Andy

2016 turbo

Andy is one of our dedicated R&D cars for the ND platform. His job is to be the primary four cylinder development car, used for powertrain/cooling/suspension/brake/etc testing. To support this role, known weak points in the car have been "hardened" so we can concentrate on what we're actually looking to test.

Andy is also a legitimate SEMA show car, having been on the Koni stand in the middle of the central hall in 2015. That's where the red highlights came from, they're Koni's corporate red color. Some of the pictures above show it in full SEMA spec and you may have seen them in Koni's advertising. 

Andy also underwent a serious torture test at Laguna Seca a few years ago where Road & Track dared us to let them drive our car in every session of the Miata Reunion. That's 15.5 hours of on-track time over a weekend. The car used up two sets of brake pads and a sway bar bolt loosened up, but otherwise it just kept circulating.
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Spec sheet

Powertrain:

• 50-state legal Flyin' Miata BBR Stage 1 turbo for ND1
• FM Hush-O-Matic exhaust and FM midpipe
• Verus Air Oil Separator
• Global Cup Car transmission upgrades
• FM totally cool kit: transmission, oil and differential coolers
• FM single-pass race radiator
• Turbosmart e-Boost Street electronic boost control

Suspension:

• FM Fox Racing suspension
• FM sway bars with FM end links
• FM Big Brake Kit
• Verus brake duct kit
• Kogeki 17x9 wheels
• Tobu 17x9 wheels
• whatever other wheels we need to test at the time

Interior:

• Cravenspeed short throw shifter
• FM Cravenspeed shift knob
• Hard Dog roll bar
• Flyin' Miata pedal kit

Exterior:

• 9Lives Racing Big Wang
• Verus canards
• Verus front splitter
• Verus rear diffuser
• Verus flat underbody panels
• Verus hood louvers
• FM tow hooks
• FM LED smoked corner lights
• FM LED smoked fender lights
• FM LED sequential turn indicators
• Carbon Miata Spyder grill
• FM hydraulic hood lifts