The Progress Group Gives Your MX-5 More Grip
Mazda MX-5 Anti-Sway bars. More grip for MX-5's The Progress Group has released a new Anti-sway bar system for the popular 2006-2013 Mazda MX-5 platform. These bars are larger…
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Project V8 RX-7: Goin’ Legit (Project RX-7 vs the State of California)
Project V8 RX-7: Goin’ Legit (Project RX-7 vs. the State of California) by Jeff Naeyaert Now that it doesn’t look like the world is gonna end we need to get…
Sneak Peek: Dave Lemon’s Mazdatrix RX-8
Sneak Peek: Dave Lemon's Mazdatrix RX-8 By Justin Banner Dave Lemon is no stranger to Road Racing, having competed in SCCA, NASA and even Time Attack Racing. While to older…
Global Time Attack Round 6 – Buttonwillow Raceway II
Global Time Attack Round 6 – Buttonwillow II By Justin Banner For a while there, it seemed like there would be only one team that would dominate the Global Time…
Mad Mike’s 500 Horsepower N/A Rotary V8 Slayer
Mad Mike's 500 Horsepower N/A Rotary V8 Slayer By Tatsunori Tsuchida In 2008 a very special shipping container arrived in Tokyo harbor. Its final destination would be various drift circuits…
Turbosmart Time Attack FC RX-7
Turbosmart Time Attack FC RX-7 by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed by…
Rotary Radness, Mazdatrix’s 13B REW/MSP Hybrid!
Rotary Radness, Mazdatrix's 13B REW/MSP Hybrid! By Mike Kojima So far we have not focused too much attention on the Mazda Rotary engine on the pages of MotoIQ. This is…
COBB Front Mount Intercooler Kit for Gen2 MAZDASPEED3
COBB Front Mount Intercooler Kit for Gen2 MAZDASPEED3 COBB Tuning is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the COBB Front Mount Intercooler (FMIC) kit for the 2010-2012…
Project Miatabusa Part 16: What’s that noise?
Project Miatabusa Part 16: What's That Noise? by Dave Coleman First things first: Where the hell has the Miatabusa been? There's a complicated string of excuses involving…
Project Frankenmiata – The Ultimate Miata Coolant Reroute
Project Frankenmiata The Ultimate Miata Coolant Reroute by Dave Coleman The lameness of Miata cooling systems is well known. They can reasonably handle the 12-13 hp a naturally-aspirated Miata makes,…
Wilwood’s 1989-2005 Mazda Miata Front Brake Upgrades
Wilwood’s 1989-2005 Mazda Miata Front Brake Upgrade – SPECIAL PRICE Wilwood Disc Brakes is pleased to announce special limited time (until July 31, 2012) pricing on the top-of-the-line…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 12 – The Intake & Finishing Touches
Project V8 RX-7: Part 12 – The Intake & Finishing Touches by Jeff Naeyaert Welp, the last day of Project V8 RX-7 Week is upon us! If you’re a rotary…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 11 – Finishing the Driveline
Project V8 RX-7: Part 11 – Finishing the Driveline by Jeff Naeyaert The end is in sight! Only a couple of things left on the TO DO list and the…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 10 – Power Steering
Project V8 RX-7: Part 10 – Power Steering by Jeff Naeyaert We want power steering! Even though our RX-7 is pretty light at 2,843 pounds with 3/4 of a tank…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 8 – The Shifter
Project V8 RX-7: Part 8 – The Shifter & Some Engine Dress Up by Jeff Naeyaert Hey guys! Long time, no write.. I’m sorry. We’ve had a lot going on…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 9 – The Exhaust
Project V8 RX-7: Part 9 – The Exhaust by Jeff Naeyaert The title picture already gave it away, so I’ll save the prose, it’s time to build an exhaust! This…
Project Miatabusa part 15: AEM Data Logging (and some RC plane parts)
As we inch ever closer to getting Project Miatabusa on a dyno, more and more unfinished business keeps revealing itself. Ok, the car starts and runs now, but it still…
Project Miatabusa Part 13 – Sweet Sounds and Donuts!
Project Miatabusa has been dragging on for a long time. So long, that our comment section is filling up with impatient demands to hear this baby run and…
Project Miatabusa part 14: The home stretch
Hope you enjoyed yesterday's tasty donuts. Now here are a bunch of details that have delayed the making of stinky donuts: At the end of the aluminum exhaust fab project, we…
Garage Revolution’s Time Attack FD3S RX-7, Part 2
Garage Revolution's Time Attack FD3S RX-7, Part 2 By Eric Hsu If you missed part 1 of this story, read it here: GARAGE REVOLUTION FD, PART 1 In part…
Garage Revolution’s Time Attack FD3S RX-7, Part 1
Garage Revolution's Time Attack FD3S RX-7, Part 1 Text by Eric Hsu and photos by Jeff Naeyaert I saw the Garage Revolution (GR) FD for the first time a couple days…
Project Frankenmiata – Failure is ALWAYS an Option
Project Frankenmiata: Failure is ALWAYS an Option by Dave Coleman It would be easy to mistake the Eyesore Racing 24 Hours of LeMons juggernaut for a polished, finely…
Killer B’s, Honda and Mazda to Release B Segment Racers
Killer B’s, Honda and Mazda to Release B Segment Racers By Mike Kojima We can just about all agree that racing is fun. We can also agree that racing is also…
Tested: 2012 Mazda3 SKYACTIV-G
Tested: 2012 Mazda3 SKYACTIV-G by Jeff Naeyaert The 2012 Mazda3 is the first for the manufacturer to get a taste of SKYACTIV technology–Mazda's philosophy of optimizing engine and drivetrain efficiency,…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 7 – Bringing the E-ROD LS3 to Life (Almost)!
Project V8 RX-7: Part 7 – Bringing the E-ROD LS3 to Life! (Almost) by Jeff Naeyaert Now that we’ve checked “mount the engine and transmission” off our E-ROD LS3 swap…
Mazda’s Skyactiv D, Diesel Technology, the Economy of a Hybrid With Performance!
Mazda’s Skyactiv D, Diesel Technology, the Economy of a Hybrid With Performance! By Mike Kojima What would you think of a clean green car with the fuel efficiency of a…
Project Miatabusa part 12 – Why You Can’t Make Aluminum Exhausts, And Why I Did It Anyway
Project Miatabusa part 12: Why You Can't Make Aluminum Exhausts… And Why I Did it Anyway. by Dave Coleman From exhaust port to tailpipe, project Miatabusa's exhaust system fabrication has…
Project V8 RX-7: Part VI – Installing the E-Rod LS3
Project V8 RX-7: Part 6 – Installing the E-Rod LS3 by Jeff Naeyaert In our last installment of Project V8 RX-7 we took a look at the T-56 Magnum transmission…
Project V8 Mazda RX-7 Choosing a Transmission! The Tremec T56 Magnum
Project V8 RX-7: Part 5 – Choosing a Transmission, the Tremec T56 Magnum! By Mike Kojima When we were contemplating the buildup of our E-ROD powered RX-7, we planned to…
Project Miatabusa Part 11 – Shorai Lithium Iron Battery (and Lots of Plumbing)
Project Miatabusa Part 11 Shorai Lithium Iron Battery (and Lots of Plumbing) by Dave Coleman Odds are pretty good this is the first Miata in history to have its battery…
Driver Profiles – Beth Chryst
Driver Profiles – Beth Chryst By Amanda Martin Profile Info Name: Beth Chryst Birthplace: Fairfax, VA Hometown: Herndon, VA Age: 25 Nickname: Beth (real name is Elizabeth) Beth's MX-5…
The Story Behind the Bergenholtz Racing 2009 Mazda RX8 Formula D Pro Drift Car
The Story Behind the Bergenholtz Racing/Nitto Tire 2009 Mazda RX8 Formula D Pro Drift Car By Ron Bergenholtz with Mike Kojima Bergenholtz Racing has always been a fan of Drifting…