Project MX-5: Fitting My Epic Turbocharger

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In this week’s episode of Project MX-5, your prayers have been answered as Alex, Gareth and the guys from Skuzzle fit Phil with a turbocharger. Boost season has arrived!
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Watch the Episodes:
Episode 1 - Introduction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqAp-...
Episode 2 - Dyno Run & Drag Race: www.youtube.com/watch?v=50u9f...
Episode 3 - How To Fit An Exhaust: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTnXa...
Episode 4 - Cold Air Intake: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtoac...
Episode 5 - Rust Repair: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAzzy...
Episode 6 - Amazing Dyno Results & Mid-Build Update: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8TFc...
Episode 7 - How To Fit Coilovers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA4vk...
Episode 8 - How To Track Prep Your Car: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D72f...
Episode 9 - Road Trip To The Nürburgring: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGESo...
Episode 10 - My First Track Battle With Phil :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9cX...
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The very kind man with the bolt cutters
And Gareth

[@EngineeringExplained]

This was fantastic. Doing a turbo install live at an auto show? Love it! Also ready to watch the 60-90 second gasket install! :)

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

+Engineering Explained I love Miatas, because of a Miata my buddy donated his Greddy exhaust and a cold air intake to my Integra before he sold his to buy a Miata.

[@dedelabinouze5110]

+Engineering Explained Pff pussies (jk) ! Roadkill did a complete engine and trans swap live at an auto show !

[@fm6xbox819]

+Dédé LABINOUZE ya the crusher camaro

[@Ipwntang]

+Nicola Furlani The main issues were wrong line fittings and lines, and not having correct tools and etc they still got it done, and seeing a massive production like they are stuff up and have problems to me makes it feel more intense and realistic

[@Mile-long-list]

+Nicola Furlani engineering explained showed up with a chalk board and read Wikipedia pages

[@coced]

remove grill +10hp

[@febrianadji5758]

lol

[@zhemin]

+Cédric Coulombe Rock smashing intercooler -15HP

[@myrecommendedisallmemes]

Eye headlight cover +20hp

[@YouArentSlick]

+Zhemin Lin Yeah but the sarcasm should make up for it in low end torque

[@febrianadji5758]

beard sticker +10Nm torque

[@nathanharland3375]

Waiting for an oil leak onto the nice red carpet

[@CarThrottle]

The carpet is actually torn up and thrown away after every Autosport show. The more you know.

[@skyez3396]

+Car Throttle oh didn't know that

[@nathanharland3375]

+Car Throttle The indoor car shows here in the states get rather pissed if anything like grease or oil falls onto the floor

[@woddow]

they already were leaking petrol everywhere and he said it was ok so I don't think oil would matter either

[@woddow]

+nathan harland yeah, here in the states , wherever a car is being worked on there's always an oil pan somewhere around . lol

[@Nickoo2010]

-I'm be looking at about what, 700HP Nick? -Yeah... try at about 250 -OK maybe closer to 250... That made my day 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jvsxn0]

This is the best tutorial I’ve seen of fitting a turbo And it isn’t even a tutorial

[@xSilentNnja299x]

At 18:00 when Gareth dropped the bolt i laughed so hard at his facial expression!

[@ak47gat1]

I thought I'd got away with it..

[@cristtclaros]

All that work... now he wants a v6 for Phil hahaha

[@briansmobile1]

MAN, you all need some QuickJack's for that show! I've got the BL-5000SLX which is overkill, but by SO much easier and better to work with and film and it runs on 110V

[@theshonen8899]

Girl in the thumbnail was there for like two seconds.

[@joshuarosen6242]

At least she was in it. How many videos have you watched where the thumbnail never appeared?

[@amad1985]

Click bait

[@monkylondon]

Phil by accident you've built a drift car, fancy coming on a drift day with me? If your good you can have ago in my Toyota Chaser mmmmm 2JZ

[@GapeGang]

+MONKY LONDON Look who it is ;)

[@beanmw96]

+MONKY LONDON i'll let you drive my citroen c1? it makes dirty VVTi noises

[@monkylondon]

+Sean JSN deal 😅

[@GapeGang]

Stock T-Sport? lol

[@beanmw96]

MONKY LONDON Yes lad! Now in all seriousness be at Malton Specialist Cars on March 27th at 8 in the morning, MASSIVE car show man. :-)

[@ghomerhust]

haha ethan is like "i did a thing!" fun to see how hes progressed in the channel into a presenter with the main team. hes a fun and silly guy, a very nice addition overall.

[@JustaQuad]

Surprised that I found half an hour of installing a turbo enjoyable

[@renardsoro3829]

KZbin Project Cars Drag Race: Phil vs 240SMURFFX vs Vagabond Falcon

[@coreycvetovac8044]

Vs Moogs mini

[@danisouthere]

Vs ricer Miata

[@owain1996]

+Renard Soro vs B is for builds BRZ(s)

[@M.BCreations]

Plus 'off beat garage's 240sx

[@konstantinos1992ful]

+Renard Soro not a drag race the unfare for the miata !

[@EvanMoon]

With all the talk of Car Throttle vs Mighty Car Mods, what if they just got together and partied. Talk some car stuff, bring Engineering Explained along, have some mad fun.

[@rustynutzz3504]

+Rocky Rocks and miss daisy the ultimate sleeper chopped super gramps.

[@TomMowbrayPrivate]

Time Attack Battle at the Sprint Course (the one from The Ultimate IS200 Track Build, Project 330d, etc.): Marty's Super Gramps vs Project 330d (if Alex didn't sell it). Also, an Offroading challenge against the Mad Max S15/the Subaru Outfap vs Floyd the lifted X-Type. Track Battle: Phil vs Moog's Mini. Finally, Project IS200 vs 2SEXY. Those are some battles that I would like to see, if the cars and people could be at the same place at the same time.

[@eliafranke]

Never seen the process of fitting a turbo on to an engine before... I'm absolutely impressed with the hard labour you guys had to put in 💪 good work!

[@IronBroadsword1]

Fantastic video, it's always awesome to see peoples reactions to the turbo sounds for the first time!

[@unityelt]

This makes mcm look like they took years to turbo their miata.

[@Carlibers]

+unityelt Because the engines they work on wasn't made to be turbo. Mazda had designed this engine in mind. Everything that mcm have done to do with turboing they had to get fabricated like phil(manifold) but obviously they didn't show the process.

[@unityelt]

+Carliber oh i know that, they just made look so simple. I wasn't talking bad about mcm, i like that they showed more of the process.

[@Carlibers]

unityelt Yeah, i like mcm but when they drag something that could be shown in 5 episodes over like 10 it can get tedious

[@christianaugustin7047]

+Carliber DragonBall style releases

[@giantplaceholder]

+unityelt MCM fabricated pretty much everything by themselves with their mates, while this install makes use of ready-to-use aftermarket parts. It's really not fair to compare fully custom install with this one.

[@jakebell945]

when clocking the turbo, is that shmees Porsche?

[@CarThrottle]

It is indeed

[@jakebell945]

+Car Throttle Phil or caymen gt4? easy choice I think

[@maxwellherrmann6230]

+Jake Bell Obviously Phil.

[@kinslayergaming3159]

+Car Throttle look at mcm's miata for ideas they did a build like this

[@TheRealBleach]

yes his license plate

[@Stu123]

Love these videos, great seeing the mechanics behind the engine and how it goes together

[@kjeldsamsung]

mad, 2 day turbo build! great job lads, lookin forward for some driving footage :). greets from the Netherlands

[@blvk_sky]

That was awesome, I could watch these kinds of vids all day :D

[@DocumentaryHub]

You seriously need to remove the oil pan and remove the metal shavings from the drilling and tapping.

[@christianaugustin7047]

No they don't. The oil will capture the metal shavings and they'll get cycled out in the next oil change along with the oil filter.

[@DocumentaryHub]

Christian Augustin The chance that all metal is going to the oil filter is none existing. They should have just remove the oil pan. That is how its done properly. This way is just lazy.

[@christianaugustin7047]

Patrick Carta I don't think you've ever done a turbo install on an mx5. I also don't think you have any idea what you're talking about. But that's just me, so let's just leave it at that.

[@cefb8923]

+Christian Augustin Drilling and tapping an oil pan has nothing to do with any make or model. Patrick is saying metal shavings + oil = bad. I am sure the oil filter will pick up most, maybe all of it. Still not worth risking, would suck to do a turbo install then pull the engine.

[@christianaugustin7047]

***** I don't think he does. No.

[@soulrisk1010]

love this video man. it shows everything in a brief general manner.

[@Thomas-lx8bc]

Can't wait to see how much power it makes. And that sound! That will surely be a fun car to drive even at low speeds.

[@KalvinMalli]

Phil will have some zest now!

[@codyhurley]

The phrase on your shirt should say "Miata Is Always The Answer" it's an acronym for miata

[@andyvaid69]

Cody Hurley loool take ya time!

[@samihamid7893]

love you guys at CarThrottle, will be in England in the next week, hopefully I'll see you around!

[@brandonbomoney7597]

I remember my 1st time drive my turbo wrx that sound i will never forget! Congrats man

[@TheDutchGuy110]

4:40 waiting for him to scratch the paint and knock out the side window when catching the manifold

[@SonLe-gh3dz]

phil vs 240smurrfx

[@tbkriley]

YES! I would love to see that

[@curtiswalker3443]

+Timber Kriley the 240 is a twin turbo 2jz swap Phil would even compare to smurfx

[@SonLe-gh3dz]

would still be cool

[@curtiswalker3443]

+Son Le not really if anything Phil should go against mcm miata or s2k

[@tbkriley]

+Curtis Walker think about this though, Phil weighs about 2 times less than David's 240, but it will have about 100 less hp. However since the 240 is using a 2jz it is going to have more power (I believe David said its going to be around 350?) and since the 2j is almost twice as big as the engine in the miata, it will have more torque, but I still think the miata has a chance just because of the power to weight ratio.

[@denispeixoto]

Pretty cool to see you happy at the end. Turbo is life

[@JezPeRR]

Normally i go fast forward if a long episode becomes boring, but this episode had my attention for 30 min. - Good stuff and very entertaining, I LIKE! ;-)

[@Dentzah]

Is that Shmee's Porsche in the background?

[@VisioRacer]

+Jack Dent I doubt anybody else has Martini livery on Sapphire Blue GT4 like Shmee does

[@DustyShedGarage]

Yeah at the end you see his reg plate (license plate)

[@christianaugustin7047]

Broke and Boosted should be a good challenge for Phil.

[@Tw1g007]

+Christian Augustin Did you cringe when they weren't doing the things suggested in the How to Turbo vids on CarPassion? (Like greasing the bit used to drill into the oil pan)

[@christianaugustin7047]

***** yeah they skipped a few steps but I'm not too worried.

[@Tw1g007]

I gotcha, still time will tell if they did good enough. Poor Phil, the test Gerbal MX-5.

[@icecreamhaznobonzs]

5:40 I FOUND WALDO!!!!!!!

[@BarneyWobba]

Awesome effort guys :) I really enjoyed watching this .

[@brianbrady156]

Nick: You guys need to find some tools. Alex: Okay *finds all the hot girls and asks them if they have tools* I see you Alex...

[@g.t.5483]

You should do a sleeper build of a lada 21011

[@EvanMoon]

Wandering around a show of manufacturers of bolt-on parts and modified whatnots asking for some tools to put said parts on the car. Enjoyable and humorous. None would expect folks to try to install their parts right on the spot. But good fun asking for needed parts

[@antonkaps]

Finally!!! Car sounds amazing in the end!!!

[@Sim2Real.]

Alex is like a little non green version of hulk!

[@alexkersten1964]

+Alberto Pettine LOL, I'll take that ;)

[@z00h]

+Alberto Pettine with voice of the 40ies radio announcer.

[@joshuawilliams994]

Funny how a snail makes the car go faster.

[@alexkersten1964]

+Joshua Williams Wayyyyy faster :D

[@baddriversofeurotrucksimul5759]

Weight reduction has not been applied.

[@randombag420]

Joshua Williams maybe the snail is that one from Turbo

[@ncjpg]

That Turbo sounds beautiful

[@CrazyBrothers445]

it was awesome man,really great work,your car is a beauty!

[@myth0l0gical49]

Garrett looks like Evan (VanossGaming).....

[@toroseye]

ye

[@matthenzell484]

What if he is Vanoss...?

[@Carlisho]

+Scottish Hen Considering Vanoss lives in Canada...... Yeah dont think so

[@matthenzell484]

+CarlosG 0619 but he's Hoo-Dini... am I cool now?

[@patryksztandera9480]

For me he looks like Do it with Dan mixed with Vanoss.

[@TheFatherCharles]

Haggard garage needs to watch this video...

[@Lloydscooter1]

Yeh they uploaded a video installing a eBay radiator on Brendan's Miata

[@TheFatherCharles]

+Lloyd Griffiths are they turbo-ing it?

[@TheFatherCharles]

+Unknown Enemy same tho. Have you heard of B is For Build?

[@Lloydscooter1]

+Charlie Macris no Chris (ricer Miata) is turboing his and so is Marcus, rudniks sunscribed to car throttle

[@TheFatherCharles]

+Lloyd Griffiths but didn't they say in their turbo in boxing that it was for Alex's?

[@OMoneyXL]

Sounds fucking sick! The revving of a turbo just makes me smile all the time.

[@oscarcepedello8706]

OMFG THE SOUND OF THE TURBO IS GORGEOUS!!!

[@coolgun789]

So the aftermarket headers were put on for no reason?

[@mlpellicci4258]

i was there if you remember me i was with my dad and i got a picture with you

[@AlexDan99]

Best video yet from CT:). Well done boys.

[@matiasg19]

best video yet! Good work on the turbo, glad it runs :)

[@matthewdruett3398]

just pretend this is an amusing comment that relates to the video

[@CarThrottle]

Commentception

[@hdudecom]

+Car Throttle so you can lol while you lol

[@EuroGarageOfficial]

BUT! Is Phil faster than the MightyCarMods Turbo Miata?

[@lJADU]

Probably, theirs was only a 1.6

[@beckhillstewie]

+Original Name then what is phil? How many cc?

[@BradSkillez]

Phil is a 1.8

[@EuroGarageOfficial]

I don't know. MCM Runs a pretty similar set up but is very well tuned.

[@Ward1706]

147rwkW (about 200rwhp) vs 180rwhp? I'd say maybe the MCM MX-5 would have been faster.

[@Iain240]

I normally don't enjoy carthrottle videos or alex tbh but this one was really good, I'm impressed. Very clear what you were doing and nothing was missed out in a relatively short video. Well done, more like this please.

[@alexkersten1964]

+Iain Cheers. I think ;)

[@dirtydani2697]

15:44 the key to success... DEEEJJAAAYYY KHHHHAALLLLLEDDD!!

[@_Gingium_]

Lol you turboed it before you got a LSD!? Whhhaatttt?

[@SamsTechTips]

+Gingium what are you gonna do to yours?? MMWAHAHA I've found you again.

[@Ward1706]

Well, it's what MCM did. And they didn't do a clutch in theirs for a while either.

[@TRIPLE_SIX_OFFICIAL]

Ayyye gingium, I didnt know you watched car throttle

[@cheezeman9137]

At least he’s gonna make 700hp *caugh 500hp project Miata kidding love your vids

[@grahamwilliams2494]

Mcm can do it in 5 minutes. :)

[@martinallanhates]

no they cant they probably cant change a tire its turbo yoda and all the other people who are actualy mechanical inclinde that do EVERYTHING they just write checks and make music

[@6294knight]

+Martin Allan Like these guys did all this without any help from mechanically inclined people.

[@martinallanhates]

No they did prety mutch nothing and its fucking shit dont get me wrong there both great channels but they would be so mutch better if they were doing the work and knew what to do

[@giantplaceholder]

+Martin Allan Then who did all the work on Daihatsu Cuore, dude? They are not trained mechanics, that's true, and yes, a lot of stuff lately was done by other people -- but that's mostly because Miles and Alan can do it faster. After all, isn't that's what subscribers want, for episodes to come out more frequently? Remember the earlier episode, when Marty drove old white Legacy with leaky windshield. When he gutted the shit out of it to switch shells, most of the work was done by him.

[@uyhu24]

+Graham Williams mcm is a mod channel, this is more general, of course there will be footage on mcm. Just like them what is wrong with you people. Cant wait to see Phil chopping left and right.

[@justyouraverage2869]

Another Project MX-5 vid! Yay!

[@gregmcallister5814]

This is awesome and it was amazing to meet and get a picture with Ethan and Alex on the Saturday morning in the foyer.

[@xfaegx1741]

that t-shirt is wrong i think it is "miata is always the answer" so if you put all of the first letters of the words together it forms MIATA

[@Wingyy1995]

*Takes off original 4 to 1 manifold* "A 4 to 1 limits this and that and everything else, so we'll put a 4 to 2 to 1 on because it's better" *Puts a 4 to 1 back on*...

[@flyincarpetking9148]

but its turbo now. so it doesnt matter really as the turbo is going to compress air into the engine instead of NA. 421 headers were only made for N/A for better natural air to travel

[@Carlisho]

lol if you put a 4-2-1 manifold for a turbo it will end in the floor

[@flyincarpetking9148]

Haha exactly. Its just not possible at all.

[@NearCry91]

+PerformanceMx5 Miata (PerformanceMiata) +CarlosG 0619 It is possible image.nettix.fi/extra/partimg/00/02/05/42/54/turbo-pakosarja-pulssipakosarja-2054254_b_884ae0f778363ffb.jpg i44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/leyanh/turob6/DSCN3098.jpg

[@flyincarpetking9148]

Why go through the trouble? Haha. 4-1 would be easiest and cleaner in engine bay ;)

[@CrownedGaming]

Amazing video ~ Edit: Damn! Phil sounds incredible! Haha great job to everyone involved, even the ~4 people who helped pitched in by donating a part or drilling a hole for you!

[@RobertKohut]

Great video, very entertaining!! Nice to see boost on the car!

[@omar-yi5ks]

Dear miata owners, supercharged miata or turbo?

[@martinallanhates]

its prefrance realy superchargers are easy to install and have no lag but dont make a huge amount of power where as turbos are the oposite :)

[@zzzhuh]

+Martin Allan FALSE. Superchargers can have HUGE amounts of boost, it depends on the pulley you put on the car. Also porting them is good for HP as well. If you are going in a straight line... Meh, turbo I guess. If you are on a track, go SC. The turbo boost takes what seems like forever, and then all the sudden you have sooooo much boost, your rear end wants to be in front.

[@martinallanhates]

Yeah its all dependant on what you're doing that why I said prefrance but I would personally avoid charging you're car and just go for naturaly aspirated then there is not lag and less parts to worry about going boom :)

[@martinallanhates]

+zzzhuh and not to sound salty but he asked miata owner not fiero owners so yah

[@CrAzYNooBB55]

+zzzhuh False

[@1234Misterman]

is it just me or is this turbo tiny

[@OF01975]

Any bigger there would be too much lag

[@CanadianMinecrafter7ets2mcd3sc]

+Drink Me so why not have a antilag MX5

[@jadenob1037]

That must be one of the cleanest miatas, I love the really relaxed vibe that comes from miatas

[@merrifield15]

Brilliant video guys, top work

[@mrhighboost8474]

Wow this guy is so immature

[@Mr1uan]

That TURBO is the best!!!! That sound tho! 👌🏻👌🏻💪🏻💪🏻😍😍

[@mikehawes4935]

Really enjoying this series , there was of course a tedious inevitability it would need a clutch with all the extra power and being already old. Look forward to the rest, very entertaining great channel , cheers

[@jza80_mkiv]

Great work, love the sound in the end

[@tomheesakkers]

love the turbo sound!!!

[@louisc8020]

I think Ethan's hardwork paid off, great video!!!

[@oscarstafford6958]

Its going to sound so good!

[@danielsandoval8345]

I like how he opens the glove box and there was a pair of combs!! lol

[@nicolasrojas5020]

Love that sound!!!!

[@carfan6466]

These guys are so bloody intelligent. Enjoyable but went over my head. So smart

[@departedgardens9262]

this was cool. different then other car channels. good job! phil looks epic!

[@seansmile]

SOUNDS AMAZING !!!

[@cameronvaccaro2706]

I have a 92 miata and plan on turbo charging it.Great video

[@jameshowells2250]

Phill sounds EPIC!! 👏🏻

[@KremitDeFrog]

Looks like a perfect time to do the left side coolant reroute so it flows along the fender wall instead of along side of the block next to the exhaust manifold...

[@al8161]

Congratulations for the series

[@yusefelawi125]

good job guys im so happy for phil😊😎

[@sshum00]

Lol the miata guy. :P Can't blame him for answering Miata, it was on the shirt.

[@TucaLoni]

been waiting for this for timeeee

[@___.___111]

This is sick guys!! :)

[@MrAndrei12345654321]

Omg it sounds great!!!!

[@ernestoorozco-jimenez4966]

When I saw this on Instagram I was like He put A turbo On Phil!?! And I've been waiting for this video for a while lol

[@sirkittymcjesus9264]

Wooo!! More vids!!!

[@SuperAffe97]

Finally a new Part!! Because of you I'm going to buy a MX5 too :-)

[@alexkersten1964]

+Niko Bellic Good man!

[@amaankhan9139]

That turbo sounded nice :)

[@shaggings]

Gotta love that turbo flutter!

[@TheMiniatureScenes]

very professional screw holding trophy!!

[@adamsendler2113]

definitely too much hugs guys

[@estebunz]

Because of Alex from Car Throttle, Rudnik from Haggard Garage, and Greg from TheCarPassionChannel.... I'm now convinced on one day turbocharging my MX-5 Miata :) thank you ily

[@nicocontreras2838]

Sounds awesome :D

[@negatronmad]

Love them Rotas.

[@mongoosar00]

turbo!!!! way to go!