A Look Inside – APD’s MPTCC TU Class Killer Acura TSX
A Look Inside – APD's MPTCC TU Class Killer Acura TSX By Jonathan Donner and Mike Kojima Race Car Fabricators APD had a goal in mind when building their Acura…
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Skyline GT-Rs, RB26s, and the XS Engineering BNR32
To be completely honest, it's my turn to write something on MotoIQ and I am neither prepared since I'm in a hotel room without my external hard drive nor have…
Project EJ Honda Civic – Fixing a Leaky Head for more Power!
Project EJ Honda Civic- Fixing a Leaky Head for more Power! By Mike Kojima We were planning to methodically add parts to our project Civic’s B18C engine one bit at a…
Project Ducati Hypermotard: Part IV, Saving Weight
Project Ducati Hypermotard: Part IV – Saving Weight By Jeff Naeyaert Although the Ducati Hypermotard S is a pretty light bike from the factory at 390 lbs. we figured that…
Behind the Smoke Episode 9: Redbull Soapbox Race in FR-S
Behind the Smoke Episode 9: Redbull Soapbox Race in FR-S GT channel has just released episode 9 of the series Behind the Smoke! The series follows Team Falken Pro Drifter Dai…
Fredric The Great, a Look Inside the Papadakis Racing Scion tC of Fredric Aasbo
Fredric The Great, a Look Inside the Papadakis Racing Scion tC of Fredric Aasbo By Mike Kojima We had never heard of Norwegian Fredric Aasbo before Formula D's Long Beach…
Project Infiniti G20 Racecar – Suspension & Handling Goodies
Suspension & Handling Goodies by Martin Gonzales & Steve Rockwood Check out the rest of our Project Infiniti G20 Racecar build here! Manufacturers of econoboxes – in our case,…
Professionally Awesome – A look inside Professional Awesome’s EVO VII Street Class Time Attack Challenger
Professionally Awesome – A look inside Professional Awesome's EVO VII Street Class Time Attack Challenger By Mike Kojima We first spotted Team Professional Awesome's EVO VII at last year's Redline…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 4 – Dressing the E-Rod
Project V8 RX-7: Part 4 – Dressing the E-Rod by Jeff Naeyaert So we’ve got our E-Rod kit, unpacked everything and laid it all out, but curiously missing are all…
VIDEO: JC Meynet Sets AWD Limited Class Record and Personal Best at Global Time Attack!
JC Meynet Sets AWD Limited Class Record and Personal Best at Global Time Attack! MotoIQ Staff Report Our buddy JC Meynet sent us this cool in car video of…
Cosworth’s 400th Subaru Engine
Enthusiasts and racers all around the world rely on Cosworth Subaru EJ257 engines to win. To celebrate the 400th engine, most of the staff at Cosworth USA gathered around the…
TESTED – ST Suspensions’ BMW E36 M3 Street Suspension Reviewed
ST Suspensions' BMW E36 M3 Street Suspension Reviewed By Mike Kojima The BMW E36 M3 is a car that that was destined to become a cult classic. The E36 was…
Project Infiniti G20 Racecar – The Brakes
Making It Stop – Every Time by Martin Gonzales & Steve Rockwood Check out the rest of our Project Infiniti G20 Racecar build here! Loud engines, big horsepower,…
Project Nissan 350Z Part One: Installing an ACT Clutch and a Nismo LSD
Project Nissan 350Z Part One: Installing an ACT Clutch and a Nismo LSD By Mike Kojima Our friend Sera is a stuntwoman by trade who does a lot of driving…
Project S2000 Part 8 – Oil Control
Project S2000 Part 8 – Oil Control By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed…
Event Coverage: MFEST V “The Ultimatum” – Las Vegas
MFEST V “The Ultimatum” Las Vegas April 22 – 24 By Laura Heng, Photos by Anthony Massie and Brian Nguyen, European Auto Source MFEST is a journey all BMW ///M…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 3 – Inside the GM LS3 Cylinder Head
Project V8 RX-7: Part 3 – Inside the GM LS3 Cylinder Head By Mike Kojima In the last edition of Project V8 RX-7 we looked into the bottom end of…
Project EVO IX Part 8: Tuning for AEM Water Injection
Project EVO IX Part 8: Tuning for AEM Water Injection By Mike Kojima When we last left our project we had just installed some Cosworth M2 cams and had tuned…
Sneak Peek: A Look Inside Brandon Davis’ ACS Express Ford Mustang Cobra
Sneak Peek: A Look Inside Brandon Davis' ACS Express Ford Mustang Cobra By Mike Kojima If you were at the Long Beach Grand Prix this last weekend, you would have…
Project Toyota Tundra- Installing the TRD Supercharger Part 1
Project Toyota Tundra- Installing the TRD Supercharger Part 1 By Mike Kojima When we last left off on Project Tundra we had installed a TRD cold air intake and TRD…
How I Became Addicted to Motorsports
Some say he names his automobiles and talks to them. Others say he’s been in rehab three times for a crippling addiction to Nutella. All we know is, he’s…
Motegi Racing’s Killer AE86 Corolla GTS
Motegi Racing's Killer AE86 Corolla GTS By Mike Kojima The Iconic Toyota Corolla AE86 is one of our all time favorite cars. The last of the RWD econoboxes, the AE86…
Low Cost, Effective Headwork!
Low Cost, Effective Headwork! By Mike Kojima My race in the inaugural MPTCC race ended with a bang in the practice before qualifying as my SR20VE decided not to…
GTX Upgrade!
AQ Motorsports STI Getting the GTX Upgrade By Khiem Dinh, photos by JC Meynet Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and…
Project Honda Civic: Initial Driving Impression
Project Honda Civic: Initial Driving Impression By Annie Sam Streets of Willow, December 2002. I can still recall the first time that I had taken my little Honda Civic…
Dai Yoshihara’s Team Falken/Discount Tire 2011 Formula D Ride
Dai Yoshihara's Team Falken/Discount Tire 2011 Formula D Ride By Mike Kojima The 2011 Formula D pre season is heating up and we are getting in a bunch of last…
Project Hyper-Miler Part 1: Introduction
Project Hyper-Miler Part 1: Introduction By Steve Rockwood Let's face it: the days of cheap fuel are over. Whether you want to blame Wall Street, the government, democratic…
Update! Matt Powers Formula D LS7 Powered S14
Update! Matt Powers Formula D LS7 Powered S14 By Mike Kojima We last left Matt Powers in the middle of retrofitting his car for the 2011 Formula D season. …
Project Sipster part 8: All the Drag-Reducing Details
Project Sipster Part 8: All the Drag-Reducing Details by Dave Coleman Photography mostly by Jared Holstein When we set out to save the world, we promised three 7's; so…
Testing Fastbrake’s Bigger Brake Kit
Testing Fastbrakes’ Bigger Brake Kit By Mike Kojima Fastbrakes is an Arizona company whose claim to fame is making affordable brake upgrade kits for many cars and having applications for…
STM and HD2’s New Drag EVO
With all the hype about Time Attack, Drift, and Gymkhana/Rally Cross in the US, whatever happened to drag cars with Japanese engines? In the US we don't get too many…
Hard as F*ck!- Mike Essa’s BMW Z4 Drift Monster
Hard as F*ck!- Mike Essa’s BMW Z4 Drift Monster By Mike Kojima In the 2010 Formula D season, GSR Autosport/Nitto Tires driver Mike Essa grabbed plenty of Media attention with…