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Nissan Titan Large Capacity Oil Pan, Cure for Transmission Overheating? By Annie Sam If you are an avid MotoIQ reader you will have read how transmission heating problems while towing…

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Wrench Tips #12 – Spark Plug Hose

Dave Coleman

Wrench Tips – Tip #12: Spark Plug Hose I’m sure this has happened to all of you. You know when you dig a classic Miata show car out of the…

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Amsoil Severe Gear SAE 250, Medicine for Weak Transmissions

Mike Kojima

Amsoil Severe Gear SAE 250, Medicine for Weak Transmissions MotoIQ Staff Report The staff at MotoIQ has a lot of experience trying to get weak transmissions to live…

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Project Honda Ruckus Part 7: Building the Engine

Mike Kojima

Project Honda Ruckus Part 7: Building the Engine By Jeff Naeyaert In our efforts to build the ultimate Honda GET 50cc engine for our Honda Ruckus, we have learned a…

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Project Scion TC Part 4: Suspension and Brakes

Mike Kojima

Project Scion TC Part 4: Suspension and Brakes By Mike Kojima With our cage and safety equipment done, its time to do stuff to increase performance! The suspension on a…

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Wrench Tips #11 – Welding Plastic

Dave Coleman

Wrench Tips – Tip #11: Welding – It's Not Just For Metal This tip comes courtesy of MotoIQ nerd and fellow LeMons racer John Walker. I haven't actually tried this yet,…

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Christa’s first Racer, a Top Kart Go Kart

Mike Kojima

Christa's first Racer By Mike Kojima What does a 9 year old girl want, a pony? An all-you-can-carry gift certificate from Hello Kitty? No, apparently she likes carbon fiber. OOOH!…

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Project EVO VIII part 4, Getting More Trackside Grip, Killing Some Slip

Mike Kojima

Project EVO VIII part 4, Getting More Trackside Grip, Killing Some Slip By Mike Kojima After enjoying driving our much-improved EVO VIII for a few months we were again motivated…

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Whiteline Jim is here!

Mike Kojima

Whiteline Jim is here! MotoIQ Staff Report Are you into handling? Are you interested in getting the most grip out of your production based car? Do you want to ask…

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Time Attack Terror: FXMD’s Record Setting Acura NSX

Mike Kojima

Time Attack Terror: FXMD's Record Setting Acura NSX By Mike Kojima and Billy Johnson If you follow Time Attack at all you are probably very familiar with FXMD's Acura NSX…

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Project S2000 Part One, Wheels and Tires

Khiem Dinh

Project S2000 Part One, Wheels and Tires By Khiem Dinh, photos by Jeff Naeyaert Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All…

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Extreme Engine Tech: Jim Wolf Technology’s Turbo Nissan QR25DE Powerhouse Part 1

Mike Kojima

Jim Wolf Technology’s Turbo Nissan QR25DE Powerhouse – Part 1 By Mike Kojima Due to some rather unfortunate decisions within Nissan’s corporate structure, the QR25DE engine has found its way,…

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FrankenMiata – Handling with a Hacksaw

Dave Coleman

Best-Engineered Cars of Lemons – The FrankenMiata Part III: Making it handle with a hacksaw. by Dave Coleman The FrankenMiata is a handling machine. Sure, it slices through fields of $500…

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Wrench Tips #10 – Bust a (lug) Nut

Dave Coleman

Wrench Tips – Tip #10: Bust a Nut How many times have you jacked up the front of you car to work on the suspension only to realize you forgot…

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Extreme Engine Tech, Technosquare’s Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG part 3

Mike Kojima

Extreme Engine Tech – Technosquare’s Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG – Part 3 by Mike Kojima, Photos & Video by Jeff Naeyaert When we last left the Technosquare crew, they had…

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Suck, Squish, Bang, Blow Part 1

Mike Kojima

Suck, Squish, Bang, Blow – Part 1: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Engines (But Were Afraid To Ask) By Mike Kojima Have you ever gotten soundly beaten…

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Project Toyota Tundra Part One, TRD Suspension and Brakes

Mike Kojima

Project Toyota Tundra Part One, TRD Suspension and Brakes By Mike Kojima We are not truck people at MotoIQ. However, if you are into high performance cars, bikes or racing you…

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Wrench Tips – #9 Wrench in Color

Dave Coleman

Wrench Tips – Tip #9: Color Code Your Tools Grabbing a tool from your toolbox (or off the floor) is kind of like shifting gears when you drive. It's a…

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Clutch Technology Part 3, Clutch Disc Construction

Mike Kojima

Clutch Technology Part 3, Clutch Disc Construction By Mike Kojima Read Part 1 about how the clutch pressure plate works here! Read Part 2 about clutch disc friction material here!…

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Clutch Technology Part Two, The Clutch Disc Friction Material

Mike Kojima

Clutch Technology Part Two, The Clutch Disc Friction Material By Mike Kojima In our first segment on clutch technology we discussed the pressure plate and how it works. However the…

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Cosworth Big Bore Head Gaskets for Sleeved Blocks

Eric Hsu

Even though Cosworth doesn't subscribe to cutting away a ton of aluminum and then inserting thick ass iron sleeves in production aluminum cylinder blocks, we still have big bore gaskets…

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The Hows and Whys of Battery Relocation or How Battery Relocation Affects Corner Weight!

Mike Kojima

The Hows and Whys of Battery Relocation By Mike Kojima Many suspension experts have touted the value of relocating the car’s battery in an effort to improve the weight distribution of…

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EFI 101, Basic 4-Cycle Engine & ECU Operation and Tuning Rhetoric

Mike Kojima

EFI 101, Basic 4-Cycle Engine & ECU Operation and Tuning Rhetoric by Christian Krahenbuhl Automotive engineering involves a series of compromises. The compromise of designing affordable, durable, and fuel…

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The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part 1, Wheels and Tires

Mike Kojima

The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part I: Wheels and Tires by Mike Kojima Horsepower is sexy and chicks dig it, at least a lot of meatheads think…

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Wrench Tips #8 – The 1-Page Service Manual

Dave Coleman

Wrench Tips Tip #8: The 1-Page Service Manual Oops, 2 days late… What a hangover! Wrench time is for working, not for reading. Nothing breaks your mechanical rhythm like wasting…

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Fastbrakes Nissan 370Z Superlight Rotor Upgrade!

Aaron LaBeau

Fastbrakes Nissan 370Z Superlight Rotor Upgrade! MotoIQ Staff Report Big brake upgrade specialists, Fastbrakes is pleased to announce their upgraded high performance super light two-piece rotor for the Nissan 370Z Sport…

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Project Aprilia SR50: 100 MPG Madness Part 2, Engine Internals

Mike Kojima

Project Aprilia SR50: 100 MPG Madness Part 2, Engine Internals By Mike Kojima In our last edition of Project SR50, we had reached the limits of simple bolt on…

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Wrench Tips #7 – The Box-End Breaker Bar

Dave Coleman

Wrench Tips Tip #7: The Box-End Breaker Bar This tip is from MotoIQ reader Jeremy Fiel, though I, too have used this simple trick many times. If you're using a…

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Project Scion tC Part III

Mike Kojima

Project Scion TC Part 3 By Mike Kojima After Technosquare was done fabricating our cage we proceeded to paint the cage for corrosion resistance and a finished look. A spot…

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Wrench Tips Geek Hub

Dave Coleman

Wrench Tips #1: Take a Picture… Wrench Tips #2: Living Without Indoor Plumbing Wrench Tips #3: Loop Those Hoses! Wrench Tips #4: Sort Your Bolt Bucket. …

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Best Engineered Lemons #3 – The Angry Hamster PART II

Dave Coleman

The Best-Engineered Cars of LeMons #3 Part II: the Angry Hamster Gets an Engine Last week, we introduced you to the Angry Hamster, and showed you how much cutting and…

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Project Honda Ruckus Part 6: The Final Option, Tuning the Transmission

Mike Kojima

Project Honda Ruckus Part 6: The Final Option, Tuning the Transmission By Jeff Naeyaert In our last installment ofProject Ruckus we got our super motor tuned and running well, however…