Project Miatabusa Part 2 – The Engine Is In!
Project Miatabusa – Part 2: The Engine Is IN! by Dave Coleman A few short months ago, when we introduced project Miatabusa, (part 1 is here) it was little more…
Wrench Tips #15 – Grip Dip For Your Screw Tip
Wrench Tips – Tip #15: Grip Dip For Your Screw Tip Say you’re trying to remove the air filter from a Hayabusa air box so you can figure out how…
Skyscraper, A Technical Look Inside Rhys Millen’s Hyundai Genesis PM580 Pikes Peak Open Class Slate Cleaner
Skyscraper!: A Technical Look Inside Rhys Millen’s Hyundai Genesis PM580 Pikes Peak Open Class Slate Cleaner By Mike Kojima, Photos and video by Jeff Naeyaert The Pikes Peak International…
Stoptech’s Nissan 350Z Bombproof Brake Upgrade
Stoptech's Nissan 350Z Bombproof Brake Upgrade By Mike Kojima Team Falken Drift Ace Dai Yoshihara is currently developing a Nissan 350Z roadster for competition in Time Attack street classes. …
Industry Insider: A Look at the Technology Behind RAYS Wheels
Industry Insider: A Look at the Technology Behind RAYS Wheels by Mike Kojima It's no secret that the staff of MotoIQ is really into Rays Volk brand of wheels. You…
1987 Cosworth F1 GBA 1200+bhp 1.5L V-6 Engine
Back in 1977, Renault started to enter F1 races with a single turbo V6 engine. It didn't really shine in terms of performance, but in 1978 the car finished in…
N1 Concepts Time Attack Honda S2000
J’s Racing/N1 Concepts Time Attack Honda S2000 By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert N1 Concepts striking S2000 Time Attack car has caught our attention at this years Redline Time Attack…
Oil Pump Blueprinting
Oil Pump Blueprinting By Martin Gonzales and Mike Kojima What is as important to your engine's health as your heart is to your own body? If you guessed the…
The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part 3: Balance the chassis
The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part III: Balance the chassis by Mike Kojima Check out part one of the series here! Check out part two of the…
Wrench Tips – #14: Put Your Studs to Work
Wrench Tips – Tip #14: Put Your Studs to Work Haven’t seen a wrench tip in a while? That’s mostly because moving my garage has meant no wrenching lately. No…
AEM No Weld O2 Sensor Mount
AEM No Weld O2 Sensor Mount By Mike Kojima Being able to quickly attach a bung for a wide band 02 sensor is a big pain in the…
Tire Test, LeMons Style: Falken Azenis RT615-K
The typical new tire introduction goes like this: The new Pazoosy Jaberwoky XR 745 Ultra R Super Star uses triple-inverted diagonal ply Inconel belts and a directional, asymmetrical tread pattern…
Doing more with less, Ryan Gates Blazing Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X
The Attainable Goal, Ryan Gates Blazing Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert In the pages of MotoIQ, we have been focusing on some of…
Clutch Tech Part 4, Exotic Clutches, Flywheels and Trouble Shooting
Clutch Tech Part 4, Exotic Clutches, Flywheels and Trouble Shooting By Mike Kojima In parts one, two and three of our series of the inner workings of clutches, we…
A Look Inside: The Rahal Letterman ALMS GT BMW M3 Coupes
A Look Inside: The Rahal Letterman ALMS GT BMW M3 Coupes By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert Thanks to our friends at Volk Wheels, the technical staff at…
AEM Performance Electronics Water Methanol Injection System Evaluation
AEM Performance Electronics Water Methanol Injection System Evaluation By Mike Kojima Long ago in the days well before MotoIQ in the early 80’s, as a teenager, I started tinkering with…
Project Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X Part 2, Making Great Brakes Even Better!
Project EVO X Part 2, Making Great Brakes Even Better! By Mike Kojima When we last worked on Project EVO X we installed a very comprehensive yet very streetable suspension…
Project Infiniti G20 Racecar – Roll Cage Additions & Final Interior Prep
By Martin Gonzales & Steve Rockwood Check out the rest of our Project Infiniti G20 Racecar build click here! Last time you saw Project G20 we…
Project Nissan Sentra Spec-V part 5; Lessons in Geometry
Project Nissan Sentra Spec-V part 5; Lessons in Geometry By Mike Kojima Although Nissan hyped up the Sentra Spec-V as a performance sedan in its marketing campaign, in truth the…
Understanding the EFI Process
EFI 102 “Understanding EFI Processes Through Detailed EFI Sub-system Analysis” by Christian Krahenbuhl This is the second of four EFI articles from Cobb Tuning. This article will provide a more…
The Best of 2010: The Sierra Sierra TIme Attack EVO
Flashback Friday – The Time Machine, Sierra Sierra's Record Holding Time Attack EVO VIII By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu, photos by Jeff Naeyaert Ever want to look at a…
SNEAK PEEK: Project V8 RX-7
SNEAK PEAK: Project V8 RX-7 By Jeff Naeyaert Normally we don’t do Project “previews” here on MotoIQ, but normally Mike hasn’t ground down 1 of his only 2 typing fingers in…
Locked and Loaded, Cobb Tunings Time Attack Nissan R35 GTR
Locked and Loaded, Cobb Tunings Time Attack Nissan R35 GTR By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert When the R35 GTR was launched on the US market last year, its…
The Best of 2010: Scoop! Dai Yoshihara’s new Formula D ride for 2010
The Best of 2010: Scoop! Dai Yoshihara’s new Formula D ride for 2010 By Mike Kojima We did not want to spill the beans but since the car has…
Project MiataBusa – Part 1: What The Hell Are We Thinking?
Project Miatabusa – Part 1: What The Hell Are We Thinking? by Dave Coleman With all due respect to the rest of the project car stable, this is destined to be the…
Video by Meguiar’s: Restore Your Fogged Up Headlights
Video by Meguiar’s: Restore Your Fogged Up Headlights MotoIQ Staff Report If you don’t know who Meguiar’s is then you have probably been hiding under a rock for some time. …
Wrench Tips #13 – Painting Behind Brake Lines
Wrench Tips – Tip #13: Painting around brake lines I used to think masking brake lines with tape was the only way to paint around them. This inevitably sucks not only…
Suck Squish Bang Blow part 2- The Four Stroke Cycle
Suck Squish Bang Blow part 2- The Four Stroke Cycle By Mike Kojima Now that you know what all of the basic parts of an engine are and what they do,…
AEM’s Plug and Play ECU for the Chevy LS1, a Swappers Delight!
AEM's Plug and Play ECU for the Chevy LS1, a Swappers Delight! By Mike Kojima The Chevy LS engine family is not your grandpa's small block Chevy. Although it…
The Ultimate guide to Suspension and Handling Part 2, Controlling Body Motion
The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling: Part II – Controlling Body Motion by Mike Kojima Previously, we addressed the most important aspect of handling, the tires. The next important…
Project Garage Part I: Introduction
Project Garage Part I: Introduction By Sarah Forst If you've ever heard my explanation for why I paint my fingernails- to cover up the grease I get under them from…
K&N High-Flow Intake System Adds 17.52 Horsepower to the 2008-10 Subaru STI 2.5L
K&N High-Flow Intake System Adds 17.52 Horsepower to the 2008-10 Subaru STI 2.5L MotoIQ Staff Report K&N has recently released their High-Flow Intake System for the 2008-10 Subaru WRX STI,…