Cosworth CA F1 – 2.4L V-8
At the Cosworth SEMA booth there is a Cosworth F1 CA display engine. I believe this is the first time the engine has been displayed at a non-motorsports show. Previously pictures…
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Super Broke Ass Gourmet
A couple years ago, I wrote my first installment of “Broke Ass Gourmet“. This isn't really a part two or anything, but I'll get around to it eventually. I just…
Subiefest 2009
Subiefest 2009 By Eric Hsu Last Saturday I made it up to Subiefest to check out the Subaru world. These days I don't have much time to make it out to all…
EVENT COVERAGE: Formula D Irwindale 2009
Photos by Jeff Naeyaert (Click any image to view full gallery) Ryan Tuerck takes the event victory; Chris Forsberg wins the championship (Source: FormulaD.com) Long Beach, Calif. – October 17,…
Ken Block to Race WRC?
Ken Block to Race WRC? By Eric Hsu For those of you who are Ken Block fans, you might be interested to know that he is near to closing a…
DSPORT Tokyo Auto Salon Trip 2010
Last year I joined DSPORT crew on their tour for a couple days. I had a lot of fun so I highly recommend this tour. Chances are pretty slim that I’ll…
R.I.P. Shaun Carlson
Way back in 1997/98 sometime, I got introduced to Shaun Carlson somehow. I do not remember exactly how we met, but I think it was through Mike Ferrara (now publisher…
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…
Fast Lap: Willow Springs International Raceway
Fast Lap: Willow Springs International Raceway By Billy Johnson Willow Springs International Raceway (WSIR), the “Fastest Road in the West” is the oldest purpose-built road course in North America…
AFC GC Impreza Runs 8.87 ET @ 164mph
Andy T. from the mothership sent me this link to Andy Forrest Performance's GC Impreza that ran 8.87 ET @ 164mph on radials this past weekend at Santa Pod Raceway in…
Skyline R34 Buggy Video
Leave it to Sean to find the strange ass oddities in the Skyline GT-R world. Sean put this up one of his blogs and this has got to be the absolute…
UPDATE: Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park
UPDATE: Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park (Click here to see orginal article) We received this email this morning: Thank you for posting information about the project and thank you for all…
900hp 10-second GTR goes OFF Runway
Andrew from Motive DVD in Australia put this up on YouTube. You may know Andrew from the DSPORT DVD series. Anyhow, it's always pretty sick to watch an RB26 blast through the…
Wannabe JDM Companies
In today's automotive high performance market for Japanese vehicles, there are many companies that are basically wannabe JDM and motorsport companies. Often times they sport Japanese or JDM or motorsport…
Future NASCAR Sponsor
Ben was over at the Nurburgring for like the 3rd time this year (lucky SOB) and snapped this photo. This website needs to sponsor a NASCAR to get the full…
Traffic School
Although I was playing with some 4B11T EVO X exhaust tube diameter testing until late last night, I woke up early because I couldn’t sleep. Seeing as how I have traffic school due…
Formula D: Round 6 “Locked & Loaded” Infineon Raceway
Photos and video by Jeff Naeyaert (Click any image to view full gallery) Stephan Verdier Takes His First Victory and the Championship Comes Down to the Finals (Source: FormulaD.com) Long…
VIDEO: 24 Hours of LeMons – Buttonwillow Histrionics
VIDEO: 24 Hours of LeMons – Buttonwillow Histrionic Shot & edited by Jeff Naeyaert After weeks of procrastinating and ignoring deadlines, I finally finished my video of the 24 Hours of…
60 Days to Export or Surrender Your Skyline
It appears that the government is wasting resources chasing certain Skyline GT-Rs out of the country. What a great example of our tax dollars at work.I haven't really been following…
NASCAR + Coyote = Dead Mess
Taco sent me an email with these pics. They’re pretty brutal so if you’re a wuss and cannot handle blood, do not view. With the email came this text: …
VIDEO: Climb Attack from Will Roegge
VIDEO: “Climb Attack” from Will Roegge by Jeff Naeyaert …Actually, we should probably call it a “film” and not a “video,” as that nomenclature suggests a higher quality production. Here…
U.S. F1 Team to American-Born Drivers: We Want You!
I think it’s awesome that an F1 car constructor will be taking on the regular F1 teams in Europe on their home turf. I see it kind of as USF1…
Formula D: Round 5 “Breaking Point” Evergreen Speedway
Photos by Jeff Naeyaert (Click any image to view full gallery) Foust Takes the Victory and Forsberg Moves to Top Spot (Source: FormulaD.com) Long Beach, Calif. – August 10, 2009…
Dynojet 248C Chassis Dynomometer FOR SALE
I've had this Dynojet 248C sitting over at XS Engineering for just under 3 years now. It's literally been sitting and hasn't been used for 3.5 years. XS has been…
Formula D Coverage, Live from Seattle!
Formula D Coverage, Live from Seattle! MotoIQ Staff Report What a day, MotoIQ is involved with the series on several levels, from Jeff wielding cameras to Mike spinning wrenches,…
Ken Block Jump Car 2 and Cosworth Power
I grabbed this from the Cosworth USA website. I helped Vermont Sportcars spec the Cosworth components and some of the ancillaries selection, but the credit all goes to Vermont Sportcars…
BTD Readers, Welcome to MotoIQ
You've surely noticed by now that I have moved Beyond the Dyno to it's new home at MotoIQ. I've been invited by other sites in the past to move BTD…
Driftspeed S14 Crash @ Formula D Chicago
Koji from Driftspeed sent me an email with some pics of their crashed S14 at the Chicago Formula D event. It always sucks to see a built car crashed because…
Beat Ass EVO X Intercooler
What happens to a stock Mitsu EVO X front mount intercooler after 16,000 racing miles? It gets beat. The super thin fins of the stock intercooler cannot handle the debris…
Design Craft STi
How buff does this look? Lanny and Gary at Design Craft fabricated the bumper and splitter. Gary is talking about making them out of dry carbon in the near future.…
Hyundai 4B11 Arrives at Cosworth
My buddy Simon at Hyundai arranged for us to examine a Hyundai 4B11 in depth at Cosworth. We’ll dig into it and see if our components will work with the…
Rauh Welt Porsche 911
This car is buff. Pictures were taken at the 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon. Pics of this car might be on the web somewhere, but it looks so buff I had…