Erik Jacobs, Author at MotoIQ

Try as it might, COVID was not able to (completely) ruin the 2022 Performance Racing Industry trade show. This smorgasbord of automotive performance returned to Indianapolis again. Several vendors were…

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Project 28′ Enclosed Trailer: Part 1 – Getting Strapped!

Posted on November 28, 2022
byErik Jacobs

Project 28′ Enclosed Trailer: Part 1 – Getting Strapped! by Erik Jacobs If you remember our Winch2Go article or our ultimate open trailer series, you know we are serious about…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 35 – The Wang Gang is Splitting Up

Posted on June 9, 2022
byErik Jacobs

Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 35 – The Wang Gang is Splitting Up by Erik Jacobs It’s been a little while since I last penned (typed?) a Project SC300 update.…

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Industry News

PRI 2021: What’s New and Cool

Posted on January 2, 2022
byErik Jacobs

The COVID pandemic put the kibosh on the 2020 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show, but the auto racing gods managed to shine upon us and allow the 2021 show to…

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Tech

TESTED: Antigravity Batteries XP-10 MICRO-START Jump Starter

Posted on November 30, 2021November 30, 2021
byErik Jacobs

It’s been quite a few years since we tested the DBPOWER jump box. Battery technology continues to advance, and Antigravity has come onto the scene strongly with their feature-packed lithium…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 34 – Cameras are rolling, copy that.

Posted on October 6, 2021December 26, 2021
byErik Jacobs

Life has gotten complicated, and, unfortunately, that has meant that Project SC300 has been sitting around for nearly a year. I reached a point, though, where I couldn’t take it…

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Project Sim Racer: Part 5 – Triple the Threat with Advanced SimRacing

Posted on August 10, 2021December 26, 2021
byErik Jacobs

We last left Project Sim Racer quite some time ago. With time, though, things have a tendency to change. There’s been a global pandemic that put many car events on…

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Features

TESTED: Superwinch Winch2Go Portable Winch

Posted on February 23, 2021March 2, 2021
byErik Jacobs

TESTED: Superwinch Winch2Go Portable Winch by Erik Jacobs To a certain degree, when you are a one-person race team, it means you have to do everything yourself. Pack the vehicles.…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 33 – A quick, dry break with Radium Engineering

Posted on January 25, 2021September 12, 2021
byErik Jacobs

While you haven’t heard from Project SC300 in a minute, it hasn’t been entirely idle. We took the car out to Carolina Motorsports Park last November for some additional testing…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 32- Getting sequentially better with S1

Posted on November 11, 2020September 8, 2022
byErik Jacobs

The W58 transmission that comes behind the 2JZ in the Z30-chassis SC300 is not known for ruggedness. In the first outing with the new wiring, I grenaded 3rd gear quite…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 31 – ECM(easure all the things!)

Posted on September 27, 2020October 29, 2020
byErik Jacobs

COVID-19 has impacted everyone, and the motorsports community has been no exception. For a while there, everything was shut down. It didn’t matter if you drove in circles, or made…

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Features

TESTED: Husky 2-Shelf Utility Cart

Posted on September 2, 2020September 8, 2020
byErik Jacobs

You might be completely surprised to hear it, but I’ve actually been working on Project SC300 at home recently. Between the Ultimate DIY Alignment rig and various other small projects,…

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Tech

The Ultimate DIY Alignment Rig

Posted on July 26, 2020October 29, 2020
byErik Jacobs

If you’ve been following MotoIQ for a while, you know that Project SC300 has been around for a long, long, long time. If you’ve been paying close attention, you may…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 30 – Sometimes You Finish Where You Should’ve Started

Posted on June 24, 2020October 29, 2020
byErik Jacobs

When we left Project SC300, we had gotten the suspension all back together, but that annoying caged nut had thrown us for a loop. Properly getting to it involves getting…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 29 – You’re in Figs Army now.

Posted on June 17, 2020
byErik Jacobs

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…

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Industry News

Industry Insider: SimCraft

Posted on May 27, 2020October 29, 2020
byErik 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 involving government contracts. Throughout his life,…

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Project Infiniti G20 (P10) AWD Turbo: Part 1 – Project Day Drinking

Posted on May 18, 2020May 26, 2020
byErik Jacobs

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…

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Project Ford E350 Tow Rig: Part 4 – Calling for backup!

Posted on April 1, 2020April 1, 2020
byErik Jacobs

Project Ford E350 Tow Rig: Part 4 – Calling for backup! by Erik Jacobs It’s been a minute since we’ve last seen Project E350, but it’s still very much around,…

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Project Ford E350 Tow Rig: Part 3 – Step into the light…

Posted on February 3, 2020February 3, 2020
byErik Jacobs

Thanks to our awesome Edge CTS dash we could see what was going on with our drivetrain. But what we couldn’t see was where we were going. Project E350 is…

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Industry News

PRI 2019: What’s New and Cool Edition

Posted on January 22, 2020
byErik Jacobs

PRI 2019: What’s New and Cool Edition by Erik Jacobs As we do every year, the MotoIQ staffers gathered in frosty Indianapolis for the annual motorsports trade show, the Performance…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 28 – Getting Safer with Sabelt

Posted on January 12, 2020December 26, 2021
byErik Jacobs

Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 28 – Getting Safer with Sabelt by Erik Jacobs Earlier in the year I had gotten all new safety equipment and detailed the journey to…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 27 – Joining a Wang Gang

Posted on December 23, 2019December 26, 2019
byErik Jacobs

It’s not every day that you get to join a gang. No, really, I mean, they usually have rituals and rites of passage or you have to commit heinous acts…

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Project Ford E350 Tow Rig: Part 2 – You only need the Edge!

Posted on December 17, 2019December 18, 2019
byErik Jacobs

When you’re towing, keeping tabs on what’s going on is pretty important. Many of the older diesel trucks (or vans, in my case!) did not have great gauge packages from…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 26 – It’s Getting Hot in Here, so Chillout!

Posted on December 12, 2019December 13, 2019
byErik Jacobs

Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 26 – It’s Getting Hot in Here, so Chillout! When we left the SC300 we had the body kit completely installed and then were off…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 25 – WIDEST IS BESTEST!

Posted on November 10, 2019November 10, 2019
byErik Jacobs

When we left the SC300 just about the entire KBD body kit was installed. Now we’re in the home stretch! Rear quarters, side skirts and done, right? I hope so.…

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Project Ford E350 Tow Rig: Part 1 – Towtally Ready

Posted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019
byErik Jacobs

All of my vehicles have nicknames. You’re likely very intimately acquainted with Damnit — MotoIQ’s Project SC300. Well, ladies and gentlemen and non-binary folks who may or may not even…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 24 – Wider-er is better-er!

Posted on October 8, 2019
byErik Jacobs

Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 24 – Wider-er is better-er! by Erik Jacobs When we left the SC300 I was throwing up in my mouth watching large chunks of the…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 23 – Wider is better! Getting Clearance with a Wide Body Kit.

Posted on September 9, 2019
byErik Jacobs

Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 23 – Wider is better! by Erik Jacobs We had brakes, we had suspension, we had refreshed hubs, and we had a scary, twitchy car…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 22 – I Missed Winter…

Posted on August 6, 2019
byErik Jacobs

When we last left Project SC300 things had gone totally sideways and now the entire suspension of the car was all apart. With a box of Toyota/Lexus OEM replacement components…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 21 – Winter is Coming

Posted on July 8, 2019
byErik Jacobs

When we last left Project SC300 we had just installed our Grannas Racing T56 transmission swap kit and had gotten back out on track. With a solid drivetrain, it was…

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Features

The Queen of Hearts – Erin Sanford’s LS-powered Time Attack 240SX

Posted on March 17, 2019September 24, 2019
byErik Jacobs

Erin Sanford bought his first S13 in late 2003 after wanting to find something fun to daily drive. The S13 coupe was always visually appealing to him, and so he…

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Features

Mason’s Mean LS Powered Mustang 5….3?

Posted on March 3, 2019March 4, 2019
byErik Jacobs

Josh Mason originally found himself on the same old path that most drifters travel — an S13 240SX with an impending turbocharged LS swap. Josh, at just 26 years old,…