- March 12, 2025
Turbo Fix is where professional race car driver João Barbosa's love of racing and mechanics meet.
Barbosa, an Ormond Beach resident, opened an turbocharger repair shop in town at the end of February. Located at 873 Hull Road, Unit 7, Turbo Fix rebuilds turbochargers to original manufacturer standards, as well as sells both new and rebuilt turbochargers for cars, boat and trucks. The shop also performs diagnostics.
"If you receive something that's not working, my goal is to make it better and make it work," Barbosa said. "... When I get in the race car, I don't have to worry about if the car is going to break or not, I want to make sure everything is fine, and this is the same concept."
Barbosa began racing at 12 years old in Portugal. Currently, he races in the IMSA series, which includes the Rolex 24 at the Daytona Beach International Speedway. He's won the Rolex 24 four times: in 2003, 2010, 2014 and 2018.
He and his business partner, Daniel Marquez, had been talking about opening a turbocharger repair shop for a couple of years. Barbosa didn't think he had the time to run a business and continue racing full time, while raising a family.
"This year, I decided to do a small step back on my full-time racing and really get going in another direction and explore different options," Barbosa said. "The timing was just right to start this year."
Marquez owns TurboClinic, a manufacturing company of turbocharger repair equipment based in Portugal.
"I trust in João, and we already have something similar in Portugal that works very well," Marquez said. "We manufacture these machines in Portugal, so we decided to do a partnership with João to open a repair shop here."
Barbosa said his aspiration is to be the standard for turbo repairs in the state.
"There's a lot of people doing it and they're doing it right, but there's a different and better way to do things with the machines that we have here," Barbosa said.
Turbo Fix, he said, combines the technology and technician expertise needed to stand out in the industry.
"Now we're excited to really start bringing business in and get to work," Barbosa said.
Visit turbofix.us.
