After 2 years, we finally install our built 13B REW engine and Nissan CD009 transmission with the Fisch Racing Tech transmission adapter system. This has been a long time coming…
Catch cans and air/oil separators are needed for any performance car, but especially turbocharged cars. We were seeing so much oil in our intercooler piping we thought our turbocharger seals…
If you own a 2009 to 2021 Toyota Tundra, you are probably aware of the rapid rear brake pad wear, especially if you go offroad or have higher power like…
The 4-banger turbo 718s haven’t gotten much love from the aftermarket because they are just the lowly 4-cylinder engines instead of the all-mighty 6-cylinders in the Porsche lineup. Those of…
In this week's episode we snagged our first guest! Dai Yoshihara joins us in the shop to talk about his career both past and present ...and a bunch of…
While doing some routine maintenance on our Suzuki Cappuccino, we noticed that the wheel nuts were not always spinning on and off smoothly. Some nuts would stick slightly as we…
Rotaries produce a ton of heat. We keep cabin temperatures down by covering our transmission tunnel with Sticky™ Shield from Heatshield Products. Thermal management is a major challenge for rotary…
We upgrade the electrical system of our car with a high output alternator from DC Power, improved the look of our engine bay with a set of Raceonly Pulleys, and…
We've been getting some requests to see how we put together engines, so this week we're putting together the B18C engine we talked about a few weeks ago! (check…
We have been wanting to test Fluidampr's harmonic balancer that was released a few years back for Mazda's popular B series engines for a while now and we are finally…
We freshened up our FD’s30-year old, worn out suspension bushings with SuperPro USA polyurethane bushings and replaced the clunking old pillow ball bushings in the rear suspension. We also vapor…
While our Cappuccino has been a lot of fun to fling around on back roads, there are some serious shortcomings in the suspension department. The lowering springs (or Down Suspension…
You've been asking for it for a while and now we're finally building a B-Series engine for a customer's Type R Integra! Guess what? We sell parts and MotoIQ…
We chose the Competition Clutch Triple Disc Organic Clutch now that our FD RX-7 will be equipped with the CD009 Transmission swap. In any car build, it is important to…
Around a decade ago, Clint Boisdeau bought a 1990 Honda Civic to use in the former MotoIQ Pacific Touring Car Championship. That car had a wonderful, revvy B18C engine, a…
Project SC300 ain't dead. It's just taking a bit of a vacation. Those who know me more personally understand that there was a rough few years of family-related issues of…
If you are a serious Track Day, Road Racer, Time Attack, Drifter, or even autocross, Team Plus has come out with an incredible system that is in our opinion a…
This is a departure from our normal content but don't worry this is not meant to replace any of the normal Mike you're used to seeing, just supplement it!…
All images from Porsche. “Hybrid is the devil!” Waterboy voice. “Not so fast my friends!” Lee Corso voice. I think most people associate the concept of a hybrid car with…
We visited Evasive Motorsports to check out their World Time Attack S2000RS before it gets put on a ship to Australia for the 2024 World Time Attack Challenge in…
Sorry, I could not find a picture of Jeff, Martin, and Myself all together and this was the only sorta recent picture of me I could find. Nevertheless, we are…
We had installed a lightweight Lithium battery in our Project Evo a couple of years ago and it bricked while we were storing the car during the rainy season, despite…
It was time to dig into the low-cost OEM+ upgrade goody bag again. Aerodynamics has become increasingly prevalent on cars straight off the showroom floor. Everyone can see the front…
Real time monitoring of tire temps, tire pressure and suspension position used to only be available to Formula 1 race teams... now you can have it on your street…
The Nitto Motivo has always been one of our favorite all-season tires, we liked it for its great wet traction, and decent dry traction (for an all-season tire). We also…
