What is WPC Treatment and Why Do We Use it?
Wonder why we use this mysterious WPC Treatment on so many of our engine builds? Let us explain what WPC is and how it works. It’s an inexpensive…
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Mike Kojima
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Building the Nissan VQ37VHR part 2
In our last story, we gave you a sneak peek and a technical overview of the parts we were going to use on our naturally aspirated VQ37VHR engine with some…
Project Tundra, Installing the Ultimate Bolt On Off Road Suspension From Icon Vehicle Dynamics Part 2
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,…
Garrett Advancing Motion Honda Civic Si Intercooler Test!
Getting something for nothing is always a good thing. When modding a car, usually every modification has drawbacks. Get more power? Usually more power means more stress on things, more…
Project Tundra, Fix the Battery Hold Down!
So we were out doing some offroad suspension tuning on Project Tundra’s Icon Vehicle Dynamics suspension for an upcoming article when we discovered something that is overlooked but an important…
Project Tundra, Installing the Ultimate Bolt On Off Road Suspension From Icon Vehicle Dynamics Part 1
It’s been a long time in between updates for Project Tundra. Most of the time Project Tundra is the garage’s muscle. Moving big parts and towing cars is what it’s…
Project C7 Corvette Stingray, Fitting the Widest Posible Titan 7 Wheels and Toyo R888R Tires
As we have gotten the suspension of our C7 together we noticed that although it felt better with better balance and the car was easier to drive at speed, our…
The Performance Industry in the Face of the Pandemic, Turn 14 Distribution Doing it Right!
The ongoing Covid 19 Pandemic is impacting the performance industry in a very bad extreme way. Some companies have completely shut down and are not even taking calls or answering…
Building the Nissan VQ37VHR!
The Nissan VQ37VHR is a notoriously difficult engine to modify in naturally aspirated form. This is due to its VVEL continual variable cam timing system on the intake side of…
The Car Lovers Guide To Japan, Nismo Omori Factory
While we were in Yokohama we dropped by Nismo’s Omori Factory located just outside Nissan’s Oppama assembly plant. The Nismo Facility is a relatively new one. I worked FOR a…
The CSF Evo X, Building a Time Attack Worthy 4B11 Engine Part 1
We are tackling the building of a 4B11 engine for the Time Attack Evo X built by CSF Cooling. The car was previously a big hit on the SEMA/Show circuit…
The Car Lovers Guide to Japan, Tomei
As a treat, we got to visit Tomei’s facility located in Machida City, a suburb in Western Tokyo. Most of you know of Tomei as the supplier of top quality…
Project Acura RSX Sleeper, Buttoning Up the Project With Suspension!
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…
How Does the Ohlins DFV Valve Work?
A few weeks ago we were visiting the North American facilities of Ohlins Advanced Suspension Technology, Ohlins USA for a special look inside Ohlins’ operations and to be able to…
Building a 650 hp Naturally Aspirated Drift Spec LS3 Part 2
In the first installment of our drift spec LS3 build, we discussed our parts selection and listed the part numbers for building a 650 whp NA monster with parts from…
What is an Inverted Shaft Strut?
As a suspension guy, lately, I have been asked what is an inverted MacPherson strut a whole bunch of times. So I concluded that I had better write something about…
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, BBi Autosport’s Pikes Peak Porsche 911 Turbo
If you are a MotoIQ fan you probably have read about our adventures at Pikes Peak with the Evasive Motorsports/Eneos Oil Toyota 86. So what better car to feature than…
The Car Lovers Guide To Japan, JDM Treasure Hunting at Up Garage!
While we were in Yokohama, we decided to visit Up Garage’s main store. Up Garage is Japan’s largest retailer of used car and bike parts and has several stores in…
Goodbye Robi
Robert Fuller was an artist and a genius. He was also really good at setting up cars. It’s been several weeks since he has left us and I am just…
The Car Lovers Guide To Japan, The Nissan Gallery, Nishi Yokohama
Nissan’s headquarters used to be in Toyko’s prestigious baller Ginza district. As the company started to have financial trouble in the early 2000s, Nissan was forced to sell there Ginza…
Project Acura RSX, Improving the Stopping Power!
You might have been following the progress on our 300 whp pump gas K engine over the past few weeks which went onto a 2005 DC5Acura RSX Type S. With…
The Car Lovers Guide to Japan! Part Two, Non Car Stuff to Do in Tokyo and The Nissan Crossing Part 2
A few days ago we left you back at the Nissan Crossing with a look at the latest GT-R replacement concept. Please, Nissan, have the balls to build this! Besides…
The Car Lovers Guide to Japan! Part One, Non Car Stuff to Do in Tokyo and The Nissan Crossing Part 1
So in our last story, we wrote about how to get around in Japan and how to eat well and relatively inexpensively. In this edition, before we get into our…
Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Four
In our last articles, we gathered the parts and assembled out low octane Honda K motors for our sleeper DC5 RSX Type S project car. Our engine was intended to…
Building a Drift Spec LS3
There is a lot of interest in the LS world nowadays. The LS is rapidly becoming the king of motors, surpassing the Honda B and K series or the 2JZ…
The Car Lovers Guide to Japan! Part One, Eating and Getting Around Inexpensively
So we decided to take a last-minute trip to Tokyo to get a snapshot of the Japanese car world and to get a quick look at Tokyo all crammed into…
Never Strip a Stuck Screw Again!
How many of you have stripped out Philips head screws? If you work on stuff at all, then you all have and if you say no, you are lying! Well,…
Building the Nissan R35 GT-R VR38DETT For Safe Bolt On Power!
The R35 GT-R is an exceedingly capable car. With tons of support from the aftermarket and a basically strong platform, it is capable of world-class performance. The VR38DETT is an…
Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Three
In the last installment of our pump gas Honda K Motor project, we discussed the engines top end with a Drag Cartel cylinder head which was going to nicely complement…
BEST OF 2019: The Amazing 10,000 RPM Turbo 3-Rotor 20B Mazda MX-5! Kyle Mohan’s American Ethanol/Mazdatrix Formula Drift Monster
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…
BEST OF 2019: Project 987.2 Cayman S: Getting More Out of the Engine to Chase the GT4 Part 1
Previously we have been working on Project 987.2 Caymans Suspension and Brakes to get them up to Cup Car standards. With that work being completed we are now going to…
Restoring a Legend, Building a LS3 For Falken’s Championship Winning S13 – Part Three
In the last edition of our engine build, restoring the engine for Dai Yoshihara’s Team Falken S13 we worked on the bottom end fortifying it with parts from JE Pistons,…