The Closed Deck Subaru EJ20, Built for Boost!
In our last story, we were assembling the parts for Ian’s long rod stroker EJ205. Now that we had rods and a crankshaft from Eagle and Pistons from JE, it…
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Comparing the Falken RT615 to the RT615K Plus!
The Falken RT615 has always been a good all-around Ultra High Performance dry weather tire with decent durability. Good enough to be daily driven and good enough for the track. The…
Wheels and Tires for the Subaru GD WRX
It is time to get some new shoes for our Project GD WRX. We wanted an upgrade for the car that would easily fit into the wheel wells and would…
Stroke to Rod Length Ratios and Building a Long Rod Stroker EJ205
Like resoling your favorite pair of shoes, we are going to refresh the engine of our project WRX. If you have been following our series on the remake of Ian’s…
WATCH: Stoptech Big Brake Upgrade for Subaru WRX
Our latest project car, a 2002 Subaru WRX gets a huge improvement in stopping power thanks to a set of Stoptech big brakes! Hopefully you read the article we…
Upgrading the WRX brakes with StopTech
After almost a quarter million miles of neglect and abuse on our WRX, it was time we started upgrading the Subaru WRX brakes. The brakes on Ian’s trusty WRX have seen…
WATCH: ST Suspensions Coilovers and Whiteline Upgrades for Subaru WRX
Our latest project car, a 2002 Subaru WRX gets upgraded ST Suspensions coilovers and Whiteline swaybars, bushings and other chassis components. Hopefully you read the separate ST Suspension and Whiteline…
Bushings Upgrade For WRX
Every Subaru suspension bushings of our Subaru WRX had two lifetimes of wear and needed replacing, but we don’t just replace parts here at MotoIQ. We will be completing our…
ST Suspensions Coilover Upgrade for WRX
Today our Subaru Impreza WRX gets a suspension upgrade with the ST Suspensions XTA coilover kit along with Whiteline Sway bars for improved handling and ride quality. ST Suspensions is…
A Fake Stereo Cover For Your Stereo
While we typically focus on performance products, many of us daily drive our cars and enjoy the everyday essentials like your stereo. Like most essential enhancements, we’ve upgraded our Project Subaru WRX STI stock radio to a Pioneer 7-inch double din display. And with any nice stereo comes with the anxiety of getting your car broken into for stereo theft.
Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Continued!
Dai Yoshihara's 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Continued! by Mike Kojima So the rush to freshen Dai's car for 2018 by Eimer Engineering continues. In our last story, the chassis had gotten…
Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild
Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild by Mike Kojima After 3 years of Formula Drift competition, our team had pretty much developed the BRZ chassis to where we were satisfied with…
Building an FA20 Race Engine for Michele Abbate: Part 2
So when we last left off, we were putting together some awesome parts for Michele’s engine and were about to embark on assembling it. In the interest of long-term durability, we…
Project Unpimp My Ride: Pedders Easyfit Suspension and Swaybars, Street Performance for the Toyota86/BRZ/FR-S
Unpimp My Ride: Transforming a Modded BRZ Into a Civilized Daily Driver with Pedders, Verus Engineering and ARK Designs by Mike Kojima Not all of us want a race…
Building an FA20 Race Engine for Michele Abbate: Part 1
We have known Michele Abbate ever since she was a college student doing track days with her trusty Mazdaspeed Protege and have followed her career as friends as she has…
Project GD STI: Making the Front of the Car Stiffer with Ultra Racing
Project GD STI: Making the Front of the Car Stiffer with Ultra Racing by Mike Kojima In the last installment of Project STI, we had greatly increased the chassis…
Project GD STI: Getting Rid of Chassis Flex with Cusco
Project GD STI: Getting Rid of Chassis Flex with Cusco by Mike Kojima The GD STI/WRX had what was considered to be a very stiff chassis when it was first…
Project Bugeye GDA WRX: Fixing the Clutch with Exedy
Project Bugeye GDA WRX: Fixing the Clutch with Exedy by Mike Kojima photos by Ian Pak Poor Ian, MotoIQ’s FNG’s daily was his trusty Bugeye GDA WRX. The WRX has given many…
Project GD STI: Making More Power with Cobb Tuning and Precision Turbo Part 2!
Project GD STI: Making More Power with Cobb Tuning and Precision Turbo Part 2! by Mike Kojima When we last left off with Project GD STI, we had just…
Sneak Peek: Killer B Motorsport’s KILRB1
Sneak Peek: Killer B Motorsport’s KILRB1 by Khiem Dinh Those who race a Subaru know the name Killer B Motorsport. They likely have a number of Killer B parts on…
Japanese Cars That Don’t Suck!
Japanese Cars That Don't Suck by Mike Kojima I pissed a lot of people off with my Japanese Cars Suck article a few weeks ago, where I expressed dismay…
Daily Driven, HKS Supercharged Scion FR-S Autocross and Track Car
Daily Driven, HKS Supercharged Scion FR-S Autocross and Track Car by Frank Ewald Simon Chan's Scion FR-S attracts attention. Just sitting in a parking lot or driving by on the…
Testing Radium Engineering’s Advanced Self-Draining Catch Can!
Testing Radium Engineering's Advanced Self-Draining Catch Can! by Mike Kojima Having proper crankcase ventilation is critical on a performance engine, especially forced induction ones that have more blowby past the rings…
The Continual Beginner
PPIHC 2012 – Photo by Eric Gearhart The Continual Beginner by Christy Carlson Repetition leads to boredom. Boredom leads to unrest. Unrest leads to new beginnings. Well, that, and…
Building the FR-S FA20 Engine with Stay Crushing, Assembling the Engine!
Building the FR-S FA20 Engine with Stay Crushing, Assembling the Engine! by Mike Kojima In our previous installments of the Stay Crushing FR-S engine build, we have been accumulating the parts…
Building the FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing, Building the Cylinder Heads With Portflow Design
Building the FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing, Prepping the Cylinder Heads With Portflow Design by Mike Kojima In the last installment of our FA20 engine build, we covered the…
Project Autocross BRZ – Dialing in the KW Clubsports
Project Autocross BRZ – Dialing in the KW Clubsports by Bart Hockerman It's always funny how things work out when you look back. Dialing in ride heights, alignments and suspension…
Project Autocross BRZ: Getting a Little Louder with the ARK Design Racing Spec Exhaust
Getting a Little Louder with the ARK Design RacingSPEC Exhaust by Bart Hockerman I have been looking for a good single exit exhaust option since I bought the BRZ. I…
Project Autocross BRZ – Nanny Removal with Beastronix
Project Autocross BRZ: Testing the Beastronix 86Nanny by Bart Hockerman Building the MotoIQ Project Subaru BRZ is always an adventure as is with building any car to a specific purpose.…
Ghostwalk the Whip: Fixing Subaru bump steer with Whiteline Bushings
by Daniel O’Donnell (With language assistance for Subaru owners in bold) There aren’t many more usable vehicles than a Subaru Outback (Scooby Vapewagon). Mild off-roading to your next rock climbing…
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…
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…