Project Miatabusa part 7: Mounting the Gauges
Last time we looked at cramming the Hayabusa's instrument cluster into the Miata housing, it proved to be a shockingly good fit. There was a very large unresolved issue of…
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Project Miatabusa Part 6 – The Wiring Job From Heck
Yea, well, it wasn't really the wiring job from Hell, but it was damn near the wiring job from Purgatory, considering how long it took me to get around…
Project Miatabusa Part 4.3 – The Intake Manifold
This week's half step toward 11,000 rpm Miata madness is a good solid head start toward making a workable intake manifold. Starting from virtually nothing, the fertile mind and ghettofabrication…
Project Miatabusa part 10 – Tubular Subframes and Engine Mounts, Oh My!!
Project Miatabusa Part 10: Tubular Subframes and Engine Mounts, Oh my! by Dave Coleman In July, 2010, we posted Part 2 of Project Miatabusa and proclaimed, in a very carefully…
Project Garage, Part 3: New Flooring
Project Garage, Part 3: New Flooring By Sarah Forst Last installment’s bright lighting only illuminated how horrible the concrete floors were starting to look. From oil changes and swapping brake…
Project S2000 Part 5: Keeping it From Overheating
Project S2000 Part 5: Keeping it From Overheating By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions…
Project Miatabusa part 4.2 – Hacking the Hayabusa Harness
Next up in our pile of partially finished projects is making the Hayabusa's engine harness fit properly in the Miata. The Hayabusa is fuel injected (not always an obvious thing…
Project Miatabusa Part 4.1 – It goes to 11(,000 rpm)
Project Miatabusa is progressing on several fronts, with wiring, fuel delivery, induction, exhaust and subframe projects all happening in parallel. With three guys spread across so many projects, none…
How To Rebuild Brake Calipers
How To Rebuild Brake Calipers (example shown on an E36 BMW M3) By Billy Johnson Rebuilding the brakes is not as challenging as it may seem. There are only a…
Project EVO IX Part 5: ARK Designs and Mitsubishi Products
Over the past few months we have been busy tuning Project EVO’s Engine, Brakes and Suspension. This month we focused on some of the minor but important details that every…
Go Karts and Karting: Cheap Track Day Alternative
Go Karts and Karting, Cheap Track Day Alternative By Mike Kojima What do guys like Billy Johnson, Dai Yoshihara, Joon Maeng, Tyler McQuarrie and other Pro Drivers do to keep…
MotoIQ Staff Report…. Go Fast Bits G-Force boost controller.
MotoIQ Staff Report Go fast Bits G-Force boost controller! Our mates overseas at Go Fast Bits have been hard at work perfecting a new feature packed boost controller called the…
Berk Technology’s BMW 135i Time Attack Demonstrator
Berk Technology's BMW 135i Time Attack Demonstrator Text and photos by Jeff Naeyaert When Berk Technology set out to build a time attack car, their intent was not to…
Cosworth Subaru EJ257 Dyno Install – Time Lapsed
Tyler threw together a pretty good time lapsed video of him and our engineering intern, Clayton, re-installing the Subaru EJ257B on the dyno for fun. Tyler used his old Canon…
Project Tundra Part 3, Making Life Better with 3M Crystalline Window Tint and Protective Film
Project Tundra Part 3, Making Life Better with 3M Crystalline Window Tint and Protective Film By Mike Kojima Project Tundra is MotoIQ's work horse. It's used nearly every day as…
NEW PRODUCT: 2 New Products from Whiteline Automotive
NEW PRODUCT: 2 New Products from Whiteline Automotive Whiteline is pleased to announce two new products: adjustable rear control arms for the Mitsubishi Evolution 10 and an anti-lift/caster kit for any…
AEM ETI Technology Enhances Cold Air Intake Performance
AEM ETI Technology Enhances Cold Air Intake Performance By Mike Kojima If you have been in the game of modifying cars for 10 years or so and got your start…
Project S2000 Part 4- Taking it to the Track!
Project S2000 Part 4- Taking it to the Track! By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and…
4G63 Divided by 8
Back in August 2010, I spent some time sectioning a 4G63 cylinder block and cylinder head so that Tyler, Clayton, Lyon, and I could get a detailed look at the structural…
Engine Tech, Building the Nissan VG30DETT part 2
Engine Tech, Building the Nissan VG30DETT part 2 By Mike Kojima In the last installment of our build, we delved into building the bottom end of our VG30DETT engine for the…
Project Toyota Tundra Part 2, TRD Cold Air Intake
Project Toyota Tundra Part 2, TRD Cold Air Intake By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert In our last edition of Project Tundra, we discussed why we selected what is…
Extreme Engine Tech: Jim Wolf Technology’s Turbo Nissan QR25DE Powerhouse Part 2
Extreme Engine Tech: Jim Wolf Technology’s Turbo Nissan QR25DE Powerhouse Part 2 By Mike Kojima When we last left off on our QR25DE project, Jim Wolf Technology was well on…
Keep Testing Fun: Mike’s Day Off!
Keep Testing Fun: Mike’s Day Off! By Mike Kojima Bringing you MotoIQ is a pretty tough job, we generally work over 80 hours per week which involves writing, layout, photography…
Project Miatabusa Part 3 – Let the Weight Weenieing Begin
Project Miatabusa Part 3: Attack of the Weight Weenie by Dave Coleman Project Miatabusa's theoretical claim to Awesomeness doesn't come from power alone, but from the unique combination of…
Project Honda S2000 Part 3- Brakes that don’t Break
Project Honda S2000 Part 3- Brakes that don’t Break By Khiem Dinh, Photos by Jeff Naeyaert Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this…
Project 200SX – Track Ready?
Project 200SX – Track Ready? By Wes Dumalski It's no secret that driving your car at speed on a road course will bring to light all of the car's weaknesses.…
WRC B-series Honda CRX
A couple weeks ago I got a call from Ben from the UK in the morning and he said in his mildy thick British accent, “Hey man, you ever heard…
100 MPG Madness, Project Aprilia SR50- Brakes, Bling and Suspension
100 MPG Madness, Project Aprilia SR50- Brakes, Bling and Suspension By Mike Kojima In the last edition of Project Aprillia SR50, we had upgraded our little 50cc high tech…
Project Miatabusa Part 2 – The Engine Is In!
Project Miatabusa – Part 2: The Engine Is IN! by Dave Coleman A few short months ago, when we introduced project Miatabusa, (part 1 is here) it was little more…
Project Garage Part II
Project Garage, To See or Not to See… By Sarah Forst The first Project Garage article left off with finished walls and a few extra outlets. Since then, joint compound has…
Stoptech’s Nissan 350Z Bombproof Brake Upgrade
Stoptech's Nissan 350Z Bombproof Brake Upgrade By Mike Kojima Team Falken Drift Ace Dai Yoshihara is currently developing a Nissan 350Z roadster for competition in Time Attack street classes. …
Project Ducati Hypermotard Part 2
Project Ducati Hypermotard Part 2 By Jeff Naeyaert To read part one click here! When we last left off, we had installed a few Ducati Performance parts on Project…