Lessons in Turbo Technology with Garrett – Burst Containment
Lessons in Turbo Technology with Garrett – Burst Containment by Mike Kojima What is burst containment for a turbocharger, and why is it important? A turbocharger is a system that…
How to Install a Radiator – KOYORAD – Track Life Episode 4
How to Install a Radiator – KOYORAD – Track Life Episode 4 by GTChannel Rob Choo installs a brand new radiator from KOYORAD (http://koyorad.com/) on his personal Honda S2000. …
Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 3- The Finished Goods!
We have been working with Motovicity for the last few weeks to demonstrate the building of a potent Honda K24Z7 motor, built completely from in stock and off the shelf parts…
Project Autocross BRZ: Swapping The Feal 441’s to KW V3’s
Project Autocross BRZ: Swapping The Feal 441's to KW V3's by Bart Hockerman Since the first installment some time ago things have changed with the BRZ. KW has graciously supplied…
Demystifying the Camshaft: Part 1 – Valve Events
Demystifying the Camshaft: Part 1 – Valve Events by Jonathan Spiegel As we all know, the key to making power is to create pressure in the combustion chamber – and…
Sneak Peek: The Powertrains of the 2015 Le Mans LMP1 Class
Sneak Peek: The Powertrains of the 2015 Le Mans LMP1 Class by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All…
Project Autocross BRZ: Keeping Her STX Legal With Nameless Performance And Whiteline
Project Autocross BRZ: Keeping Her STX Legal With Nameless Performance And Whiteline by Bart Hockerman With the arrival of the BRZ/FR-S platforms here in the Autocross world they have taken hold…
Extreme Engine Tech: Building a BMW S52 – Part 2: The Cylinder Head
Extreme Engine Tech: Building a BMW S52 – Part 2: The Cylinder Head by Nick Betz If the engine as a whole is the heart of a car the cylinder…
Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 2 The Bottom End!
In the last edition of our series, building the ultimate streetable late model K24, we had focused on the engines top end switching to an earlier model K20Z3 head with…
Polystrand GT-Lite CRX: Part 4 – Bringing the Design Concept to Life!
Polystrand GT-Lite CRX: Part 4 – Bringing the Design Concept to Life! by Jonathan Spiegel As we left off in the previous installment, we’d completed our prototype suspension design, done…
Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 1 The Cylinder Head!
Modifying late model Honda/Acura engines is somewhat problematic lately. Take for instance the late model K series engine. Once probably the best naturally aspirated inline four cylinder production engine by…
Extreme Engine Tech: Building a BMW S52 – Part 1: The Short Block
Extreme Engine Tech: Building a BMW S52 – Part 1: The Short Block by Nick Betz There comes a time in a project build when you just have to throw everything…
Nerd Vacation – The Nissan Engine Museum
Nerd Vacation – The Nissan Engine Museum by Joe Lu I recently had the opportunity to visit Japan for a couple of weeks while on vacation; since I had my camera with me…
Sneak Peek: Inside IndyCar’s Oval Aero Kits
Sneak Peek: Inside IndyCar's Oval Aero Kits by David Zipf IndyCar is a fickle sport. On the one hand, no other racing series in the world competes on as many…
Wrench Tip: How To Make Diff Oil Changes Easier
Wrench Tip: How To Make Diff Oil Changes Easier by David Zipf Fluid changes are a necessary evil of owning a car. Of all the different fluids in a modern…
GTA Road Atlanta: #teamcanada
GTA Road Atlanta: #teamcanada is coming by Frank Ewald Canadians are known for their love of hockey. We are known for having a Tim Horton’s Coffee shop on every other corner…
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 Mustang 5.0: Part 9 – Brake Overhaul with Hawk Performance and Disc Brakes Australia
Project Mustang 5.0: Part 9 – Brake Overhaul with Hawk Performance and Disc Brakes Australia by Vince Illi The right pedal. It’s so much fun. When you push it to…
Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car with SPD Motorsports Part 2!
Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car with SPD Motorsports Part 2! by Mike Kojima When we last left our Project Ford Fiesta ST it was…
Wrench Tip: How To Plug A Tire
Wrench Tip: How To Plug A Tire by David Zipf This article originally ran on a defunct forum in 2010 and eventually made its way onto MotoIQ in April of…
Turbo Tech: Size Matters! – Part 2
Turbo Tech: Size Matters! – Part 2 by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed…
Project E46 M3: Part 10 – Exterior upgrades for a cleaner look
Our E46 M3 with a set of D-Force wheels, EAS blackout grills and Bav Auto front splitter. This month we also added a Khoalty rear diffuser and took care of…
Evaluating the HKS Max IV SP S2000 Coilover Suspension System
Evaluating the HKS Max IV SP S2000 Coilover Suspension System by Mike Kojima The guys at Motovicity have been singing the praises of HKS's new Max IV coilover systems to…
Project Tundra, Leveling it out with a Hellwig Big Wig Air Lift Kit
Project Tundra: Leveling it out with a Hellwig Big Wig Air Lift by Mike Kojima In the last edition of Project Tundra, we had installed Hellwig's adjustable rear antisway bar…
Project Tundra, Getting More Cornering Power (and less stability control activation) with a Hellwig Adjustable Rear Antisway Bar
Project Tundra, Getting More Cornering Power (and less stability control activation) with a Hellwig Adjustable Rear Antisway Bar by Mike Kojima If you have been following Project Tundra, you know…
Project SEMA Scion Tuner Challenge FR-S, Working on the Cosmetics
Project SEMA Scion Tuner Challenge FR-S, Working on the Cosmetics by Mike Kojima In our previous installments of Project SEMA Scion Tuner Challenge FR-S we have been working on getting the…
Project VA WRX: Upgrading the bushings and swaybars with Superpro Part 1
Project VA WRX, Upgrading the Bushings and Swaybars with Superpro Part 1 by Mike Kojima We decided to be different and tackle the Subaru WRX as our latest Project Car because it's…
Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car with SPD Motorsports!
Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car With SPD Motorsports! by Mike Kojima Project Fiesta ST’s owner started to really get the track day bug after…
Wrench Tip: Save your Exhaust Hangers!
Wrench Tip: Save Your Exhaust Hangers! by David Zipf Do you have broken exhaust hangers? These little rubber bastards are the bane of my existence working under a car. Between…
Saving (Lots) of Weight with a Pegasus Racing Ballistic Battery
Saving (Lots) of Weight with a Pegasus Racing Ballistic Battery by Mike Kojima “No way is this thing gonna start the car” is the first thing we said when we…
An Inside Look at mountune’s GRC Ford Duratec Engine!
An Inside Look at mountune's GRC Ford Duratec Engine! by Mike Kojima The current engines used in today's GRC Rallycross racers are some of the highest stressed production based engines…
Project E39 M5, Part 2: Installing and Testing the Corsa Performance Exhaust
Project E39 M5: Part 2 – Installing and Testing the Corsa Performance Exhaust by Martin Gonzales After ensuring we could stop our newly acquired fun-machine in a previous installment…