WATCH: The Future of Boost Control: Electronic Wastegates
This week we take a look at the new electronic wastegates from Turbosmart to see how they work and discuss all the different ways they could be used to…
WATCH: Go Faster for FREE!! Alignment Tips for Your High Performance Car!
It’s not often you can get more performance from your car for free but as is the case for your car’s alignment, it’s true… as long as you do…
WATCH: Keeping the Ultimate Air Cooled Engine Cool!
This week we meet up with Simo Veharanta of SV Auto again (you may remember him from another air cooled 911 feature we did you can watch again here:…
S2000 Suspension Geometry Fix
In our last article, we lowered the height of our S2000, which changed the suspension geometry leading to tweaked handling and irregular wear to the driveshaft inboard joints. In addition,…
Antigravity’s new XP-15 Microstart/Air Pump!
We have always been fans of Antigravity Micro-Start jump batteries, we not only carry them in our personal cars but we also have a few around the shop that we…
The Holley LS Fest West 2023 Tire Streets Drift Challenge
This year’s Holley LS Fest West was the largest one to date. Holley Performance’s multifaceted Motorsports festival saw a dramatic increase in spectators as well as participants and the action-packed…
The Dunning Kruger Effect and the Automotive Enthusiast
One of the most infuriating things about being a Motorsports professional and an Engineer in the performance domain, especially if you are also a media guy who does a lot…
Off-Road Explorer ST with ALPHAequipt Grenade Wheels & General Tire’s Grabber ATX
We take Ford’s hot-rodded SUV, the Explorer ST, and prepare it for off-road and snow life with the help of ALPHAequipt Grenade wheels and General Tire’s Grabber A/TX. The Explorer…
Love, Sex & Robots: Fostering Human Connection in Autonomous Driving
Ed- Ed- Emma Sage is an automotive-aerospace cross-industrial Human-Centered Designer with a never-ending passion for usability in the Motorsports space. Emma is an alumni and current board member of the…
Performance Racing Industry: What’s New and Cool 2022 Edition
Try as it might, COVID was not able to (completely) ruin the 2022 Performance Racing Industry trade show. This smorgasbord of automotive performance returned to Indianapolis again. Several vendors were…
Anyone Can Learn To Drift Part 2
I had previously written about a great way to learn how to drift the right way by documenting my Daughter Christa’s experiences as a total beginner at Taka Aono and…
Burns Stainless Wants You!
Are you detail-oriented, like to get things done, and are driven to excellence? Do you have a passion for motorsports? Do you want to help our customers win championships? Then,…
Project 28′ Enclosed Trailer: Part 1 – Getting Strapped!
Project 28′ Enclosed Trailer: Part 1 – Getting Strapped! by Erik Jacobs If you remember our Winch2Go article or our ultimate open trailer series, you know we are serious about…
Watch: 2022 Toyota Mirai Limited Human Factors Review Video!
Check out Emma Sage’s human factors evaluation companion video to her latest article where she reviewed the hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai. She has a lot of great points about the car,…
Onsite Wheels Fixes Project GD STI’s Wheels
So seconds after lecturing my daughter about curbing wheels I did this… It looks like another job for Onsite Wheels. Onsite Wheels had previously fixed the wheels on our Project…
ASF Machines Subaru Engine Assembly Tools
If you work on Subaru engines, ASF Machine is producing some cool tools to make your day easier and to help you do a better job! The first tool is…
WATCH: Geeking Out at SEMA 2022!
SEMA still hasn’t fully recovered to the size it was pre-pandemic but we went anyway to check it out and see what’s new from some of the companies that support…
Tesla P100D- Getting the Car Lower and Aligned Correctly With Unplugged Performance!
We recently had a Tesla P100D in the MotoIQ garage that needed to be lowered. The owner of the car also wanted to improve tire wear which is horrendous with…
Introducing Garrett Motions New GVW Series Wastegates
Garrett Advancing Motion has just released their new line of external wastegates for controlling turbo boost! The wastegates are available in three sizes, the GVW40 with a 40mm valve, the…
The 2022 Toyota Mirai Limited: As California as it Gets
Ed note- If you have missed her last two articles, Emma is a Human-Centered Designer for NASA, working at JPL making space stuff more useable. She has started doing usability…
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. …