Street Friendly (And California Legal) GD Subaru STI Build! Part One
If you are a follower of MotoIQ, you are probably familiar with our way of building cars. We tend to build innocuous-looking cars stuffed full of race car technology to…
KW 3-Way Clubsports for the Evo IX. The Ultimate, All Weather, Daily Driving Shocks!
In the past, to get 3-way adjustable damping on your car, you need to invest in really high-dollar sophisticated race-grade dampers. The trouble with this kind of shock is that…
Nightmotorsport Air Oil Separating Billet Valve Covers for Subaru EJ Engines
Subarus like all flat engines, blow a lot of oil out of the crankcase in their blowby gasses. This is always a problem with performance flat engines like Porsche or…
Cutting Big Weight From Project STI With AntiGravity Batteries and MeleDesign Firm
While we are going through Project GD STI, repowering it and upgrading many of its systems, we thought it would be nice to replace the car’s heavy AGM battery with…
Mystery or Magic? The Science Behind Porpoising In F1 Today
In recent weeks much attention has been given to the phenomenon causing F1 cars to bounce down the straights, known colloquially as ‘porpoising’. Behind the scenes, teams of experienced aerodynamicists…
WATCH: How the Nismo GT Pro Limited Slip Differential Works… And Why You Want One!
This week Mike takes apart a Nismo GT Pro limited slip differential to show how it works and shows us a few unique features to the Nismo diff that…
DIY Dye Penetrant Crack Testing
Crack detection is important in the performance world. The ability to find cracks in parts that are under stress is a good tool in preventative maintenance and can prevent catastrophic…
Low Buck 4th Generation (2003-2009) 4Runner Brake Upgrade
Jeff has a 4th generation (2003-2009) V8 Toyota 4Runner that is his daily driver. This is a pretty cool vehicle that he uses to haul around his family, is capable…
rusEFI – DIY Open Source Engine Management For Your Car?!
There is no doubt that Linux and open-source software has changed humanity for the better. What started out as various side projects have turned into a framework which runs much…
WATCH: We’re Building a Jeep 4.7L Stroker Engine!
You probably know us for our high performance engine builds for racing but did you know we can also build truck engines? In this video Mike walks you through…
McLeod Mag Force SE Clutch, Streetable Yet High Torque Capacity, BMW SMG Compatible!
With today’s technology, the power levels of modded street cars is going up and up. When the power goes up, the drivetrain has to support it. The first part…
WATCH: How an Air Oil Separator Works and Why You Need One!
In this video Mike takes a look at the IAG Air Oil Separator for one of our Subaru projects, explains the difference between an AOS and an oil catch…
Building a Drift Kart Sort Of
So when Googling around for good prices for kart racing slicks my daughter Christa saw an ad for kart drift tires from Monster Scooters and thinking it would be fun,…
The Best of 2021, #4: Testing The CSF VF Engineering A90 A91 Supra Intake Manifold Intercooler
CSF Radiators in collaboration with VF Engineering is about to launch a new intake manifold for the A90 and A91 Toyota Supra with both the B58B30C and B58M30O1 engines –…
WATCH: How Much Does a Subaru EJ Engine Build Cost?
Let’s go over the costs of building a Subaru EJ engine…the MotoIQ way! Mike and Martin go over the costs of our “Subaru EJ That Wont Blow Up” and…
Refreshing a BMW E46 M3 for Street Performance with KW V2 Suspension
The MotoIQ garage often does a lot of high-end work with pretty much state of the art components but sometimes we also do work for customers that want high-quality stuff…
WATCH: McLeod Mag Force | Race Clutch for the Street!
In this video Mike takes a look at the McLeod Racing Mag Force SE twin disc clutch. This is the “Street Edition” of the McLeod’s full race Mag Force…
TESTED: Antigravity Batteries XP-10 MICRO-START Jump Starter
It’s been quite a few years since we tested the DBPOWER jump box. Battery technology continues to advance, and Antigravity has come onto the scene strongly with their feature-packed lithium…
Project GD STI, IAG’s new high capacity EJ Oil Pump!
IAG has just dropped their Stage 1 and Stage 2 oil pumps for all EJ engines. We will be using their Stage 2 pump on our own Project GD STI.…
Project Fried Turkey
Well, we are once again bringing out this holiday classic, even though this is an old story, the recipe is as valid as ever! The holiday season is upon us…
Low Buck WRX Brake Upgrade
If you own a GD WRX (2002-2007), your car is probably getting up there in miles and if you need to go through your brakes, there is a nice low…
The Impossible Evo X: Part 2 – How to use a BOV to control compressor surge
On partial throttle, lower revs, my Evo X has turbocharger compressor surge. This is a phenomenon that occurs when the turbocharger compressor wheel is creating more air mass than the…
ST Suspension’s 3-Way Adjustable XTA Plus 3 Coilovers for the E92 BMW M3
ST Suspension has released an exciting new product that we think will set the suspension market on edge, the affordable 3-way adjustable coilover! Previously having 3-way damping adjustment was something…
How To Check and Set Engine Bearing Clearances
Running the proper clearances in the main and rod bearings are some of the most critical things to control when building an engine. Having the correct clearances means the difference…
Camaro ZL-1 Handling fix with KW Suspension
The ZL-1 Camaro with the 1LE package is Chevrolet’s top-of-the-line performance model. The ILE option package after a brief hiatus returned to the 5th generation Camaro from 2013…
WATCH: Evo 9 Tubular Subframes and Giro Disc Review
We put a customer’s Evo 9 RS on a performance diet courtesy of Magnus Racing and Giro-Disc. Today we’ll walk you through the Magnus front subframe and its additional…
WATCH: BMW E46 Clutch Upgrade and Ditching the Dual Mass Flywheel!
Friend of MotoIQ Rachard Johnson, of FrshMedia, came by the shop to continue the restoration of his BMW E46 330ci. This time we’re upgrading his clutch to an ACT…
Nerd’s Eye View: Mercedes AMG M139 Engine with E-turbo and Liquid Immersion Battery Cooling
When we last looked at the Mercedes AMG M139 engine, it was the highest output 2.0L engine to go into production at 416hp. Increasing horsepower out of a small displacement…
WATCH: AEM Electronics CD Digital Racing Dash SETUP (CD-5/CD-7)
In this video we have a couple guys from AEM Electronics at our shop helping us setup their CD5 data logging race dash in a customer’s 350Z track car.…
WATCH: BMW E46 330ci Gets a CSF Radiator Upgrade!
Friend of MotoIQ Rachard Johnson, of FrshMedia, came by the shop to continue the restoration of his BMW E46 330ci. This time we get rid of the old plastic…
Testing Red Line’s New SuperCool Coolant & CSF’s Tundra Radiator
Red Line has released a new high performance coolant that has its famous, and universally used in motorsports, Water Wetter surfactant additive pre blended in. Red Line Supercool comes in…
How to Measure Your Combustion Chamber Volume
It is very important to know your combustion chamber volume when building an engine so you can know your exact compression ratio or order the correct dome volume piston to…