Mike Kojima, Author at MotoIQ

The 987.2 Cayman S has pretty decent brakes in stock condition. It comes from the factory with Brembo 4 piston calipers with 318x28mm front rotors and 299x24mm rear rotors. However,…

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Project Porsche 987.2 Cayman S: Getting the Suspension Together! Part 2

Posted on September 2, 2019September 5, 2019
byMike Kojima

In our last article, we got most of of the suspension for Project 987.2 Porsche Cayman in place. Now we have to finish the job installing the parts from KW…

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The Dreaded Subaru p0011 and p0021 DTC Codes, Don’t Let Them Wreck Your Turbo!

Posted on August 29, 2019September 3, 2019
byMike Kojima

So DO NOT do what we did when our Project GD STI turned on a p0011 OBD DTC code. What we figured was some sort of sensor issue ended up…

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An End of an Era of Fun. Good Bye Dog Car!

Posted on August 22, 2019August 26, 2019
byMike Kojima

This week marked a sad day in MotoIQ and my personal history. Today is the day that the new owner of the little 1996 B14 Sentra race car known in…

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Project Porsche 987.2 Cayman S: Getting the Suspension Together! Part 1

Posted on August 21, 2019August 30, 2019
byMike Kojima

In our last edition of Project 987 Cayman, we discussed some of the parts we would be installing on our street going track car project. Now it is time to…

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Tech

Pro Tip! Check Inside Your Oil Filter!

Posted on August 5, 2019
byMike Kojima

One of the most important things to do when maintaining an engine used in competition or any sort of hard-driving is to constantly monitor its condition and do preemptive service…

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Project Porsche 991 GT3 RS, Shedding a Little Weight With Dundon Motorsports!

Posted on July 29, 2019August 6, 2019
byMike Kojima

So I have been pestering the guys at Dundon Motorsports, the maker of our Porsche GT3 RS project car’s awesome set of headers and exhaust system, telling them that they…

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Tech

Testing Garrett Advancing Motion’s Upgraded Intercooler for the Ford Focus ST!

Posted on July 11, 2019July 11, 2019
byMike Kojima

If you own a Focus ST, Garrett Advancing Motion has come out with a new outstanding bolt on performance intercooler upgrade for your car. We obtained a sample of the…

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Portable Data Acquisition and Logging – AEM Electronics CD-5

Posted on June 11, 2019
byMike Kojima

The AEM Electronics CD-5 Digital Dash Display is more than just a pretty digital dash for a race car. At MotoIQ we have been using one for all sorts of…

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Project 987.2 Cayman S, Cup Car Suspension for the Street!

Posted on May 22, 2019August 20, 2019
byMike Kojima

The Porsche Cayman has always had a dear spot in our hearts. In another life, I was an engineer at a large OEM and we were doing benchmarking testing for…

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Tech

Restoring a Legend, Building a LS3 For Falken’s Championship Winning S13

Posted on May 5, 2019May 9, 2019
byMike Kojima

The Discount Tire/Falken S13 that Dai Yoshihara drove to many podiums and a Formula Drift championship now resides with Falken Tire where it does duty as a promotional demo car. …

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Project STurdteen, Plumbing the Motor and Getting Her Ready to Run!

Posted on April 28, 2019April 29, 2019
byMike Kojima

So we have rebuilt the engine and the transmission for Rathyna’s Turd. Now came the job of putting the engine back in the car and undoing the clusterfuck of plumbing…

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Rapid Designing and Testing Suspension With 3D Printing Part 2

Posted on April 21, 2019April 24, 2019
byMike Kojima

In our last story, we were redesigning the steering knuckle/upright for the 2019 season on Dai Yoshihara’s Turn 14 Formula Drift BR-Z. Our design goals were to keep the tires…

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The Closed Deck Subaru EJ20, Built for Boost!

Posted on April 18, 2019April 22, 2019
byMike Kojima

In our last story, we were assembling the parts for Ian’s long rod stroker EJ205. Now that we had rods and a crankshaft from Eagle and Pistons from JE, it…

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Project S-Turdteen Fixing the Transmission

Posted on April 14, 2019April 15, 2019
byMike Kojima

Well, Rathyna’s S13 not only had a roached engine, but her transmission had given up the ghost as well. It didn’t shift well, third gear was broken and her clutch…

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Watch: LiteBlox Ultralightweight Drop In Battery for the Porsche 911

Posted on April 12, 2019
byMike Kojima

Want to get rid of 42 pounds of weight from your Porsche 911? LiteBox makes it easy. We show how easy it is to install and what effects it…

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Features

The Eneos Oil Pikes Peak Toyota 86

Posted on April 9, 2019April 10, 2019
byMike Kojima

Last week Eneos Oil officially announced that they would be backing the Evasive Motorsports Toyota 86 for an effort at 2019 running of the Pikes Peak hillclimb. With Formula Drift…

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WPC Wants You!

Posted on April 4, 2019April 9, 2019
byMike Kojima

WPC Treatment is looking for potential employees. If you are a long time reader of MotoIQ you know that we use WPC treatment on a lot of our projects to…

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Project STurdteen: Building the SR20DET Engine

Posted on March 31, 2019April 9, 2019
byMike Kojima

Rathyna’s S13 drift car’s engine was thoroughly hammered with little compression. In our last article, we rebuilt her cylinder head with Portflow Design replacing her worn valve guides and eroded…

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Features

These Old Photos, NHRA Xplod Series Final October 22, 2006

Posted on March 21, 2019March 21, 2019
byMike Kojima

So I was looking at a bunch of old photos on my computer the other day and I found these from 2006 which doesn’t seem like that long ago but…

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Tech

King Bearings Long Term Extreme Use Torture Test!

Posted on March 20, 2019March 21, 2019
byMike Kojima

We have been using King Bearings almost exclusively in our engine builds for the past several years and have been getting extremely good results with them. So we wanted to…

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Dai Yoshihara and Eneos Oil

Posted on March 14, 2019
byMike Kojima

I have been working with Dai Yoshihara for 10 years now on an adventure that has taken me all over the world and has gotten me involved in winning stuff as…

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Testing the Fluidampr Viscous Harmonic Balancer on the B18C Engine

Posted on March 13, 2019
byMike Kojima

In laying down the base for some serious B series power that we have planned later, we decided to test out Fluidampr’s viscous harmonic balancer on our Project DC2 Integra’s…

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Monitoring the S2000’s F20C Engine with Autometer!

Posted on March 10, 2019March 13, 2019
byMike Kojima

When we last left our AP1 S2000, we had just installed a Canton Racing Products baffled high capacity oil pan to help assure that our F20C engine would always have a…

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A Look Back, Nissan’s Best Ever Super Bowl Commercial and the Racecar that Never Was

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019
byMike Kojima

It’s been a long-standing opinion of mine that a front engine layout can potentially work better for Prototype racing. A front engine car can easily be packaged into a body shape like…

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Preventing S2000 Oiling Issues with Canton

Posted on February 22, 2019February 22, 2019
byMike Kojima

The Honda S2000 is an awesome car. With mild suspension modifications, it handles like a dream and can turn some impressive lap times. With RWD, an engine that is set…

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Tech

Designing Suspension with 3D Printing

Posted on February 17, 2019February 18, 2019
byMike Kojima

Drift cars with their extreme steering angles are pretty difficult to design suspension for. A lot of things must be considered because geometry that works well on a regular car…

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Master of Motors: The PRI Edition!

Posted on February 8, 2019
byMike Kojima

Check it out as Industry Illuminaries Brian Lohnes, Jeff Smith, David Freiburger, and our own Mike Kojima duke it out and pick out winners in Race Winning Brands Master of…

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The Amazing 10,000 RPM Turbo 3-Rotor 20B Mazda MX-5! Kyle Mohan’s American Ethanol/Mazdatrix Formula Drift Monster

Posted on February 4, 2019February 21, 2019
byMike Kojima

In sea of V8 swapped cars in the pro drifting world, the Mazda MX-5 of Kyle Mohan stands out as a bold statement of uniqueness and technical innovation. It is…

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Getting More From the 4G63, Project Evo IX

Posted on January 30, 2019January 30, 2019
byMike Kojima

After sitting for several years, we are getting off of our asses and are working on getting a decent bump in power on Project Mitsubishi Evo IX. In our last…

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Masters Of Motors Episode 1, The SEMA Edition

Posted on January 25, 2019
byMike Kojima

Check it out as Industry Illuminaries Brian Lohnes, Steve Brule, David Freiburger, and our own Mike Kojima duke it out and pick out winners in JE Pistons and Race Winning…

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Comparing the Falken RT615 to the RT615K Plus!

Posted on January 22, 2019January 23, 2019
byMike Kojima

The Falken RT615 has always been a good all-around Ultra High Performance dry weather tire with decent durability. Good enough to be daily driven and good enough for the track. The…