It's easy to overdo a clutch. We've probably all been there - your clutch is slipping, maybe you did a few too many launches, or maybe you're pegging your boost…
The Ultimate DIY Alignment Rig by Erik Jacobs If you've been following MotoIQ for a while, you know that Project SC300 has been around for a long, long, long time.…
Nowadays as technology has enabled us to extract previously unheard of power levels out of our engines, the once rare failure of the ring and pinion gear in the differential…
Our last article on the 370z/G37 supercharger install left off with Covid-19 rearing its ugly head and re-shuffling our tuning as a low priority in life. Over the weeks while…
Nordschleife-BTG 7:17 in 321 hp BMW E36 M3 with KW Competition 4A Imagine how sick that is! While many people are always trying to get more engine power first, many…
Follow us as we take you through our install of Icon Vehicle Dynamics suspension system for the Toyota Tundra as we explain how it works, how to adjust…
Our Project Lexus IS-F has never gotten a performance front swaybar even though it has a larger adjustable Sikky Manufacturing rear anti swaybar. The main reason is no one makes…
2020 is the year that is anything but a crystal clear 20/20. Everything seems to be blurred as our world works through this pandemic. While the year started with such…
VQ37VHR Supercharger install This story like all great stories started with a plan. Then that plan got wadded up and thrown in the garbage but you'll see what we mean…
In our last segment of building the ultimate NA VQ37VHR, we assembled the long block of our engine. Now its ready to drop into the 370Z chassis. We had a…
New Racing Website for King Engine Bearings At the height of the racing season, King Engine Bearings, a leading manufacturer of innovative high performance engine bearings, is launching its new…
Wonder why we use this mysterious WPC Treatment on so many of our engine builds? Let us explain what WPC is and how it works. It's an inexpensive…
In our last story, we gave you a sneak peek and a technical overview of the parts we were going to use on our naturally aspirated VQ37VHR engine with some…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 30 - Sometimes You Finish Where You Should've Started by Erik Jacobs When we left Project SC300, we had gotten the suspension all back together,…
In our last article we explained how the different components of our Icon Vehicle Dynamics suspension system that we would be installing on Project Tundra worked. In this weeks story,…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 29 - You're in Figs Army now. by Erik Jacobs Well, it's been another few months, and I still haven't driven the SC300. So, why…
They may look the same, smell the same, and be the exact same size; but not all Cup 2 tires are created equal, and for good reason. Michelin produces off-the-shelf…
Traditional chemicals, parts washers, and hot tanks can only do so much to clean dirty car parts. When pride is taken in rebuilding anything from a carburetor to an entire…
Getting something for nothing is always a good thing. When modding a car, usually every modification has drawbacks. Get more power? Usually more power means more stress on things, more…
Magnus Motorsports Honda K-Series K24 Billet Engine Block Magnus Motorsports has released their Honda K-Series K24 Billet Engine Block. Constructed of 6061 aluminum with a 7075 aluminum girdle, this engine…
So we were out doing some offroad suspension tuning on Project Tundra's Icon Vehicle Dynamics suspension for an upcoming article when we discovered something that is overlooked but an important…
It's been a long time in between updates for Project Tundra. Most of the time Project Tundra is the garage's muscle. Moving big parts and towing cars is what it's…
KW suspensions, the premiere high-performance coilover suspension manufacturer based in Germany, has developed the first in the market fully adjustable coilover suspension kit for the new 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette…
Industry Insider: SimCraft by Erik Jacobs William "Skip" Dexter MacDonald started as an engineer at Kodak working on their disc camera but eventually found himself in a non-technical director position…
VQ37VHR Air to Air Supercharger Kit In part 1 of our G37 Supercharger for the VQ37VHR article we covered the Vortech V3 SI supercharger. In part 2 we covered the…
As we have gotten the suspension of our C7 together we noticed that although it felt better with better balance and the car was easier to drive at speed, our…
by Ainsley Jacobs (and continuing coverage by Erik Jacobs) Hi, I’m Ainsley and I believe that bad decisions make great stories later, especially when it comes to cars. Since I…
The ongoing Covid 19 Pandemic is impacting the performance industry in a very bad extreme way. Some companies have completely shut down and are not even taking calls or answering…
The Nissan VQ37VHR is a notoriously difficult engine to modify in naturally aspirated form. This is due to its VVEL continual variable cam timing system on the intake side of…
Today in the MotoIQ Garage we're building a 1,400 horsepower LS based engine that will be powering Dai Yoshihara's Formula Drift BRZ but could be used for any…
BMW 2002-cylinder heads are not the worst cylinder heads ever made to try and improve but they are definitely in the running. The 2002 port runners are short and the…
