Destruction Tech!
Just for fun, we went to Irwindale Speedway’s “Night Of Destruction” This is a really cool event where you can see super cheap Mini Stock racing, Skid Racing, Figure 8,…
Mike Kojima Guest on HP Academy’s Podcast on Suspension!
We have always really liked the content that the guys from HP Academy create. They share the same passion for technical excellence as we do and we were recently honored…
Human Centered Design Review: 2022 Mini Cooper S
Hopefully, you read my article two weeks ago on reviewing cars from a UX or user experience perspective. If you haven’t I suggest that you give it a read which…
Human Centered Design and the Automobile
Hi, I’m Emma…but you can call me Spicy Carrot. I’m a Human-Centered Designer for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a never-ending passion for usability in the Motorsports space. I’ve studied…
What is Shot Peening and Why is it Useful?
If you are a long-time MotoIQ reader you probably know we often prescribe shot peening for heavily stressed metal parts. You have probably read about us prescribing the shot peening…
Simpson Safety’s Hybrid S Head and Neck Restraint
Not all of us drive on the track in race cars, in fact, most of us probably drive on track days in street-legal vehicles. Some of us do this as…
Subaru WRX Econo Suspension! Part 2
We had last left our GD WRX with the front suspension mods from ST Suspension and Whiteline. Now it’s time to finish the installation at the rear suspension and get…
Subaru WRX Econo Suspension! Part 1
A lot of what you see here at MotoIQ are often really high-end mods that many people can just dream about or are so high performance and track level that…
Porsche 992 GT3 Undercar Overview
Porsche is a very conservative company, much of the Porsche development on legacy models like the 911 is incremental. Even the latest models have cues dating back to the original. …
WATCH: Track Day Basics for Beginners!
Intimidated to go to your first track day? Don’t be! We’re going to go over the basics you’ll need to have a fun and successful first track day experience.…
Uses for Solidworks in Motorsports with Full Race!
Join us Friday, July 8 (12PM ET) as Mat Velders, Lead of Product Design and Engineering at Full Race Motorsports joins Jesse Sprague to explore how SOLIDWORKS has helped…
Pikes Peak 2022, Redemption for Team Evasive and the Model 3 Tesla-Part 2
Action Pictures by Larry Chen After we qualified 4th on Thursday, Friday was fairly quiet, we just had to prep the car and attend the Colorado Springs fan feast. …
Pikes Peak 2022, Redemption for Team Evasive and the Model 3 Tesla-Part 1
Action Photos by Larry Chen Last year’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb even was a disaster for Team Evasive Motorsports. Although the Model 3 Tesla ran well in practice and qualification…
The CFD Development of Ken Block’s Hoonipigasus Porsche
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a story about the aerodynamics of Ken Blocks Hoonipigasus Porsche 911. I was wondering how close I was to being right so I…
Dyno Testing the Holley Skyram Intake Manifold
We first wrote about Holley’s Sky Ram intake manifold as an April fools joke. Although many people thought this was photoshop, Holley actually made a working Sky Ram manifold using…
Street Friendly (And California Legal) GD Subaru STI Build! Part Three, Getting Some Green Power With Cobb Tuning
Although our home state, California has great food and possibly the best weather in the county, the regulations that govern just about everything here have made about anything you want…
Ken Block’s Killer Pikes Peak 911!
We got to get an early look at Ken Blocks super awesome 1400 hp, mid-engine, tube frame, unequal length A-arm suspension, AWD, Porsche 911 this week and boy are we…
30 years of KW – from a one-man business to a global entrepreneurial group
If you are a long-time reader of MotoIQ, you know we partner with KW Suspension in many of our internal projects and much of the Motorsports stuff that we are…
Street Friendly (And California Legal) GD Subaru STI Build! Part Two Streetable Suspension
In our first story on our practical daily STI build, we worked over the worn OEM brakes with DBA rotors and Hawk Performance Pads adding a Cobb short shifter into…
Prevent Recovery Damage with Raceseng (and Mount Your Go Pro)
We have seen cars damaged at races and track days by corner workers and tow truck drivers many times. Often the damage caused by recovering the car is worse than…
Street Friendly (And California Legal) GD Subaru STI Build! Part One
If you are a follower of MotoIQ, you are probably familiar with our way of building cars. We tend to build innocuous-looking cars stuffed full of race car technology to…
KW 3-Way Clubsports for the Evo IX. The Ultimate, All Weather, Daily Driving Shocks!
In the past, to get 3-way adjustable damping on your car, you need to invest in really high-dollar sophisticated race-grade dampers. The trouble with this kind of shock is that…
Holley LS Fest West 2022 Drift Challenge
Every year Vegas Drift holds a drift competition at Holley’s LS Fest West. We really like this event because it attracts all different levels of drivers from Pro to Local…
Holley Officially Releases the SkyRam Intake for LS Motors!
We were pretty in shock at our first view of the Holley SkyRam intake manifold. Holley just dropped the press release for it today so we can finally write about…
DIY Dye Penetrant Crack Testing
Crack detection is important in the performance world. The ability to find cracks in parts that are under stress is a good tool in preventative maintenance and can prevent catastrophic…
Improving Your Driving with DK Racing School
Christa Kojima had done ok on her first track day and had a pretty good time so we figured that the best thing now would be to get some formal…
WATCH: HANDCRAFTED 400+ Horsepower 1982 Porsche 911 Restomod!
In this video Ravi Dalwani from CSF Radiators drops by to show us his latest build, a 1982 Porsche 911 SC that’s been COMPLETELY redone! Not even a bolt…
Quick Wheel Repair With Onsite Wheels
It happens to all of us. We were driving our Evo 9 Project car through a construction zone and hit one of the wheel lips on the edge of one…
rusEFI – DIY Open Source Engine Management For Your Car?!
There is no doubt that Linux and open-source software has changed humanity for the better. What started out as various side projects have turned into a framework which runs much…
Superlap Battle COTA, an Insiders Look at Working an Event
Last week I flew to Austin Texas to support Evasive Motorsports in their efforts to turn a fast lap at Super Lap Battle at the Circuit of the Americas or…
WATCH: Tesla Powered Mustang | In-Depth Walk Around and Driving Impressions!
In this week’s video Lawson Mollica from AEM Electronic’s new EV division (aptly named AEM EV) stopped by to show us an S197 Mustang with a Tesla motor swap…
The CSF Porsche 911, a Retromodern Rocket
When you have been in the industry as long as we have, frankly it’s pretty hard to impress us. However Ravi Dolwani the head honcho at CSF Radiators has done…