Project Garage Part VI: Air Tools
Project Garage Part VI: Air Tools By Sarah Forst Air tools are not just about busting nuts. Pneumatic tools (pneumatic means containing air) are more efficient than electric tools- they can exert…
Does Length Matter? Part Deux
Does Length Matter? Part Deux By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed by…
Project 200SX: Time Trial Bound – Part 1
Project 200SX: Time Trial Bound – Part 1 by Wes Dumalski Track Photos by Tom Hitzeman Let's pretend you spend years of your life, thousands of your hard earned…
WPC Treatment Saved Our Engine!
WPC Treatment Saved Our Engine! By Mike Kojima We had just installed a freshly built SR20DE engine for the Dog Car. This is the B14 Nissan Sentra race car that…
Crankcase Ventilation Explained – N/A Edition
Crankcase Ventilation Explained – N/A Edition By Ben Fenner If you’re reading this you’ve likely asked a question about crank case ventilation, catch can placement, correct PCV hose routing, or…
What the Hell Happened to Project Silvia?
What the Hell Happened to Project Silvia? by Dave Coleman Project Silvia was a Krylon superstar. Back in the heady days of Sport Compact Car and paper magazines, it…
The Physics of Tires
The Physics of Tires By Vince Ili In Part I of his Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling, Mike Kojima says that one of the biggest ways to improve a…
KW Suspensions New Coil Over System for Nissan’s 300ZX!
KW Suspensions New Coil Over System for Nissan's 300Z By Mike Kojima One of the reasons why we like KW Suspensions so much besides the fact that they make…
Sneak Peek: GM’s ALMS GT Challenger, The Corvette C6.R
Sneak Peek: GM’s ALMS GT Challenger, The Corvette C6.R By Mike Kojima Dave Coleman gave you a sneak look inside GM’s Pratt and Miller built C6.R GT1 cars when he…
Sneak Peek: Dino Crescentini’s StopTech Porsche 911 GT3
Sneak Peek: Dino Crescentini's StopTech Porsche 911 GT3 By Steve Rockwood Carroll Shelby once said that to make a small fortune racing, you must first spend a large one. …
Introducing Project 240SX- Land Speed Racer
Introducing Project 240SX – Land Speed Racer by Chuck Johnson Around the turn of the millennium, I had a gear head epiphany. I had spent the half-decade prior figuring…
The Kid Rocks! A Look Inside Walker Wilkerson’s Nissan S13
The Kid Rocks! A Look Inside Walker Wilkerson’s Nissan S13 By Mike Kojima Walker Wilkerson has suddenly burst upon the Pro Drift scene. At the Long Beach season opener, the…
A Look Inside – APD’s MPTCC TU Class Killer Acura TSX
A Look Inside – APD's MPTCC TU Class Killer Acura TSX By Jonathan Donner and Mike Kojima Race Car Fabricators APD had a goal in mind when building their Acura…
Does Length Matter
Does Length Matter? by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed by Khiem Dinh are…
The Ultimate Handling Guide Part 8: Understanding Your Caster, King Pin Inclination and Scrub
The Ultimate Handling Guide Part VIII: Understanding Your Caster, King Pin Inclination and Scrub By Mike Kojima Understanding what caster does and how to use it is a powerful tool…
Turbo Tech: Turbo Bearings
Turbo Bearings by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed by Khiem Dinh are solely…
Fredric The Great, a Look Inside the Papadakis Racing Scion tC of Fredric Aasbo
Fredric The Great, a Look Inside the Papadakis Racing Scion tC of Fredric Aasbo By Mike Kojima We had never heard of Norwegian Fredric Aasbo before Formula D's Long Beach…
Professionally Awesome – A look inside Professional Awesome’s EVO VII Street Class Time Attack Challenger
Professionally Awesome – A look inside Professional Awesome's EVO VII Street Class Time Attack Challenger By Mike Kojima We first spotted Team Professional Awesome's EVO VII at last year's Redline…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 4 – Dressing the E-Rod
Project V8 RX-7: Part 4 – Dressing the E-Rod by Jeff Naeyaert So we’ve got our E-Rod kit, unpacked everything and laid it all out, but curiously missing are all…
Basic Electrical Troubleshooting
Basic Electrical Troubleshooting By Vince Illi In my ongoing quest to make people less scared of automotive electrical systems, I’d like to talk a little bit about two common electrical…
Compression Ratio – The Squish
Compression Ratio – A Look From The Thermo Side By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and…
TESTED – ST Suspensions’ BMW E36 M3 Street Suspension Reviewed
ST Suspensions' BMW E36 M3 Street Suspension Reviewed By Mike Kojima The BMW E36 M3 is a car that that was destined to become a cult classic. The E36 was…
Project Infiniti G20 Racecar – The Brakes
Making It Stop – Every Time by Martin Gonzales & Steve Rockwood Check out the rest of our Project Infiniti G20 Racecar build here! Loud engines, big horsepower,…
Project Nissan 350Z Part One: Installing an ACT Clutch and a Nismo LSD
Project Nissan 350Z Part One: Installing an ACT Clutch and a Nismo LSD By Mike Kojima Our friend Sera is a stuntwoman by trade who does a lot of driving…
The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling: Part Seven – Tuning your Toe
The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling: Part VII – Tuning your Toe By Mike Kojima Previously in our series we were talking about general tips for you to follow when…
HKS to Close US Operations, Save HKS USA!
What the Hell? HKS to Close US Operations! MotoIQ Staff Report We were shocked and dismayed to see this notice come across our desks yesterday afternoon. HKS the iconic…
Tuners: Test Your Injectors!
Oh my God, what a mess this has become! As race engine development moves forward, aftermarket fuel injectors seem to be moving sideways. About ten years back a trend started…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 3 – Inside the GM LS3 Cylinder Head
Project V8 RX-7: Part 3 – Inside the GM LS3 Cylinder Head By Mike Kojima In the last edition of Project V8 RX-7 we looked into the bottom end of…
Project EVO IX Part 8: Tuning for AEM Water Injection
Project EVO IX Part 8: Tuning for AEM Water Injection By Mike Kojima When we last left our project we had just installed some Cosworth M2 cams and had tuned…
Sneak Peek: A Look Inside Brandon Davis’ ACS Express Ford Mustang Cobra
Sneak Peek: A Look Inside Brandon Davis' ACS Express Ford Mustang Cobra By Mike Kojima If you were at the Long Beach Grand Prix this last weekend, you would have…
Project Toyota Tundra- Installing the TRD Supercharger Part 1
Project Toyota Tundra- Installing the TRD Supercharger Part 1 By Mike Kojima When we last left off on Project Tundra we had installed a TRD cold air intake and TRD…
Motegi Racing’s Killer AE86 Corolla GTS
Motegi Racing's Killer AE86 Corolla GTS By Mike Kojima The Iconic Toyota Corolla AE86 is one of our all time favorite cars. The last of the RWD econoboxes, the AE86…