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The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part X: Bump Steer/Toe Steer by Mike Kojima It's time to think about suspension. Some of the most common handling problems that you are…

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The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling: Part 9 It’s All in the Geometry – The Roll Center

Posted on November 25, 2012August 12, 2021
byMike Kojima

In the first parts of our suspension series we have covered basic suspension stuff. Now it’s time to bury ourselves in tuning suspension geometry. Geometry tuning is a step…

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The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling: Part Seven – Tuning your Toe

Posted on May 2, 2011July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling: Part VII – Tuning your Toe By Mike Kojima Previously in our series we were talking about general tips for you to follow when…

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The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling: Part Six, Adding Negative Camber

Posted on November 30, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling: Part VI, Adding Negative Camber By Mike Kojima In the first 5 parts of this series you learned some basic steps to improving…

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The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part 4: Reduce weight transfer

Posted on July 29, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part IV: Reduce Weight Transfer by Mike Kojima Now that we have reduced body motion and improved steering response, and tuned out under…

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The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part 3: Balance the chassis

Posted on June 8, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part III: Balance the chassis by Mike Kojima Check out part one of the series here! Check out part two of the…

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The Ultimate guide to Suspension and Handling Part 2, Controlling Body Motion

Posted on March 7, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling: Part II – Controlling Body Motion by Mike Kojima Previously, we addressed the most important aspect of handling, the tires. The next important…

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The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part 1, Wheels and Tires

Posted on January 4, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part I: Wheels and Tires by Mike Kojima Horsepower is sexy and chicks dig it, at least a lot of meatheads think…

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S2000 Suspension Geometry Fix

Posted on June 11, 2023June 15, 2023
byBrian Jang

In our last article, we lowered the height of our S2000, which changed the suspension geometry leading to tweaked handling and irregular wear to the driveshaft inboard joints. In addition,…

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The Car Lovers Guide to Japan, The Nissan Heritage Museum

Posted on October 11, 2020
byMike Kojima

Located in Kanagawa, a suburb of Yokohama on the grounds of Nissan’s Zama plant is the Nissan Heritage Museum. The museum is a must see place if you are…

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Project Tundra, Installing the Ultimate Bolt On Off Road Suspension From Icon Vehicle Dynamics Part 2

Posted on June 22, 2020June 22, 2020
byMike Kojima

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,…

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Project Acura RSX Sleeper, Buttoning Up the Project With Suspension!

Posted on March 29, 2020
byMike Kojima

We left off in our last edition of Project DC5 RSX with some killer brakes by Stoptech that brought our cars stopping power in line with our fantastic 300 whp…

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How to Make Crappy Cars Handle Well!

Posted on November 7, 2018
byMike Kojima

Handling is a difficult subject for many people to wrap their heads around. Many cars, especially lower end sport compacts have a reputation for awful handling that can’t be fixed or for…

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AEM AQ1 – Installing and Setting Up the AQ1 Data Logger

Posted on March 27, 2017May 23, 2018
byMotoIQ Staff

AEM AQ1 – Installing & Setting Up the AQ1 Data Logger by Ramitha Edirisinghe In Article 1 we went over the features of the AQ1. In Article 2 we showed…

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Polystrand GT-Lite CRX: Part 3 – Simulating the Suspension

Posted on January 28, 2015May 23, 2018
byColinHolte

Polystrand GT-Lite CRX: Part 3 – Simulating the Suspension by Jonathan Spiegel At the end of Part 2 of the Polystrand GT-Lite Project, we had finalized the preliminary design for…

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Polystrand GT-Lite CRX – Part 2

Posted on December 11, 2014June 21, 2018
byErik Jacobs

Polystrand GT-Lite CRX: Part 2 – Designing an Independent Rear Suspension From Scratch & A Composites Primer by Jonathan Spiegel When we last left off, the GT-Lite Project CRX was…

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Driver Blog: Randy Pobst – PRI and the Track Drug

Posted on January 21, 2013June 14, 2018
byMotoIQ Staff

photo: Jim Haughey, K-PAX Racing Driver Blog: Randy Pobst – PRI and the Track Drug by Randy Pobst Ed: Randy Pobst is a ten-time road-racing champion with over 70 professional…

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Improving a Pony Car’s Handling

Posted on June 18, 2012June 21, 2018
byVinceIlli

Improving a Pony Car's Handling – Part 1: Suspension Adjustability on a Budget By Vince Illi Apparently I’m weird. (I just told you something you didn’t already know, right?) MotoIQ…

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The Ultimate Handling Guide Part 8: Understanding Your Caster, King Pin Inclination and Scrub

Posted on June 12, 2011July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Ultimate Handling Guide Part VIII: Understanding Your Caster, King Pin Inclination and Scrub By Mike Kojima Understanding what caster does and how to use it is a powerful tool…

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Industry Insider: KW Suspension Factory Tour Part 2

Posted on October 30, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Industry Insider: KW Suspension Factory Tour Part 2 By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert In our last installment we left you deep inside KW Suspension's wonder factory. So far none of…

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The Ultimate Handling Guide Part V: The One Unforgivable Sin, Overlowering Your Car

Posted on September 28, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Ultimate Handling Guide Part V: The One Unforgivable Sin, Overlowering Your Car by Mike Kojima I am not Jesus so I don't have to forgive you if you…

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No Respect, Project Nissan Sentra Spec-V part 3, Building a Race Ready Suspension System

Posted on November 17, 2009July 4, 2018
byMike Kojima

No Respect, Project Nissan Sentra Spec-V part 3, Building a Race Ready Suspension System By Mike Kojima To see older editions of this series click here! There are 5 elements…

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Project STurdteen: Installing Progress Sway Bars

Posted on April 26, 2017May 23, 2018
byRathyna Gomer

Project STurdteen: Installing Progress Sway Bars by Rathyna Gomer To run sway bars or to not run sway bars? That is the question. In the drift world, there's been a…

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Basic Drift Chassis Setup Part 3

Posted on February 7, 2012June 11, 2018
byMike Kojima

Basic Drift Chassis Setup Part 3 By Mike Kojima Alignment Alignment is one of the most important things in getting your drift car to handle correctly and a subject that…

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Basic Drift Chassis Setup Part 2

Posted on November 21, 2011June 11, 2018
byMike Kojima

Basic Drift Chassis Setup Part 2 By Mike Kojima In part one of our series we spoke about the importance of good suspension which is probably the first major step…

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Basic Drift Chassis Setup Part 1

Posted on October 28, 2011June 11, 2018
byMike Kojima

Basic Drift Chassis Setup Part 1 By Mike Kojima If you have been following my series, “The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling” on MotoIQ you have been getting a…

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How to Adjust Your Shocks, Part Two- Double Adjustable Shocks

Posted on March 5, 2023March 5, 2023
byMike Kojima

In our first article of this series, I talked about the very basics of shock adjustment in general, basic shock damping technology, and how to adjust single adjustable shocks. For…

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How to Adjust Your Shocks, Part One- Single Adjustable Shocks

Posted on February 5, 2023March 5, 2023
byMike Kojima

A lot of the art of shock adjustment is seemingly pretty basic, but as a Motorsports Engineer and someone who is hired frequently to sort out ill-handling cars, I have…

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DIY Alignment: The Basic Version

Posted on August 19, 2020September 9, 2020
byFrank Ewald

One day you have an alignment shop sponsoring you and your car gets set up and rides the track perfectly. The next day you move to the other side…

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Project STurdteen: Prepping SR20DET Heads with Portflow Design

Posted on June 11, 2017May 23, 2018
byRathyna Gomer

Project STurdteen: Prepping SR20DET Heads with Portflow Design by Rathyna Gomer For those of you who have been keeping up with my Project STurdteen drift car, you will see that…

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Project EP3 Civic Si: Fixing EP3 Bumpsteer with Hardrace

Posted on June 9, 2017July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project EP3 Civic Si: Fixing EP3 Bumpsteer with Hardrace by Mike Kojima In prior editions of Project EP3 Civic Si, we went over the history of the car, the worst…

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Road Racing Tire Setup Part 1: Compound Selection & Sizing

Posted on November 5, 2015May 23, 2018
bySteve Rockwood

Road Racing Tire Setup Part 1: Compound Selection & Sizing by Steve Rockwood Tires. Every road racer has them on his or her mind. If things are going well,…