LA Auto Show 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Race Cars and Randoms
LA Auto Show 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Race Cars and Randoms by Khiem Dinh There are always a handful of race cars at the LA Auto Show. The old…
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LA Auto Show 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Ford
LA Auto Show 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Ford by Khiem Dinh Ford has been pushing a lot of performance within their product lineup. Much of that pushing has taken…
LA Auto Show 2016: Sneak Peek – Porsche 911 RSR
LA Auto Show 2016: Sneak Peek – Porsche 911 RSR by Khiem Dinh So what’s the huge sacrilegious change? This so-called 911 RSR is MID-ENGINE. Yup, no more engine hanging…
SEMA 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Track Cars
SEMA 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Track Cars by Khiem Dinh This BMW 3.0 CSL Group 4 race car won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1975, assuming my Google…
SEMA 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Tuner Cars and Parts
SEMA 2016: Nerd’s Eye View Tuner Cars and Parts by Khiem Dinh What’s one of the primary reasons we all enjoy SEMA? The display of all the tuner cars and…
SEMA 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Revolution Mini Works Project Mini
SEMA 2016: Nerd’s Eye View – Revolution Mini Works Project Mini by Khiem Dinh Every once in a while, there’s a vehicle that really catches my eye at SEMA. A…
Motorcycle Track Day: Prep and Action
Motorcycle Track Day: Prep and Action by Khiem Dinh The last time I took the good ol' CBR to the track was somewhere around eight years ago. A group of…
The Life of Opy: The Nissan Juke Multi-Purpose Racer Part 4 – To Laguna Seca and Beyond!
The Life of Opy: The Nissan Juke Multi-Purpose Racer Part 4 – To Laguna Seca and Beyond! by Khiem Dinh Opy is now set to venture away from the dirt…
Tested: Shoei X-Fourteen Helmet
Tested: Shoei X-Fourteen Helmet by Khiem Dinh A buddy of mine had a brand new Shoei X-Fourteen helmet that he was testing out. He wanted to get a second opinion…
The Life of Opy: The Nissan Juke Multi-Purpose Racer: Part 3
The Life of Opy: The Nissan Juke Multi-Purpose Racer: Part 3 by Khiem Dinh The last time we saw the Nissan Juke Multi-Purpose Racer Opy, Opy had some fun competing…
The Life of Opy: Part 2 – Building a Better Opy
The Life of Opy: Part 2 – Building a Better Opy by Khiem Dinh There aren’t a lot of off the shelf parts available for a Nissan Juke. In part…
Nerd’s Eye View: Ducati Panigale 959
Nerd’s Eye View: Ducati Panigale 959 by Khiem Dinh The bigger 1299 Panigale has a price close to $20k, so there are definitely cost cutting measures taken on the smaller…
The Life of Opy: Part 1 – Introduction
The Life of Opy: Part 1 – Introduction by Khiem Dinh Joining the 2011 model year lineup from Nissan was this funky little subcompact crossover SUV. It had polarizing looks,…
Nerd’s Eye View: Standing Mile Turbo ‘Busa
Nerd’s Eye View: Standing Mile Turbo ‘Busa by Khiem Dinh Many of us at MotoIQ ride on two wheels. I personally have a CBR 600RR. I rode an R1 once…
Project S2000: Part 24 – Bridgestone Potenza RE-71Rs and DIY Brake Ducts
Project S2000: Part 24 – Bridgestone Potenza RE-71Rs and DIY Brake Ducts by Khiem Dinh If we go way back to the very first episode (sorry, been listening to some…
Sneak Peek: Porsche’s New Turbo Engines
Sneak Peek: Porsche’s New Turbo Engines by Khiem Dinh The industry push towards smaller displacement turbo engines is in full-swing. Across every make and model, large displacement naturally aspirated engines…
Turbo Tech: Calculating Compressor Flow
Turbo Tech: Calculating Compressor Flow by Khiem Dinh Turbo Tech: Size Matters gave a quick and easy way to get in the ballpark for picking the right size turbo for…
Sneak Peek: The Engines of IMSA Weathertech GTLM
Sneak Peek: The Engines of IMSA Weathertech GTLM by Khiem Dinh The cars in the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship are particularly exciting this year due to very notable newcomers introducing…
Exotics Racing EXR Racing Series Cars
Nerd’s Eye View: Exotics Racing LV02 and LV03 by Khiem Dinh The car pictured up above is the higher spec LV03 car. With a Nissan VQ35DE V6 pumping out 330hp…
Nerd’s Eye View: LA Auto Show 2015 – The Engines, Electrons, and Extra Bits
Nerd’s Eye View: LA Auto Show 2015 – The Engines, Electrons, and Extra Bits by Khiem Dinh About all those batteries, the battery in my camera ran out of juice,…
Nerd’s Eye View: LA Auto Show 2015 – The Other Interesting Cars
Nerd’s Eye View: LA Auto Show 2015 – The Other Interesting Cars by Khiem Dinh Alfa Romeo came out of nowhere and had probably the sexiest booth for a number…
Exotics Racing: Christmas Vacation
Exotics Racing: Christmas Vacation by Khiem Dinh My dad, my girlfriend’s dad Joel, and my bro-in-law Clinton were all in town, so Christmas vacation was the perfect opportunity for a…
Nerd’s Eye View: LA Auto Show 2015 – Porsche
Nerd’s Eye View: LA Auto Show 2015 – Porsche by Khiem Dinh Before we get to the goodness under the rump of the new 911, we will have a glance…
Nerd’s Eye View: LA Autoshow 2015 – BMW
Nerd’s Eye View: LA Auto Show 2015 – BMW by Khiem Dinh I have mentioned it before, but I will say it again, BMW has gone all-in with turbos. Some…
Nerd’s Eye View: SEMA 2015 – Part 2
Nerd’s Eye View: SEMA 2015 – Part 2 by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions…
Nerd’s Eye View: SEMA 2015 Part I
Nerd’s Eye View: SEMA 2015 – Part I by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions…
Nerd’s Eye View: Porsche 962
Nerd’s Eye View: Porsche 962 by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed by Khiem…
Sneak Peek: Team R-Colt Time Attack Mitsubishi Ralliart Colt
Sneak Peek: Team R-Colt Time Attack Mitsubishi Ralliart Colt by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and…
Tested: SoCal Supermoto
Tested: Socal Supermoto! by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed by Khiem Dinh are…
Project S2000: Part 23 – Testing Air Temps Through Coolers and Vents
Project S2000: Part 23. Testing Air Temps Through Coolers and Vents by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All…
SuperCar Sunday Revisited
SuperCar Sunday Revisited by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed by Khiem Dinh are…
Sneak Peek: Ford GT Street Car vs. Race Car
Sneak Peek: Ford GT Street Car vs. Race Car by Khiem Dinh Photos courtesy of Ford Media Center Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time…