APR and COBB Tuning upgrades for the VW Golf R (MK7)
Today we’re going to be upgrading our Project Golf R MK7 with the APR intercooler for enhanced cooling, a COBB GESI catted 3″ downpipe for maximum exhaust flow, and efficiently…
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Project Hyper Miler Jetta MKIV TDI Part 4, Upgrading the Turbo with Garrett
For this 4th installment, the long-lost Project Hypermiler gets some ponies! We install a turbo from Garrett to take care of the hot side, and injectors and a tune from…
Project MKVII Golf R: Finding More Power with COBB Accessport
Project Golf R MKVII: Finding More Power with COBB Accessport by Isaac Sandoval In our last update on on this project, we started preparing for power modifications by installing…
Project Golf R MKVII: Fluidampr Test
Project Golf R MKVII: Fluidampr Test by Isaac Sandoval The Golf R is back for another round of modifications. Now that we have addressed the suspension and feel the car is…
Project Golf R SuperPro Installation
Project MKVII Golf R: Part 3 – SuperPro Install by Isaac Sandoval In the last installment of project MKVII Golf R, we went over the install and initial impressions…
Project MKVII Golf R : Part 2 – Bilstein Clubsport Suspension
Project MKVII Golf R: Part 2 – Bilstein Clubsport Suspension by Isaac Sandoval Project MKVII Golf R has been doing an absolute killer job of being a boring daily…
Project MKVII Golf R : Part 1 – Introduction
Project MKVII Golf R: Part 1 – Introduction by Isaac Sandoval I finally decided to give in and buy a German made car. Perhaps it’s the clever marketing that captured…
Sneak Peak-Tanner Foust’s 2015 VW Passat Formula Drift Machine!
Sneak Peak-Tanner Foust's 2015 VW Passat Formula Drift Machine! by Mike Kojima The start of every Formula D season is always pretty cool for the tech head enthusiast. New cars…
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Let’s Tow!
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Let's Tow! by Jeff Naeyaert One of the things we noticed on our two trips to Europe in the last few years is that there are…
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Dieselgeek “Panzer” Heavy Duty Aluminum Skid Plate
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Dieselgeek “Panzer” Heavy Duty Aluminum Skid Plate by Jeff Naeyaert In our last update we were impressed so much with our Dieselgeek shifter we took a…
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Dieselgeek Sigma 6 Short Throw Shift Kit
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Dieselgeek Sigma 6 Short Throw Shift Kit by Jeff Naeyaert In our LAST update we brought the torque and horsepower of our little Golf up 30% and…
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Rawtek Exhaust and Malone Tuning
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Rawtek Exhaust and Malone Tuning by Steve Rockwood Modern diesels are light years ahead of their predecessors when it comes to power. No longer is the diesel…
Fall-Line Motorsports
A Tour of Fall-Line Motorsports “So, if money was no object…” by Pablo Mazlumian If you like Porsches, BMWs, boosted imports, domestics and all-out racecars, check this out. We take a…
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Handling Upgrades Part Deux
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Handling Upgrades Part Deux By Steve Rockwood Here's the thing: the nutjobs that make up MotoIQ are never happy. Give us an improvement, and we'll look…
Sneak Peak: Craig Gibbs 1970 Volkswagen Beetle
Sneak Peek: Craig Gibbs' 1970 Volkswagen Beetle By Justin Banner As I mentioned in the Introduction, Volkswagen Beetles are an interesting part of the Automotive world. The car lasted from…
StopTech – Performance Brake Kits for 2012 VW Golf R
StopTech – Performance Brake Kits for 2012 VW Golf R StopTech® has introduced four new StopTech High Performance Brake Kits for the new 2012 Volkswagen Golf R. The…
KW – Dynamic Damping Control Coilovers
KW – Dynamic Damping Control Coilovers KW Suspensions announces their KW DDC (Dynamic Damping Control) coilovers for select Volkswagen and BMW applications. KW DDC coilovers allows the enthusiast to…
Project Hypermiler: Handling Upgrades
The door handles and mirrors on Project Hypermiler came painted, and swapping out the sad excuse for shocks and springs on this car was absolutely necessary to keep them that…
Whiteline Flatout Heavy Duty Endlinks for VW and Audi
Whiteline Flatout Heavy Duty Endlinks for VW and Audi Whiteline is excited to now offer front (KLC167) and rear (KLC141) adjustable heavy duty up rated ball joint style…
Driver Profiles: Emme Hall
Driver Profiles: Emme Hall By Amanda Martin Profile Info Name: Emme Hall Birthplace: CA Hometown: Hacienda Heights Age: Oh jeez I don't know. 27? 39? I forget. Nickname: Monkey…
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Introduction and Suspension Upgrades
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Introduction and Suspension Upgrades By: Steve Rockwood Diesels aren’t for everyone. It takes a special breed to sacrifice comfort and performance for efficiency. They’re noisier…
Project Hyper-Miler Part 2: Maintenance
Project Hyper-Miler Part 2: Maintenance by Steve Rockwood I hate maintaining vehicles. Nothing is worse than sweating your ass off and busting knuckles for hours only to have a…
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…
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…
Project Sipster Part 7 – Sipster Indeed!
 Project Sipster: Frugal Sipster (is what I was gonna call it) Project Sipster: Sipster Indeed (is how it ended up) by 2009 Dave Coleman with commentary from 2011 Dave Coleman…
Project Sipster Part 6 – Faster Sipster
Project Sipster Part 6 Power to the Peeps by Dave Coleman Ok, Power to the Peeps was my original title, but it got changed to something more meaningful,…
Project Sipster – Part 5 – Safer Sipster
Photography by Jared Holstein and Christopher Gifford Safer. Yeah, that’s why we put coil-overs on it! If it sounds like we’re trying desperately to justify cool racey bits on…
Project Sipster Part 4: California or Bust
Project Sipster Part 4: California or Bust by Dave Coleman Part 4 of Project Sipster marked the first time I ever actually saw the car, and what a…
Project Sipster part 3: Optimism Meets Realism
Project Sipster Part 3: Optimism Meets Realism by Dave Coleman If you've ever done a project car on an urgent gotta-achieve-something-significant-every-single-week schedule, you'll realize that just building this car was a…
Project Sipster Part 2 – The Road to Regina
Project Sipster Part 2 – The Road to Regina by Dave Coleman I finally found the second installment of Project Sipster. My only copy was a…
Remember Project Sipster?
Back when I got a magazine paycheck, the dark, looming locust cloud of the internet held promise of more than unemployment. It promised permanence. When a new magazine issue comes…