Wrench Tips #6 – Re-Using Copper Washers
Wrench Tips Tip #6: Re-Using Copper Washers Its not that I'm cheap… Ok, let me re-phrase that. Its not JUST that I'm cheap, it's that I'm lazy and don't plan well.…
Wrench Tips #5 – Retracting Pistons the Easy Way
Wrench Tips Tip #5: Retracting Pistons the Easy Way Changing brake pads is 15 minutes of simpleness. Step1: Pull the old pads out. Step 2: Push the pistons back in. Step…
Best Engineered Lemons #3 – The Angry Hamster Z600
The Best-Engineered Cars of LeMons #3 – the Angry Hamster Honda Z600 What you are about to see is a ridiculous feat of LeMons engineering. At 1400 lbs and 116…
Clutch Tech Part One: The Pressure Plate, Get a Grip!
Clutch Tech Part One: The Pressure Plate, Get a Grip! By Mike Kojima Drifting heaps brutal abuse on the clutch like no other motorsport. Powerful…
Project Aprilia SR50: 100 mpg Madness Part 1, Basic Bolt on Stuff
Project Aprilia SR50: 100 mpg Madness Part 1, Basic Bolt on Stuff By Mike Kojima A few years back, if you rode a scooter, most people would immediately write…
Wrench Tips #4 – Sort Your Bolt Bucket
Wrench tips Tip #4: Sort Your Bolt Bucket Bolts shall not be thrown away. This mandate is programmed into every car guy's DNA. Sadly, most car guys still practice a Neanderthal…
Robispec’s Street Class Time Attack Nissan 370Z, Simple is Better?
Robispec’s Street Class Time Attack Nissan 370Z, Simple is Better? By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert Robispec is a Southern California tuning shop whose specialty is a rather unusual…
Project Honda Ruckus Part 5, Engine Bottom End
Project Honda Ruckus: Part 5 – Engine Bottom End by Jeff Naeyaert In the previous installment of Project Honda Ruckus, we worked with Dan Paramore of DPR racing to…
MotoIQ at SEMA 2009
Sarah before her shirt shrunk and her finding out that her spares that Jeff ordered were Asian booth model x small. Photo from Lea Croteau MotoIQ at SEMA 2009 By Sarah…
No Respect, Project Nissan Sentra Spec-V part 3, Building a Race Ready Suspension System
No Respect, Project Nissan Sentra Spec-V part 3, Building a Race Ready Suspension System By Mike Kojima To see older editions of this series click here! There are 5 elements…
The Best Engineered Lemons – #2 the MetroGnome
The Best-Engineered Cars of Lemons #2 – the MetroGnome You think the big story here is sportbike power in a Geo Metro, but you're wrong. The big story is the…
Wrench Tips #1 – Take a Picture
We turn a lot of wrenches at MotoIQ, and between the bloody knuckles, we've actually learned a thing or two. Going forward, we'll be posting a helpful tip each Friday…
Wrench Tips #2 – Wash Your Hands
Wrench tips Tip #2: Poor Man's Indoor Plumbing Got a tiny garage without plumbing? Me too. While they aren't quite GoJo, baby wipes are designed to clean up some seriously nasty…
Wrench Tips #3 – Loop Your Hoses
Wrench tips Tip #3: Loop Those Hoses! If you're working on a good, old-fashioned return-line fuel system, there's a really easy trick to contain flammable spillage and protect the fuel…
Extreme Engine Tech, Technosquare’s Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG part 2
Extreme Engine Tech: Technosquare’s Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG – Part 2 by Mike Kojima In our last edition of the building of Technosquare’s monster Toyota 4AG, we mainly looked…
Extreme Engine Tech, Technosquare’s Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG
Extreme Engine Tech: Technosquare’s Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG – Part I by Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert The Toyota 4AG is a historic engine, one that was essential…
Frankenmiata – Turbocharging
FrankenMiata – Turbocharging for $95.55 By Dave Coleman We didn't need power. We proved that to ourselves by leading more than 6 hours of a LeMons race with our 77…
The FrankenMiata Geek Hub
The Frankenmiata's construction was so complex, so long, and such a horrendous pain in the ass, a single story couldn't contain it. Click through the four chapters to gradually expose…
Best-Engineered Cars of LeMons
The Best-Engineered Cars of LeMons By Dave Coleman The 24 Hours of LeMons is recognized as many things. Incredibly stupid. Safer than OxyContin. A flagrant waste of natural resources.…
FrankenMiata: Part I – Freebuilding the Engine
FrankenMiata: Part I – Freebuilding the engine By Dave Coleman There is a moment of magic at the end of every engine build. It's that mysterious and suspenseful instant when a…
A Look Inside, Technosquare’s Ultimate Street Car Turbo Nissan VQ35DE
A Look Inside, Technosquare’s Ultimate Street Car Turbo Nissan VQ35DE by Mike Kojima Cheston Chiu’s turbo Nissan 350Z is well known in the Nissan Z community as being a fast…
Cosworth R35 GT-R VR38DETT Components
It's no secret that we take our sweet ass time developing our products so I've had some OE and aftermarket Nissan VR38DETT engine parts on my desk and in my shop…
Project EVO X Part 1
Project EVO X: Part 1 – Suspension By Mike Kojima What does the guy that has the Ultimate Streetcar do for a daily driver? Cheston Chiu is no stranger to…
A Look Inside Dai Yoshihara’s Pro Drift Machine
A Look Inside Dai Yoshihara’s Pro Drift Machine By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert A comment from one of my road racing friends prompted me to write this article.…
Project NSX: Part 2 – Tuning a Limited Slip Differential
In part one of Project NSX we went through the transmission of our NSX to address some of its weak points – following the guidelines in our “Building the Bulletproof…
Demolition Derby Tech Part 2
Demolition Derby Tech part 2 By Mike Kojima and Aaron Guardado In our last story, we covered the basic prepping of a demolition derby car including the amazingly rudimentary safety…
Girl Gone Green: Verena Mei’s Time Attack Nissan 350Z
Girl Gone Green: Verena Mei’s Time Attack Nissan 350Z MotoIQ Staff Report Although you don’t normally think of motosports as being a green sport, in Verena Mei’s case it…
Project EVO IX Part 2 More Engine Tweeks
EVO IX Power Tweeks Part 2 When we last left project EVO IX we had just tried out the most basic bolt on mods and ended up being pretty…
Skunk2 Mitsubishi EVO VII-IX Composite Fuel Rail
Skunk2 Mitsubishi EVO VII-IX Composite Fuel Rail MotoIQ Staff Report The first-ever composite fuel rail for Mitsubishi’s Evo VII-IX is here. Skunk2’s Composite Fuel Rails are made using a…
Project Pathfinder Part 10, How to Build the Nissan VG30E
Project Pathfinder Part 10, How to Build the Nissan VG30E We are getting quite excited as Project Pathfinders motor is now up and running. We are out to show…
Inside the 800-hp Olsbergs Fiestas – update 1
Inside the 800-hp Olsbergs Fiestas The general chronology goes something like this: Sweden, sometime in 2008: Four-time Swedish rally champion Andreas Ericsson runs a successful team of Ford Fiestas…
Demolition Derby Tech
Demolition Derby Tech Part 1 A Tech Look Inside the Disposable Motorsports Machine by Mike Kojima and Aaron Guardado Although you might think that Destruction Derby is the simplistic smashing…