Battery and Power Distribution Archives

Posted on May 30, 2022
byMike Kojima

Power demands on modified cars, particularly race cars have been going up and up in the past few years. More power means more electrical demand from stuff like bigger fans…

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Cutting Big Weight From Project STI With AntiGravity Batteries and MeleDesign Firm

Posted on April 17, 2022
byMike Kojima

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…

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TESTED: Antigravity Batteries XP-10 MICRO-START Jump Starter

Posted on November 30, 2021November 30, 2021
byErik Jacobs

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…

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WATCH: Project DC2 Integra Needs Attention! Part 1: The Battery

Posted on March 27, 2021
byJeff Naeyaert

We built our Project DC2 Integra into a great handling car for the track but it’s not the most fun car to drive on the street anymore. So we…

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Power To Go: Doubling My RV’s Battery Capacity!

Posted on September 16, 2020September 18, 2020
byFrank Ewald

Power to go camping off grid with no access to electrical power, that is! Over the years in my writing with MotoIQ, there are two vehicles that I constantly refer…

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Testing SDHQ Offroads Heavy Duty Battery Terminals

Posted on August 12, 2020August 15, 2020
byMike Kojima

So who would have thought that battery terminals are a critical off-road performance part! It did not occur to us and we almost got stranded in the middle of nowhere…

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Building the Nissan VQ37VHR part 4, Making the Big Power!

Posted on July 29, 2020July 30, 2020
byMike Kojima

You have probably been following our build of an NA VQ37VHR engine and are probably dying to to see how much power we can get out of it and frankly…

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Project Tundra, Fix the Battery Hold Down!

Posted on June 5, 2020June 8, 2020
byMike Kojima

So we were out doing some offroad suspension tuning on Project Tundra’s Icon Vehicle Dynamics suspension for an upcoming article when we discovered something that is overlooked but an important…

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Saving an Easy 35 lbs From Your Car With Braille Battery

Posted on November 19, 2019November 25, 2019
byMike Kojima

Project Evo IX had a dead battery. Our car had been in storage for a couple of years which killed the lightweight Braille Battery AGM battery we had installed in…

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WATCH: Make Your Porsche Cayman Handle and Brake Like a Racecar!

Posted on November 8, 2019
byJeff Naeyaert

A friend and customer of MotoIQ recently asked us if we could turn her once beloved daily driver Porsche Cayman into a racecar she could drive to and…

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Getting More Power From the 4G63 With Link Engine Managment

Posted on October 13, 2019December 9, 2019
byMike Kojima

Photography by Vincent Soto Now that we have accumulated all of the cool parts for our Project Evo IX it is time to start getting it all together to integrate…

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Watch: LiteBlox Ultralightweight Drop In Battery for the Porsche 911

Posted on April 12, 2019
byMike Kojima

Want to get rid of 42 pounds of weight from your Porsche 911? LiteBox makes it easy. We show how easy it is to install and what effects it…

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Save 42 Pounds off of your car with Lite Blox Batteries!

Posted on November 28, 2018November 29, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Porsche GT3 RS is a car that uses a lot of exotic materials to try to reduce its weight. Much of the car is made out of lightweight materials…

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How To Build A Backup Battery System

Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018
byFrank Ewald

Power to go! There are times when all of us want electricity when we are miles from the nearest electrical outlet. Two key components to having power on the go…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 17 – Get out there! Or not…

Posted on June 28, 2018October 9, 2018
byErik Jacobs

With the car idling and most of the core sensors configured, we needed to keep moving forward in our electronics configuration in order to get to a point where we…

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Team America BNR32 GT-R First Update in a Long Time!

Posted on March 19, 2018July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Team America BNR32 GT-R First Update in a Long Time! by Mike Kojima So most of you probably thought that the Team America GT-R was dead, long abandoned to…

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Saving (Lots) of Weight with a Pegasus Racing Ballistic Battery

Posted on March 2, 2015July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Saving (Lots) of Weight with a Pegasus Racing Ballistic Battery by Mike Kojima “No way is this thing gonna start the car” is the first thing we said when we…

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ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update

Posted on September 9, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Andrew Brilliant designed splitter is amazing and somewhat agricultural in appearance. Given the team’s budget and time constraints, Andrew was not commissioned to make it look beautiful; only functional. I can…

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ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update

Posted on September 9, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Andrew Brilliant designed splitter is amazing and somewhat agricultural in appearance. Given the team’s budget and time constraints, Andrew was not commissioned to make it look beautiful; only functional. I can…

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ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update

Posted on August 16, 2014August 14, 2018
byMike Kojima

ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update by Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The Team America crew has been busy and the car has really come together in the past…

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ARK Team America BNR32 GT-R Update Teaser

Posted on July 31, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

ARK Team America BNR32 GT-R Update Teaser by Mike Kojima An update has been a long time in coming but it is true, the ARK Team America BNR32 has not…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9

Posted on December 1, 2012August 14, 2018
byEric Hsu

Team America WTAC – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9 by Eric Hsu I realize it's been a long ass time since the last update, but they'll start rolling…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9

Posted on December 1, 2012July 3, 2018
byEric Hsu

Team America WTAC – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9 by Eric Hsu I realize it's been a long ass time since the last update, but they'll start rolling…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8

Posted on July 29, 2012August 14, 2018
byEric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8 By Eric Hsu Mike did a great job covering the build while I was unable to write…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8

Posted on July 29, 2012July 3, 2018
byEric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8 By Eric Hsu Mike did a great job covering the build while I was unable to write…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7

Posted on July 1, 2012August 14, 2018
byEric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The clock is tearing itself through the calendar and there is…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7

Posted on July 1, 2012July 3, 2018
byEric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The clock is tearing itself through the calendar and there is…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6

Posted on June 13, 2012August 14, 2018
byMike Kojima

As our wing is going to be making a few hundred pounds of downforce, it is important that we have sturdy wing mounts. Just bolting it to the trunk lid…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6

Posted on June 13, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu So much has happened on the car that it was a…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5

Posted on June 12, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu but really again by Mike Kojima Well it's getting closer…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5

Posted on June 12, 2012August 14, 2018
byMike Kojima

Believe it or not the saddle is secured with quick release T-Bolt type clamps. Although this might sound woefully inadequate, please note that Top Fuel cars use this type of…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4

Posted on May 24, 2012August 14, 2018
byMike Kojima

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In the last segment, Gary Castillo…