Building the Subaru VA WRX clutch and Flywheel with ACT!
Building the Subaru VA WRX clutch and Flywheel with ACT! by Mike Kojima All wheel drive cars are traditionally hard on clutches. With tons of traction, launches involve a lot…
Projects
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Project Autocross BRZ: Finding More Grip with KW Clubsports
Project Autocross BRZ: Finding More Grip with KW Clubsports by Bart Hockerman It has been some time since we last saw the MotoIQ Project Autocross Subaru BRZ. Over the winter…
Building a NASA NP01 Prototype the Right Way with Stoptech! Part 1
Building a NASA NP01 Prototype the Right Way with StopTech by Mike Kojima Last November we had the chance to drive and evaluate NASA's NP01 Prototype built by Elan. We…
Polishing Project STurdteen with Gramlight 57Xtreme, DIY 5-Lug Conversion, and More
Polishing Project STurdteen with 57Xtreme Gramlights, DIY 5 Lug Conversion, and More by Rathyna Gomer While my S13 was serving as a POS missile car in the past, I had…
Improving Towing Capability with Hellwig and Bilstein Part Two
Improving Towing Capability with Hellwig and Bilstein Part Two by Mike Kojima In part one, we installed Hellwig air springs, rear anti sway bar and Bilstein 5100 series shocks on…
Nerd’s Eye View: Standing Mile Turbo ‘Busa
Nerd’s Eye View: Standing Mile Turbo ‘Busa by Khiem Dinh Many of us at MotoIQ ride on two wheels. I personally have a CBR 600RR. I rode an R1 once…
Project [Rotary] FD RX-7: Part 6 – V-Mount Cooling System (Overview and Intercooler)
Project [Rotary] FD RX-7: Part 6 – V-Mount Cooling System (Overview and Intercooler) by M-P Spierer The cooling system in the FD RX-7 is widely regarded as its most glaring weakness.…
Project S2000: Part 24 – Bridgestone Potenza RE-71Rs and DIY Brake Ducts
Project S2000: Part 24 – Bridgestone Potenza RE-71Rs and DIY Brake Ducts by Khiem Dinh If we go way back to the very first episode (sorry, been listening to some…
OnPoint Dyno’s 350Z
OnPoint Dyno's 350Z: 420 NA WHP CNC'd Individual Throttle Bodies by Frank Ewald When your business allows you access to a dyno 24/7 and your mind is always in overdrive…
“My Girlfriend’s” Miata: Part 5 – Keeping Cool with Koyo Radiators
“My Girlfriend's” Miata: Part 5 – Keeping Cool with Koyorad Radiators by Daniel O'Donnell I had a dream. In this dream a man would drive a car on the track.…
Inside the Rahal Letterman Lanigan RLL BMW M6 GTLM
One of our traditions while at the Long Beach Grand Prix, is to get a close look at the latest factory BWM racers with the Rahal Letterman Lanigan team. The…
Improving Towing Capability with Hellwig and Bilstein Part One
Improving Towing Capability with Hellwig and Bilstein Part One by Mike Kojima There has been a war brewing in the past few years, not in the Middle East, but in…
Project G37 Sedan Fast Intentions Exhaust
Project Infiniti G37S: Part 3: Fast Intentions High Flow Resonated Cats and Exhaust by Aaron LaBeau Exhaust upgrades have been a huge disappointment for me over the years. I can…
Project STurdteen: Cooling, Bolt-Ons, and More
Project STurdteen: Cooling, Bolt-Ons, and More by Rathyna Gomer In Part 1 of Project STurdteen we discussed some of the future plans of the car as a purpose-built entry-level drift…
Inside Matt Field’s Drift Assassin Nissan S14
Inside Matt Field's Drift Assassin Nissan S14 by Mike Kojima We have been watching Matt Field for the last few years. Matt originally was a hero of the “keeping it…
M2K Motorsports 280 mph Ford GT
M2K Motorsports 280 mph Ford GT by Mike Kojima The Ford GT was in our opinion America's first true exotic supercar. Inspired by Ford's GT40 race cars from the 60's,…
Evaluating the ACT Heavy Duty Clutch and XACT Prolite Flywheel for the Honda S2000
Evaluating the ACT Heavy Duty Clutch and XACT Prolite Flywheel for the Honda S2000 by Mike Kojima Vince, our FNG, drives a Honda S2000 that serves as his daily driver.…
Project Integra Dc2: Brake Upgrades and Maintenance for the Street
Project Integra DC2: Brake Upgrades and Maintenance for the Street by Clint Boisdeau As eager as we are to do big upgrades to Project DC2, a good amount of basic…
“My Girlfriend’s” Miata: Part 4 – Brake Upgrade with Good-Win-Racing and DBA USA
“My Girlfriend's” Miata: Part 4 – Brake Upgrade with Good-Win-Racing and DBA USA by Daniel O'Donnell We’re doing it people. The impossible is becoming possible. We’re taking a car that I…
Forrest Wang’s Get Nuts Lab! Nissan S15 Drift Car
Forrest Wang’s Get Nuts Lab! Nissan Silvia S15 Drift Car by Mike Kojima If you are a fan of drifting, then you know all about Forrest Wang, who is renowned for…
Project Isuzu VehiCross Part 7: Getting Hitched With Curt Manufacturing
Project Isuzu VehiCross Part 7: Getting Hitched With Curt Manufacturing by David Zipf One of the reasons we bought a VehiCross, on top of its coolness, was the ability to…
Polishing Project STurdteen with KBD Body Kits – Part 1
Polishing Project STurdteen with KBD Body Kits – Part 1 by Rathyna Gomer A few years ago, this ridiculous trend swept the drifting community after the introduction of what us…
Plastic is Fantastic: Part 6 – Assembling the Beast
Plastic is Fantastic: Part 6 – Assembling the Beast by Jonathan Spiegel As usual, racecars rarely get finished on schedule when you’ve got a day job, but that hasn’t stopped…
Project Evo X GSR, Completing the Suspension with Whiteline
Project Evo X GSR, Completing the Suspension with Whiteline by Mike Kojima It's been a long time between updates on Project Evo X GSR. It hasn't been for lack of…
NX GTi-R: Version 3
NX GTi-R: Version 3 What Happened! And Start Collecting Parts! by Frank Ewald There has been silence in my garage for almost a year. The NX GTi-R, when you last…
Project Viper GTS: Part 6 – Corsa Exhaust and Kooks Green Cats
After some impressive gains from intake work in Part 4, we now turn our attention to the opposite side of the engine to improve the evacuation of exhaust gasses as…
Project E46 M3: Part 12 – Whiteline control arm bushings, alignment, and tumbler switch fix
Project E46 M3 has been performing very well over the past year. It's sitting here with a subtle agressiveness to its appearance, thanks to its D-Force lightweight wheels wrapped with…
Project Toyota Supra Mark IV: Part 14 – Precision Turbo’s GEN2 PT6870 CEA turbo!
We're trying out the GEN2 PT6870 CEA turbocharger from Precision Turbo and Engine next! Project Supra: Part 14 – Precision Turbo 6870 Turbocharger by Pablo Mazlumian Since the weather hasn’t…
350Z Track Monster
350Z Track Monster – from Bling to Brute in 12 Easy Steps! by Frank Ewald In just a few years this 350Z has transformed from a pristine example of a…
Stillen Generation 3 G37 Intake and Performance Brakes
Project Infiniti G37S: Part 2: Stillen Generation 3 Cold Air Intake and Performance Brakes by Aaron LaBeau My first interaction with Steve Millen Sport Parts or Stillen was way back…
Project E36 M3: Part 6 – Short Shifter and Engine Mounts
Project E36 M3: Part 6 – Short Shifter and Engine Mounts by Jonathan Lawson After reading the glowing magazine reviews for two and half years in the mid-90s, I finally…
Project Audi A4 Quattro: Part 2 – VAG-COM Fixes, Cam Follower and Coil Packs
Project Audi A4 Quattro: Part 2 – VAG-COM Fixes, Cam Follower and Coil Packs by Colin Holte Shortly into our ownership of this Audi we began to become annoyed by…