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Magnus Motorsports Honda K-Series K24 Billet Engine Block Magnus Motorsports has released their Honda K-Series K24 Billet Engine Block. Constructed of 6061 aluminum with a 7075 aluminum girdle, this engine…

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New Racing Website for King Engine Bearings

Posted on June 4, 2020June 30, 2020
byIndustry Press Release

New Racing Website for King Engine Bearings At the height of the racing season, King Engine Bearings, a leading manufacturer of innovative high performance engine bearings, is launching its new…

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KW Variant 3 Coilover Suspension for Chevrolet C8 Corvette

Posted on May 31, 2020June 11, 2020
byIndustry Press Release

KW suspensions, the premiere high-performance coilover suspension manufacturer based in Germany, has developed the first in the market fully adjustable coilover suspension kit for the new 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette…

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Industry Insider: SimCraft

Posted on May 27, 2020May 28, 2020
byErik Jacobs

Industry Insider: SimCraft by Erik Jacobs William “Skip” Dexter MacDonald started as an engineer at Kodak working on their disc camera but eventually found himself in a non-technical director position…

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The Performance Industry in the Face of the Pandemic, Turn 14 Distribution Doing it Right!

Posted on May 14, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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Automotive Performance, in the age of Covid-19

Posted on April 30, 2020May 1, 2020
byMegan Russell

By Megan Russell Uncertain times cause panic, disorder and chaos. It is inevitable. Whether it be personal or a business, in times of uncertainty we always react. In the time…

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The Car Lovers Guide To Japan, Nismo Omori Factory

Posted on April 19, 2020April 19, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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Taco Con Carnes: Adding More Meat to a 2017 Tacoma

Posted on April 16, 2020
byDave Zipf

Taco Con Carnes: Adding More Meat to a 2017 Tacoma by: David Zipf The midsize truck segment is incredibly hot right now. The rebirth of this segment started in…

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The Car Lovers Guide to Japan, Tomei

Posted on April 7, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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Devin’s Time Attack S2000: Continuous Improvement

Posted on April 5, 2020April 5, 2020
byKhiem Dinh

Photos provided by Devin Stiglitz Giles Our buddy Devin has been busy reinventing his time attack S2000 in his garage. Aside from changing the color scheme on the car from…

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Building a 650 hp Naturally Aspirated Drift Spec LS3 Part 2

Posted on March 22, 2020March 23, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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The Drift League 2020: Bigger & Better

Posted on March 20, 2020March 26, 2020
byMotoIQ Contributor

Photos and words by: Juan Estrada This year, there is a cash bonus for the top three drivers for Round One. First place wins $1,500, second place wins $1,000, and…

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Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, BBi Autosport’s Pikes Peak Porsche 911 Turbo

Posted on March 10, 2020March 18, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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Are You up for the Belltech Challenge?

Posted on March 7, 2020June 1, 2020
byIndustry Press Release

Are You up for the Belltech Challenge? From March 1st thru August 30th consumers will get the opportunity to improve their ride quality and driving experience by taking the Belltech…

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The Car Lovers Guide To Japan, JDM Treasure Hunting at Up Garage!

Posted on March 6, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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NC HAMR – One Extremely Fast Time Attack Miata

Posted on March 3, 2020March 4, 2020
byKhiem Dinh

Photos provided by Jenson Little A year ago, we came across this cute little 2008 NC Miata at the 2019 Super Lap Battle USA at the Circuit of the Americas…

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Goodbye Robi

Posted on February 27, 2020February 24, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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The Car Lovers Guide To Japan, The Nissan Gallery, Nishi Yokohama

Posted on February 25, 2020February 27, 2020
byMike Kojima

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…

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New King Engine Bearings Race Application Guide for 2020-21 Launched

Posted on February 23, 2020June 1, 2020
byIndustry Press Release

King Engine Bearings starts the upcoming racing season with a brand new race application guide. It serves as a comprehensive catalog for all of King’s racing applications. The new race…

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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 23, 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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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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PRI 2019: What’s New and Cool Edition

Posted on January 22, 2020
byErik Jacobs

PRI 2019: What’s New and Cool Edition by Erik Jacobs As we do every year, the MotoIQ staffers gathered in frosty Indianapolis for the annual motorsports trade show, the Performance…

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Return of The Drift League: Past & Present

Posted on January 15, 2020January 27, 2020
byRathyna Gomer

It is the beginning of a new year and there are many exciting things happening – New Years Resolutions being made (and broken by now), consecutive days of rare boost…

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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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Full Range of King’s New Coated Race Bearings to be Exhibited at Autosport UK 2020

Posted on January 4, 2020February 14, 2020
byMotoIQ Staff

Full range of King new coated race bearings to be exhibited at Autosport UK 2020 Following a successful show at SEMA, and PRI, King Engine Bearings is heading on to…

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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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SlipAngle Podcast /// The Bens from Gears and Gasoline

Posted on December 18, 2019
byAbrin Schmucker

Episode 292 – The night before PRI, Abe talks with the Bens. These 2 are the creative geniuses behind Gears and Gasoline Youtube channel. They create all kinds of content…

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MotoIQ’s Mike Kojima to be a Judge for JE Piston’s Masters of Motors Competition at the 2019 PRI Show

Posted on December 9, 2019December 10, 2019
byMark Gearhart

JE Pistons is proud to announce the Masters of Motors competition will return to the PRI show in 2019 and registration is officially open! The first of its kind,…

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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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AEM Electronics Announces Performance EV Products Brand – AEM EV!

Posted on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019
byMotoIQ Staff

AEM Performance Electronics charges into the performance EV segment. AEM Performance Electronics is launching AEM EV, its new Performance EV Controls brand, and initial suite of performance electric vehicle control…