Project Cappuccino: Better Braking with Project Mu
One of the biggest goals with our 1992 Suzuki Cappuccino is to improve on the fun factor of our tiny little Kei roadster: preserving a balance of stopping, handling, and…
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Project Cappuccino: Blitz DTT and Wrapping Up The Interior
While taking apart most of the entire interior to diagnose and repair a wiring short, we realized there were a few items we should install to improve our Cappuccino. So…
Project Cappuccino: Witchcraft and Wizardry
To most home mechanics, wiring is pure witchcraft. Voltage, amperage, DC vs AC, resistance, impedance, high vs low side switching, relaying, analog vs digital…all engineers get a crash course in…
Taco Con Carnes: Adding More Meat to a 2017 Tacoma
Taco Con Carnes: Adding More Meat to a 2017 Tacoma by: David Zipf The midsize truck segment is incredibly hot right now. The rebirth of this segment started in…
The Last Hoosier Hundred
We’ve already covered the official IndyCar sanctioned events that lead up to the Indianapolis 500, but if you instead look at the USAC calendar, you’ll find out that there’s a…
Event Coverage: 2019 Indianapolis 500
The Month of May is always an especially crazy period for the NTT Data IndyCar Series: two races at the same track in three weeks, with two weeks of practice,…
Event Coverage: 2019 IndyCar Grand Prix
It’s our fifth Month of May!  Of course that means we’re back at the world famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway, covering the month’s events.  As always, we’ll be starting with the…
Coast to Coast in Five Days (in a Suzuki Cappuccino): Part 2
Welcome back to Part 2 of our epic Summer roadtrip! If you missed Part 1, you can go read it here. The quick and dirty summary is this: we sold…
Coast to Coast in Five Days (in a Suzuki Cappuccino): Part 1
If you’re a fan of our Project VehiCross, you might remember that around 2 years ago, we installed a towing hitch for the sole purpose of towing a 240SX to…
Project VehiCross Goes Gambling
Project VehiCross Goes Gambling by: David Zipf Photo Credits: David Zipf & Jon Bradley Regular MotoIQ readers will be very familiar with the 24 Hours of Lemons. Â Hell, most car…
Curly’s Corner: 2018 Canadian & French Grand Prixs
Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! MotoIQ is bringing you its own particular nerdtastic take on the latest news and developments in F1. Impress your neighbors, stun…
Project Vehicross Part 9: Beefing Up the Brakes
Project Vehicross Part 9: Beefing Up the Brakes by: David Zipf I’m not going to bullshit here:  The Isuzu VehiCross’s brakes suck.  They are by far the worst part…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Spain & Monaco Grand Prix
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 Spanish & Monaco Grand Prix by: David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! MotoIQ is bringing you its own particular…
Event Coverage: 2018 Indianapolis 500 in Photos
Longtime readers should know by now that I have a love affair with the Indy 500.  I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: the Indianapolis 500 is the race…
Event Coverage: 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix
Event Coverage: 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix By David Zipf It’s May!  And that means MotoIQ is back at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, covering the IndyCar Grand Prix and the Indy…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Curly’s Corner: 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix By David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! MotoIQ is bringing you its own particular nerdtastic take on the latest…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Bahrain & Chinese Grands Prix
Curly’s Corner: 2018 Bahrain & Chinese Grands Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! MotoIQ is bringing you its own particular nerdtastic take on…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Australian Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Australian Grand Prix by David Zipf It’s been five months since we got to talk Formula 1…and quite frankly, that’s five…
Squirrel Power: Making a Minibear Part 1
Squirrel Power: Making a Minibear Part 1 by David Zipf It’s been a while since we talked about our little Suzuki FA50 runabout. You’d be forgiven for thinking it had been abandoned…
Doodlebug of Doom Part 2: Taming The Beast
Doodlebug of Doom Part 2: Taming The Beast by David Zipf I have a confession to make about the Doodlebug of Doom. Between resurrecting it and…well now…I’ve rode it exactly once. This thing is…
Nerd’s Eye View: The Cars of PRI
Nerd’s Eye View: The Cars of PRI by David Zipf PRI is full of cool and new speed parts, which the rest of the MotoIQ team is showing you. But for…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! In case you missed it, MotoIQ…
Project Vehicross Part 8: Pinion Angle 101
Project Vehicross Part 8: Pinion Angle 101 by David Zipf It’s been awhile since we’ve done anything with our funky Isuzu project. There’s a simple reason for that: I was planning…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Brazilian Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Brazilian Grand Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! In case you missed it, MotoIQ will…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Mexican Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Mexican Grand Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! In case you missed it, MotoIQ will…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – United States Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – United States Grand Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! In case you missed it, MotoIQ will…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Japanese Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Japanese Grand Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! In case you missed it, MotoIQ…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Malaysian Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Malaysian Grand Prix by David Zipf Regular MotoIQ readers will know that I have a particular fondness for IndyCar racing. However, I…
Event Coverage: Red Bull Global Rallycross Indianapolis
Event Coverage: Red Bull Global Rallycross Indianapolis by David Zipf MotoIQ and Global Rallycross go quite a way back. In fact, all the way back in 2009 Dave Coleman gave us a peek…
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Oil, Part 2
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Oil, Part 2 by Dave Zipf We follow up after Dixon's mindblowing crash from Part 1 and continue to break down each…
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Oil, Part 1
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Oil, Part 1 by David Zipf There is no place like Indy. You can feel it when you drive up to it…
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Carb & Legends Day
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Carb & Legends Day by David Zipf If you’ve followed our coverage of the Indy 500 here for the last couple years, you may have…