Action shots by Valters Boze When we first got started with our technical involvement in Formula Drift's Pro Series 10 years ago, the state of the art in drift car braking…
Photo by Bill Howard My wife has a 2016 Mazda CX-5 which we absolutely love. Her only complaint is that it needs more power. Apparently, many Mazda customers said the…
Handling is a difficult subject for many people to wrap their heads around. Many cars, especially lower end sport compacts have a reputation for awful handling that can't be fixed or for…
In the last installment we disassembled our SR20 in preparation for machining. Now comes the fun part where we get to pick all the parts for the new build! We're…
Ravi Dolwani of CSF Radiators came by our shop to talk about CSF's oil cooler line. Oil coolers might not seem that exciting but wait to you see all…
Nowadays Race Car and dual-purpose Street/Track day aerodynamics are a hot topic with car enthusiasts. The wild aero on time attack car and the time attack style aero kits that are coming on…
Power to go! There are times when all of us want electricity when we are miles from the nearest electrical outlet. Two key components to having power on the go…
10 There is a lot more to Carbon Fiber wheels than just cool looks and lightweight. We met up with Carbon Revolution at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to learn about…
Tested: DBPOWER 600A 18000mAh Portable Car Jump Starter By Erik Jacobs Battery technology has improved dramatically over the last few years. And, with it, a proliferation of new devices has…
Its been awhile since we did an update on Project Ford Fiesta ST Racecar. Until now we have been working on the chassis but now its time to go through…
We’re upgrading our Project Evo IX 4G63 motor with high-performance Ignition Projects - ignition coil IP-A133201 which features a high-power built-in spark amplifier, producing 4 times the spark energy and…
As we have complained about before, the R35 GT-R is a big heavy beast. In our previous segments of Project GT-R, we were able to carve off about 60 lbs…
The introduction 991.2 version of Porsche's venerable 911 Carrera was somewhat controversial for the Porsche connoisseur. Previous versions of the Carrera were traditionally naturally aspirated with the 991.1 model having…
Cover image from Porsche Media Gallery Graphs courtesy of Honeywell Turbo Technologies and from the Honeywell Transportation Systems document, “The Next Generation of Gasoline Turbo Technology”. You may have heard…
Product Test: Chipex Paint Chip Repair System by Ainsley Jacobs When my C-package 1993 Mazda Miata was totaled in a head-on collision (caused by another driver on the wrong side…
We Check Out AMS Performance's Turbo Test Rig By Khiem Dinh A couple years ago, AMS Performance became a Garrett turbo distributor. In order to best serve their customers, they…
How to Pass Tech Inspection for The Drift League and Other Events! By Mike Kojima As the Technical Director for The Drift League, I was pleased that the quality of…
Bringing the Heat: Under Control! by Frank Ewald Cover Photo by Martin's Action Photography With our first track day and Knox Mountain Hill Climb 2018 now behind us, we can…
A Proper Primer on Personal Protection by Erik Jacobs In the time between the SC300 getting dyno tuned and our first track day (complete with transmission soup), I had some…
Hello and welcome to the Ultimate SR20DET Rebuild Guide! In this series we will be covering the disassembly, blueprinting and reassembly of a S13 SR20DET engine in extreme detail. We…
Inside the 1000 hp LS, Dai Yoshihara's Formula Drift Powerplant By Mike Kojima MotoIQ Garage has taken over the development of Dai Yoshihara's engine program for the last two years…
Can you make significant power gains just by changing oil? In the past, we have proven that switching from a lower grade mineral oil to a premium synthetic oil can…
How to Build a 5.0 Coyote Engine on Any Budget by Mark Gearheart Many people look at the 2011-current Coyote 5.0 engine platforms as a complex and expensive engine…
Ryan Passey's Amazing Mazda Hyper Miata By Mike Kojima We have always liked the super-efficient cars of Moti Almagor's Blackbird Fabworx. His cars have a distinct signature; lightweight, elegant, very fast with…
WATCH: IMPROVING the R35 GT-R! Part4 - Brembo Brake Rotors and Pads Join us on our multi-part journey to improving what is arguably the best car ever made. Inexperienced…
IMPROVING the R35 GT-R! Part 3 - Whiteline Bushings and SPL Arms, Links & Spherical Bearings Join us on our multi-part journey to improving what is arguably the best car…
Nerd Alert Part 2! SKYACTIV-X: Were Our Predictions Correct? by Karla Pestotnik When Mazda first announced its infamous, new SKYACTIV-X engine, we made some preliminary guesses about its workings…
Dai Yoshihara's 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Conclusion by Mike Kojima So if you have been following along with our mini-series on what an end of season refresh on Pro…
WATCH! IMPROVING the R35 GT-R! Part 2 - Forged Performance Sway Bars Join us on our multi-part journey to improving what is arguably the best car ever made. Inexperienced "tuners"…
The rear tension rod is probably the most overlooked suspension arm on an s-chassis. A lot of people don’t understand how it works, and there is a lot of conflicting…
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 - Australian Grand Prix by David Zipf It’s been five months since we got to talk Formula 1...and quite frankly, that’s five…
