Brake Fluid Archives

We addressed a surprisingly long pedal from boiling the brake fluid during spirited driving with stainless steel brake lines from Stoptech and new Castrol SRF fluid. Now that the steering…

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Street Friendly (And California Legal) GD Subaru STI Build! Part One

Posted on May 8, 2022
byMike Kojima

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…

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The Best of 2021, #5: Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R, The Ultimate R35 Brake System, Nismo/Brembo Carbon Ceramic

Posted on December 28, 2021December 28, 2021
byMike Kojima

The R35 GT-R is a marvelous machine capable of amazing performance. However, it is a heavy beast weighing in at anywhere from 3820 to 3900 lbs depending on year and…

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Project Viper: Part 15 – Fixing the Factory Brake Bias

Posted on December 22, 2021
byBilly Johnson

Non-ABS equipped Gen-2 Vipers have terrible brake bias. We install new rear calipers with larger pistons to improve the brake bias and stopping performance of our Viper. We also upgrade…

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Project Viper: Part 12 – Replacing the Fluids

Posted on July 20, 2021
byBilly Johnson

It’s always important to routinely replace the fluids in a car, even if it has low mileage. We went through our 1997 Dodge Viper with less than 10K miles on…

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Project EVO VIII Improving Braking and Cornering

Posted on June 26, 2009July 4, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project EVO VIII Part Two, Improving Braking and Handling By Mike Kojima At MotoIQ headquarters, it’s no secret that we love the EVO VIII. To us it’s one of the best-balanced…