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The Car Lovers Guide to Japan! Part Two, Non Car Stuff to Do in Tokyo and The Nissan Crossing Part 2

Posted on February 17, 2020February 17, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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The Car Lovers Guide to Japan! Part One, Non Car Stuff to Do in Tokyo and The Nissan Crossing Part 1

Posted on February 14, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Four

Posted on February 4, 2020February 10, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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Building a Drift Spec LS3

Posted on January 29, 2020February 3, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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The Car Lovers Guide to Japan! Part One, Eating and Getting Around Inexpensively

Posted on January 26, 2020January 27, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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Never Strip a Stuck Screw Again!

Posted on January 14, 2020January 5, 2020
byMike Kojima

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,…

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Building the Nissan R35 GT-R VR38DETT For Safe Bolt On Power!

Posted on January 7, 2020February 3, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Three

Posted on January 5, 2020February 9, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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BEST OF 2019: The Amazing 10,000 RPM Turbo 3-Rotor 20B Mazda MX-5! Kyle Mohan’s American Ethanol/Mazdatrix Formula Drift Monster

Posted on December 30, 2019December 30, 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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BEST OF 2019: Project 987.2 Cayman S: Getting More Out of the Engine to Chase the GT4 Part 1

Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019
byMike Kojima

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…

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

Posted on December 16, 2019
byMike Kojima

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,…

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We Go To Pikes Peak 2019! Part 3

Posted on December 8, 2019December 9, 2019
byMike Kojima

Action Photography by Larry Chen, Pit and Kitchen Action by Ed Liu So close but yet so far, that was the end of the Evasive Motorsports 2019 Pikes Peak effort.…

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Project F-150 Ecoboost – Making Serious Power with Garrett’s Powermax Twin Turbo and Intercooler Upgrade

Posted on December 2, 2019December 3, 2019
byMike Kojima

The stock Ford F-150 intercooler and turbos are decent at their intended boost levels, but when tuning the stock ECU and turning up the wick is when their shortcomings becoming…

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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Two

Posted on November 24, 2019February 9, 2020
byMike Kojima

In our last article, we discussed the modifications needed to the bottom end on our super pump gas Honda K series engine to get it up to snuff. Now we…

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Saving an Easy 35 lbs From Your Car With Braille Battery

Posted on November 19, 2019November 25, 2019
byMike Kojima

Project Evo IX had a dead battery. Our car had been in storage for a couple of years which killed the lightweight Braille Battery AGM battery we had installed in…

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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part One

Posted on November 4, 2019February 9, 2020
byMike Kojima

So the MotoIQ garage is in the process of building a pretty neat car, restoring a well worn DC5 RSX to better than its formal glory. The story starts here…

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We Go To Pikes Peak 2019! Part Two

Posted on October 27, 2019December 4, 2019
byMike Kojima

Action Photography by Larry Chen, Pit and Kitchen Action by Ed Liu In our last chapter, we had gotten through our first day on the mountain in the Evasive Motorsports/Eneos/…

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MotoIQ’s Project 987.2 Cayman S Featured in Automobile Magazine!

Posted on October 17, 2019October 17, 2019
byMike Kojima

Jeany Zhao, the owner of our Project 987.2 Cayman S was featured in Automobile magazine along with Project Cayman and a plug for MotoIQ! Click on the link below to…

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Getting More Power From the 4G63 With Link Engine Managment

Posted on October 13, 2019December 9, 2019
byMike Kojima

Photography by Vincent Soto Now that we have accumulated all of the cool parts for our Project Evo IX it is time to start getting it all together to integrate…

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

Posted on October 6, 2019November 20, 2019
byMike Kojima

In our last segment, we gave you a look at the 415 cubic inch or 6.8 liter Chevy LS drift motor we are building for Falken Tires ex Yoshihara championship-winning…

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We Go To Pikes Peak 2019! Part One

Posted on September 29, 2019September 30, 2019
byMike Kojima

Action Photography by Larry Chen, Messing around stuff by Ed Liu Our adventure to the 2019 Pikes Peak race to the clouds was the cumulation of two years of work…

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Project C7 Corvette Stingray Saving the Airdam With ProTEKt

Posted on September 27, 2019
byMike Kojima

Although our GM Performance carbon fiber airdam looks awesome and it is integrated into the cars belly pan so it works well, it has a problem. The problem is that…

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Project C7 Corvette Stingray, Keeping It Track Cool With CSF

Posted on September 22, 2019
byMike Kojima

Corvettes always seem to run hot. From our experience, they have run hot since the C4. Heck maybe even before that but we are not old enough to have experienced…

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Project Subaru GD STI, Improving The Ignition System!

Posted on September 19, 2019September 24, 2019
byMike Kojima

Nowadays it is hard to improve the ignition on late model cars. New car ignitions, especially ones with coil on plug systems are more powerful from the factory than racing…

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Project Porsche 987.2 Cayman S: Making Awesome Brakes More Awesome with Stoptech!

Posted on September 16, 2019
byMike Kojima

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, 2019December 4, 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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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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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…