Mazda MX-5 Tuners Start Their Engines
It's still many months away from going on sale, but that hasn't stopped at least one tuning house from starting work on power-up packages for Mazda's new ND MX-5. UK outfit BBR has announced that it has begun developing an engine package th
It's still many months away from going on sale, but that hasn't stopped at least one tuning house from starting work on power-up packages for Mazda's new ND MX-5.
UK outfit BBR has announced that it has begun developing an engine package that should take the new MX-5's 2.0 litre engine to 149kW with basic "bolt-on" modifications.
Though the car is still not yet available in showrooms anywhere in the world, BBR has purchased a Mazda3 to use its 2.0 litre Skyactiv-G engine as the basis for its modifications.
In the Mazda3, this engine produces 114kW of power and 200Nm of torque. The MX-5's longitudinally-mounted version of the same engine should develop slightly more though, with estimates of around 120kW.
BBR says it will eventually develop a turbocharger kit for the new MX-5 too, though no power targets are mentioned.
The company will also launch its own range of dress-up parts, and released a single teaser rendering showing an MX-5 wearing a front chin-spoiler, deeper side-skirts, a rear bumper extension and bootlip spoiler, as well as aftermarket alloy wheels and larger brakes.
The ND MX-5 is expected to go on sale in Australia in the latter half of this year.
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