kit too.

[robertpearce]

Wow beautiful car 🚗 you really have the build/tune going on!! Enjoy 😉

[JoseHernandez-bffi]

This is perfect!! I'm about to tackle my miata with a cx kit (different turbo) and I came across this video. New subscriber!!

[workhardidleafter]

I have cxracing turbo kit 3years on my dc5 ..made 435hp first dyno session stock k20a2 then 1year later I upgrade to k24/k20 and make 560hp stock engine... And I have had no issues almost 4yrs and still counting.... Good kits for the buck or for a budget build...

[Subdubbin]

Funny, Cleetus just uploaded a video of him buying a Miata.

[BoostedNDMiata]

Very cool. Also nice to see some of the big YouTube Miata players commenting as well.

[Based_Trucker]

Cx kits are pretty good my old sr20 was make 400 hp on low boost with the 240sx gt35 kit.

[Theandrew]

Austin, first and foremost I like the look of your miata. I just purchased a gas saver miata, and Ive wanted another turbo car to play with so I have been looking up turbo kits and this video pretty much just makes me want to buy the CX racing kit opposed to the MK turbo kit.

[Treyskates]

I have a 1.6 turbo kit for sale in Central Florida $1600 comes with a megasquirt pnp 2 ecu as well. Cx racing manifold and turbo, hood exit exhaust, complete piping and intercooler, GM IAT, BMW VTPS, tapped oil pan etc.

[Treyskates]

For everyone asking about engine management, my advice is buy a used MS2PNP ecu which you can find for around 500 bucks. I then spent another $500 on a dyno tune. But its awesome

[WASTEssbu]

I dream that my miata is turbod like this one day!