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Project NSX: Part 22 – DBW Intake Manifold

  • Posted on February 2, 2025February 2, 2025
  • byBilly Johnson
Now that our Drive-By-Wire pedal and Motec ECU are installed, we turned our attention to simplifying and adapting an 80mm Ford Mustang DBW throttle body to the original intake manifold.…
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Project NSX: Part 21 – Foundry 3 K-Coil Swap

  • Posted on January 5, 2025
  • byBilly Johnson
With forced induction on the horizon, we upgrade the spark energy for our C30A engine with the Foundry 3 K-Coil Swap Kit. The Foundry 3 K-Coil Swap Kit is a…
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Project NSX: Part 20 – Antigravity Lithium Battery and CTEK Charger

  • Posted on September 17, 2023
  • byBilly Johnson
When it comes to weight reduction, it’s difficult to beat the cost-to-benefit ratio of a lithium battery.  We replaced our NSX’s heavy AGM battery with Antigravity’s drop-in Group-35/Q85 lithium battery…
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Project NSX: Part 19 – Designing a Crank Position Sensor and Knock Control

  • Posted on June 26, 2023
  • byBilly Johnson
We design a custom tone ring and hall-effect sensor mount for our Motec M150 to more accurately record the crankshaft position and control ignition timing at high RPM.  We also…
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Project NSX: Part 18 – DBW Conversion with Motec

  • Posted on May 29, 2023June 30, 2023
  • byBilly Johnson
We upgrade the ECU in our 30-year-old NSX to the advanced Motec M150, and ditch the throttle cable in favor of a Drive-By-Wire setup to take full advantage of new…
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Project NSX: Part 17 – ECU Master PMU16

  • Posted on May 17, 2023May 17, 2023
  • byBilly Johnson
We replace the NSX’s aging factory main relay and fan control modules with the ECU Master PMU16 Power Management Unit.  This also gives us the ability to not only control…
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Project NSX: Part 16 – Dry Ice Blasting Restoration

  • Posted on May 2, 2023
  • byBilly Johnson
We restore the undercarriage and engine bay of our NSX with Dry Ice Blasting. Now we just might be addicted to Dry Ice Blasting.  Once you go ice, nothing is…
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Project NSX Part 15 – Upgrading the Interior with Sweidit

  • Posted on April 19, 2023
  • byBilly Johnson
We worked with Sweidit to modernize the interior of our NSX with Alcantara and Nappa Leather, replaced plastic trim panels with carbon fiber, and upgrade the head unit and amplifier.…
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Project NSX: Part 14 – Michelin Cup 2 Connect Tires and Forgeline GA1R Wheels

  • Posted on March 13, 2022March 13, 2022
  • byBilly Johnson
After years of extensive testing and measuring, I finally fit 305-width Michelin Cup 2 (240)s under the rear of an NSX, mounted on a set of custom Forgeline GA1R wheels.…
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Project NSX: Part 13 – Track Testing Yokohama A052 Tires and Swift Springs

  • Posted on January 18, 2022January 20, 2022
  • byBilly Johnson
When it comes to performance on track, tires are one of the most important factors of a car.  We install what is arguably the fastest 200-treadwear “Street” tire on the…
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Project NSX: Part 12 – NRG Steering Wheel and Quick Release Install

  • Posted on September 26, 2021January 4, 2022
  • byBilly Johnson
We upgrade one of the most important tools a driver uses: The steering wheel.  We install a suede steering wheel, adapter, and quick-release from NRG. NRG has been around for…
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Project NSX: Part 11 – Installing NSX-R Style Loop Carpet From NSXcarpet.com

  • Posted on September 15, 2021January 4, 2022
  • byBilly Johnson
We refreshed the interior of our NSX with NSX-R style looped carpet from NSXcarpets.com It’s pretty crazy to think that the carpet in our NSX is nearly 30 years old. …
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Project NSX: Part 10 – AeroWerkZ Paint Correction and Stek PPF Install

  • Posted on August 17, 2021January 4, 2022
  • byBilly Johnson
To protect our freshly painted NSX, we visited the experts at AeroWerkZ for a full paint correction and wrapped the entire car in Stek’s “DYNOshield” Paint Protection Film (PPF). AeroWerkZ…
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WATCH: Project DC2 Integra Needs Attention! Part 1: The Battery

  • Posted on March 27, 2021
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  We built our Project DC2 Integra into a great handling car for the track but it’s not the most fun car to drive on the street anymore. So we…
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Project NSX: Part 9 – Designing, Fitting and Testing a 3D Printed Door Card Frame

  • Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021
  • byBilly Johnson
We designed and 3D printed a stronger NSX Center Door Frame out of necessity, and solving a much-needed problem. In the tech article Make Your Own Parts with Shareware CAD…
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Project NSX: Part 8 – 2002 Facelift and Widebody

  • Posted on September 20, 2020September 22, 2020
  • byBilly Johnson
Our 1992 NSX gets a make-over with a 2002 facelift conversion and subtle flared fenders from Downforce USA.  This will help us fit wider tires in anticipation of more than…
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Project NSX: Part 7 – Installing PFC Multi-Pad Monobloc Calipers

  • Posted on April 22, 2020April 30, 2020
  • byBilly Johnson
Project NSX is back! (Again!)  We return by installing arguably the most advanced brakes ever to be fitted on an NSX, in anticipation of more than doubling the stock output…
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Project Acura RSX Sleeper, Buttoning Up the Project With Suspension!

  • Posted on March 29, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
We left off in our last edition of Project DC5 RSX with some killer brakes by Stoptech that brought our cars stopping power in line with our fantastic 300 whp…
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Project Acura RSX, Improving the Stopping Power!

  • Posted on February 23, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
You might have been following the progress on our 300 whp pump gas K engine over the past few weeks which went onto a 2005 DC5Acura RSX Type S.  With…
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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Four

  • Posted on February 4, 2020November 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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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Three

  • Posted on January 5, 2020November 10, 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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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Two

  • Posted on November 24, 2019November 10, 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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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part One

  • Posted on November 4, 2019November 10, 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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WATCH: How to Get 150hp/liter from your Honda!

  • Posted on October 24, 2019December 26, 2019
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  Today in the MotoIQ Garage we’re building a hybrid K24 Honda engine for a customer who wants to get the most power out of his daily driven Acura…
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WATCH: Project DC2 Integra back at Buttonwillow!

  • Posted on August 8, 2019August 13, 2019
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  Last time we were at Buttonwillow Raceway to test out the new Stoptech big brakes and sticky new Nitto NT01 tires on our DC2 Integra we had a…
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Testing the Fluidampr Viscous Harmonic Balancer on the B18C Engine

  • Posted on March 13, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
In laying down the base for some serious B series power that we have planned later, we decided to test out Fluidampr’s viscous harmonic balancer on our Project DC2 Integra’s…
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K-Tuned Integra Type R: Team Approach!

  • Posted on January 28, 2019January 28, 2019
  • byFrank Ewald
2018 has been both an incredibly successful year while at the very same time quite a challenging year for the K-Tuned Integra Type R. The car is more powerful and faster than ever, but so is the competition.  The team has been pushed throughout the year as they seek to get even more out of this amazing car and even more out of this amazing team.
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New Motor Mounts for Project DC2 Integra!

  • Posted on November 26, 2018March 26, 2021
  • byMike Kojima
Our Project DC2 Integra had developed a clunking noise whenever the clutch was let out or if the throttle was modulated.  This was really annoying, especially at low speed.  We traced…
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New Wheels and Tires for Project DC2 Integra

  • Posted on November 15, 2018January 6, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
So the old all season tires on our Project DC2 Integra were so bad that amazingly, modifying the suspension and adding an LSD did little to improve the cars lap…
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WATCH: Bad Luck at the Track for Our Integra!

  • Posted on September 27, 2018May 31, 2020
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  Since our last trip to Buttonwillow Raceway we put Stoptech big brakes on our DC2 Integra along with some sticky new Nitto NT-01 tires and fresh motor mounts! Unfortunately…
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Fixing the DC2 Acura Integra’s Crappy Stock Brakes!

  • Posted on September 3, 2018September 6, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
When track testing our Project DC2 Acura, the limitations of the stock brakes quickly became an issue.   Even though we had originally rebuilt the old worn stock brakes with Stoptech OEM replacement…
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WATCH: Project DC2 Integra Goes Faster at Buttonwillow Raceway!

  • Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018
  • byJeff Naeyaert
    We’re back at Buttonwillow Raceway with our 1996 Acura Integra GSR and even with the hotter temps that were holding Project C7 Corvette from going faster our…

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