Flyin' Miata Turbocharged ND MX5 RF - One Take 

S2kTi Damn it looks better than the new Vantage! Not kidding!

kraenk12 Everytime i see one, especially an RF I want to drop what I'm doing and go to a Mazda dealer asap hahah

DaveThrashManiac congrats! I might pick up a '16 next year after some depreciation has worked it's magic

i just don't like the smile

They're giving them away up here in PA. Some dealers still have 2016 inventory left over as new. Waiting to pay off my 3-5door and maybe grabbing an RF myself

Driver7 yes I love it as well taught me more things

Are cars nerdy things?

These days....kinda. Nerds rule the world now though, who cares.

here here!

@Sam Well, whenever i open my mouth to talk about anything remotely related to cars girls flee like if i had bubonic plague or some sort of a shield so yes, talking cars is now talking nerdy. _Hey gurl, wanna see my tit tanium valves? my ball... bearing trubos? What about my knob? shifter knob?_ Ain't gonna work, trust me.

garf117 pour one out for the sidewall

garf117 "Days past since last rubbing: 0 Days"

sorry but im from germany and what is rubbing? is it when the car is too low or what does it mean?

Leon Kalogeropoulos When the sidewall of the tyre rubs on the guard either from the tyres being to wide or the car being to low... or both. ☺

sinking miata

Luqman Baig I heard that too 😂😂😂

nelsonsubaru 😂👍

Well played

Great comment

GG!

Lose weighy

i thought the same...

except not as ugly as the Tuscan.

Did you get one dude?

OFF ROAD N Chill WUT

OFF ROAD N Chill nah ND SOFTOP always

yeh the RF Miami

I think it is hands down the ugliest car Mazda has ever produced. it looks like a failed Lotus Elise, and that car isn't pretty either, nevermind a failed version of that.... The soft-top however, is arguably one of the prettiest cars Mazda ever made. After the RX7, obviously.

TheRzarectah Vice Edition

How did you program the additional injectors on a certain rev range?

Yeah, the RF top actually makes the Miata look attractive, the soft top is hideous.

Dontcallmeshirley bhp*, it probably makes around 100hp at the wheels with a manual.

idontcare80 nah I hated the hartop , miatas should always be softop. So I decided to get my ND in a SOFTOP

I like how the RF looks, but the soft top is half a turbo cheaper, 113# lighter, has space for an SCCA approved roll bar, & has a better top down experience. I'll take the soft top any day.

It's unfortunate that Mazda doesn't make a true coupe, it would be better in every possible way.

Macktasticslick yeaaaaaaaaaa, it's in progress boi 😎

Dumping as I type

im behind schedule (dump wise) but bee-line coffee is helping with that sitch.

Ordered the chili last night

Macktasticslick who cares ffs

Not sure what they meant really. If the exhaust expands a bit more before the valves open, it should just mean that it's cooler so there's less power available to pump the compressor, slow spooling etc. So they use a smaller compressor and Bob's you're uncle. Why wait until you're old? You know you're already thinking about it ;)

A flat torque curve gives you linearly rising power through the rev range. A flat power curve means you are near peak horsepower any time you are mid tach or higher. More area under the curve (in the used rev range) makes for a faster accelerating car, even with the same peak power numbers. Particularly if the revs drop a bit in a corner or some such situation. The turbo car probably IS faster 0-60. Slightly. Even at sea level. Unless the turbo lag is bad enough to be a factor. The peakier supercharged car would need an edge in peak power to compete. The roads around Angeles forrest can be anywhere from sub 3k feet all the way up to the highest pass at 9k ish. But they weren't that high, probably 3-5k tops, still, the turbo would start showing some advantage there. So yeah that fat midrange, giving the feeling of power everywhere, is something that Matt admits to preferring. I personally enjoy being rewarded for revving a motor out. To each their own. Side note: for many years (still?) WRC has been limited to ~300hp via restriction on the intake. Therefore those guys find ways to make a flat 300hp from like 2k thru 6k rpm. This is part of why they perform unlike any other 300 hp cars in the world.

kleinbottled79 Thanks for your reply, I thought the torque and HP curves were closer, but I see now how much the BBR turbo won over the EB SC BBR tune from at least 2,500 to >6k RPM for both per Keith’s dyno posts on Miata.net. The power is equal at redline. Up to then, advantage to turbo, except for the Edelbrock warranty. Feel free to give me either!

kleinbottled79 A flat torque curve means that it idealy has peak or good torque from idle to red line the flatter the better. HP is fun but torque is really what people want and need as there is nothing that can replace that wave of acceleration from a well tuned torqey turbo motor.

Zach C. Benton average people would not be able to buy them

MrMeoow91 i agree thats why i probably never buy nonjapanese cars, it will last long no matter how much you torture them ofc as long as you keep boost low and the engine cool. plus japanese sports cars are cheap with cheap parts track them drift them as much as you like if something break you wont shed a tear.

ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx that’s extremely close minded and biased. FBO and sometimes even boosted American V8s last hundreds of thousands of miles. German cars will as well. It’s a case by case thing. Excluding maybe economy cars half the time when a car dies pre 150k miles is because of the owner.

Dude Shark american cars are amazing if they are pick up or suv otherwise ill pass. European cars are cool and all but too expinseve and expinsve to maintain and you dont really get the value for your money also they dont last as long if you have 5 yo german car sell it before you get cought into the trap. Japanese cars #1 american #2 Skorean #3 euro #4

ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx you realize American cars parts pin their technology? The SUV and pickups share the same stuff and it’s leaked all the ways through their lineups. I’d bet money as far as sports cars go a muscle car will outlast anything out of Japan. The LS and Mod motors are extremely durable and that’s why people always swap them. Reliable easy power for way cheaper. Again, German cars just take maintenance. Keep up with oil and other liquids and they’ll last. So unless your argument is that you don’t have to do that in Japanese cars, in which case I’d just assume you’re clueless, it’s like I said, a majority of the time it comes down to the owner.

I don't want to talk shit about US cars as they have proven both powerful and reliable, cars such as Mercury Grand Marquis, Ford Crown Victoria and GMC suvs and pick ups have earned legendary status where i came from. It maybe since you're from the US you see things differently, most people from around the world would agree with me i think, that whether it comes to sports cars or every day sedan's japan is and have always been the best in terms affordability and reliability.