Motovicity’s Ticket To Ride FR-S Update- Energy Suspension Bushings
Motovicity's Ticket To Ride FR-S Update- Energy Suspension Bushings By Mike Kojima A big part of making any car handle well is reducing bushing compliance. On most cars the…
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Nerd’s Eye View, a Look Inside Darren McNamara’s Falken Tire Nissan S14
Nerd's Eye View-a Look Inside Darren McNamara's Falken Tire Nissan S14 By Mike Kojima Falken Tire's drift team consists of Justin Pawlak, Dai Yoshihara and Darren “DMac” McNamara. Hailing…
Motovicity’s Ticket To Ride Mustang Update- Stack Pro-Control Gauges
Motovicity's Ticket To Ride Mustang Update- Stack Pro-Control Gauges By Mike Kojima Having a lot of trick parts on your car means nothing if you blow it up because…
Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R
Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R By Mike Kojima Our Project GT-R was originally going to be an early 2009 CBA model. We had acquired a low mileage first generation CBA…
Nerd’s Eye View- The Hawk Performance CRP Racing Nissan GT-R
Nerds Eye View- The Hawk Performance CRP Racing Nissan GT-R By Mike Kojima We were lucky enough to get a close look at the only R35 Nissan GT-R being campaigned…
Nerd’s Eye View: Inside Fredric Aasbo/Papadakis Racing’s Amazing V8 eating 2AR Toyota Engine
Nerd's Eye View: Inside Fredric Aasbo/Papadakis Racing's Amazing V8 eating 2AR Toyota Engine By Mike Kojima A couple of years ago, a lot of knowledgeable people, myself included declared that…
Motovicity’s Ticket To Ride Scion FR-S Update- Eibach Pro Street-S Coilovers
Motovicity's Ticket To Ride Scion FR-S Update- Eibach Pro Street-S Coilovers By Mike Kojima When we last left off, we had just gotten a load of AEM stuff for…
Motovicity’s Ticket To Ride Scion FR-S Update- AEM Electronics Gauges, AQ-1 Datalogger and High Performance Fuel Pump!
Motovicity's Ticket To Ride Scion FR-S Update- AEM Electronics Gages, AQ-1 Datalogger and High Performance Fuel Pump! By Mike Kojima In our last update for the Motovicity Ticket To…
Nerd’s Eye View: The Dyson Mazda ALMS P1 Prototype
Nerd's Eye View: The Dyson Mazda ALMS P1 Prototype by Mike Kojima I am old enough to have been around during what I consider to be the golden era of…
Motovicity Ticket To Ride Spotlight: KW Suspension 2013 Mustang Variant III Coilovers
Motovicity Ticket To Ride Spotlight: KW Suspension 2013 Mustang Variant III Coilovers By Mike Kojima As we collect parts for our Ticket To Ride 2013 Ford Mustang, our focus…
Project EVO MR – Engine Bolt Ons Part 2
Project EVO MR – Engine Bolt Ons Part 2 By Cheston Chiu In the last edition of Project EVO MR, we were at Cobb Tuning SoCal in the middle of…
What’s In My Pack?
What's In My Pack? By Mike Kojima Dora the Explorer has a magic back pack that holds just about anything she might need. I have a back pack too, except…
Making the Fast Car Faster with a Wilwood Big Brake System!
Making the Fast Car Faster with a Wilwood Big Brake System! By Mike Kojima Edik Stepanyan's Integra was already one of the fastest cars in the MPTCC series. To make…
Project 370Z- Improving Grip by Tuning a Cusco RS LSD!
Project 370Z – Improving Grip by Tuning a Cusco RS LSD! By Mike Kojima So far with our Project 370Z we have been focused on dialing in the chassis. After…
Project GD STI – Checking Out The Development of KW’s New 3-Way Adjustable Clubsport Coilovers
Project GD STI- Checking Out The Development of KW's New 3-Way Adjustable Clubsport Coilovers By Mike Kojima A few months ago we visited KW Suspensions' factory in Germany to…
Project Scion FR-S Suspension part 1 Getting the Basics with KW Suspension, Cusco and Race Comp Engineering
Project Scion FR-S Suspension part 1 Getting the Basics with KW Suspension, Cusco and Race Comp Engineering By Mike Kojima With the FR-S engine giving us fits we decided…
Industry Insider – Seibon Carbon
Industry Insider- Seibon Carbon By Mike Kojima Seibon Carbon is what we are defining as a second wave Asian performance parts company. A few years ago, our booming performance…
Project EVO X GSR- More power with Garrett, Full Race and Cosworth
Project EVO X GSR- More power with Garrett, Full Race and Cosworth By Mike Kojima In the last edition of Project EVO X, we upgraded the fuel system in anticipation…
Project LS S13: Part 1 – Getting the Chassis Ready
Our latest project started as an accident. The S13 that we are using started off as Chuck Johnson’s, one of our writers, daily driver. It was a really nice S13…
Suck Squish Bang Blow- All You Wanted to Know About How Headers Work-Part 1
Suck Squish Bang Blow: All You Wanted to Know About How Headers Work (Part 1) by Mike Kojima Headers are one of the most common and basic of your bolt…
Project Lexus IS-F, Improving the ride via the brakes with FIGS Engineering
Project Lexus IS-F, Improving the ride via the brakes with FIGS Engineering By Mike Kojima In our last edition of Project IS-F, we had gone through our brake system with…
Project Scion FR-S Part 4- Exhaust and Tuning Frustrations
Project Scion FR-S Part 4- Exhaust and Tuning Frustrations By Mike Kojima When we last left off, we had just installed some bolt ons onto our Scion FR-S's motor…
RIP John Noveske
RIP John Noveske – Noveske Rifleworks AR15 by Mike Kojima A few days ago, this week, John Noveske, founder and owner of Noveske Rifleworks was killed in a tragic…
Please Help! Walker Wilkerson’s FD LS7 Powered S13 has Been Stolen!
Help! Walker Wilkerson's FD LS7 Powered S13 has Been Stolen! MotoIQ Staff Report Walker Wilkerson's competition car and race trailer was stolen from an industrial storage area in Carson…
Project EVO X GSR- Upgrading the Fuel System with RC Engineering and Cobb Tuning
Project EVO X GSR- Upgrading the Fuel System With Cobb Tuning and RC Engineering by Mike Kojima When we last left off on Project EVO X, we had come close…
Christa’s 2013 Ride- 2013 Top Kart Twister
Christa’s 2013 Ride- 2013 Top Kart Twister By Mike Kojima Karting is perhaps one of the best training aids for racing. Karts are much cheaper to operate than cars and…
DROWsports Grand Axis Two Stroke Powered Ruckus
DROWsports Grand Axis Two Stroke Powered Ruckus By Mike Kojima The Honda Ruckus is a small 50cc scooter that has for some reason become the darling of the modified car…
Project GD STI – Improving the Fuel System with Injector Dynamics and Other Details
Project GD STI – Improving the Fuel System with Injector Dynamics and Other Details By Mike Kojima When we had last left off on Project STI’s engine, we had just…
Project Scion FR-S- Testing Greddy’s Cold Air Intake!
Project Scion FR-S Testing GReddy's Cold Air Intake! By Mike Kojima The Scion FR-S is a pretty exciting car to be involved in. It has single handedly given our…
Industry Insider- We Visit Turn 14 Distribution!
Industry Insider – We Visit Turn 14 Distribution! By Mike Kojima You are probably used to our looks inside some of the more technical producers of parts for our…
The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling: Part 9 It’s All in the Geometry – The Roll Center
In the first parts of our suspension series we have covered basic suspension stuff. Now it’s time to bury ourselves in tuning suspension geometry. Geometry tuning is a step…
OFF-TRACK: Ruger 1022 Buildup, Making a Match Grade .22!
Ruger 1022 Buildup, Making a Match Grade .22! By Mike Kojima Judging by the people we hang around with in the car industry, it seems like about 90% of…