brakes Archives

Tired of Replacing Your Tundra’s Rear Brake Pads all the Time? We Install Fig’s Engineering’s Rear Big Brake Kit!

Posted on November 3, 2024November 3, 2024
byMike Kojima

If you own a 2009 to 2021 Toyota Tundra, you are probably aware of the rapid rear brake pad wear, especially if you go offroad or have higher power like…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 36 – I Can’t Stop (Enough)

Posted on August 13, 2024August 29, 2024
byErik Jacobs

Project SC300 ain’t dead. It’s just taking a bit of a vacation. Those who know me more personally understand that there was a rough few years of family-related issues of…

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Fixing the Tundra’s (and any Toyota Truck) Brakes For Good With Figs Engineering.

Posted on February 18, 2024February 14, 2024
byMike Kojima

Many years ago, we installed TRD’s big brake kit on our project Tundra, although this was quite a good upgrade from stock with more than adequate stopping power even when…

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Project EP3 Civic Si Two Piece Rotor Rebuild with Fastbrakes

Posted on November 16, 2023
byMike Kojima

So our Project EP3 Civic has been doing duty as our daily driven super-beater car and has been racking up the miles. The miles had been taking their toll on…

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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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Tech

Low Buck 4th Generation (2003-2009) 4Runner Brake Upgrade

Posted on March 9, 2022March 9, 2022
byMike Kojima

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…

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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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Low Buck WRX Brake Upgrade

Posted on October 31, 2021
byMike Kojima

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…

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WATCH: MASSIVE R35 GT-R Carbon Ceramic Brake Upgrade!

Posted on September 3, 2021
byJeff Naeyaert

We think these are the largest, best brakes by far you can put on a R35 GT-R, so we got em! What makes them so good? Watch the video…

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WATCH: Why The C8 Corvette Sucks.. and how we’re fixing it!

Posted on August 13, 2021August 13, 2021
byJeff Naeyaert

In this video we’re back under our Project C8 addressing some of the few shortcomings we’ve found in the new C8 Corvette! With the help of an Essex Racing…

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Tech

Increase Your Safety With Tilton’s Sliding Pedal Box

Posted on February 16, 2021
byMike Kojima

Having a rock-solid seat mount secured to your roll cage and proper harness angles are critical items to assure safety in your race car. As a person who has struggled…

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Sportbike Easy Upgrades: Accelerating Faster and Decelerating Better

Posted on January 20, 2021January 20, 2021
byKhiem Dinh

Motorcycles are relatively basic machines which makes them easy to upgrade for performance. I’m not doing anything nearly as cool as Rob with his Ducati 998, but just a couple…

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Project NSX: Part 8 – 2002 Facelift and Widebody

Posted on September 20, 2020September 22, 2020
byBilly Johnson

Our 1992 NSX gets a make-over with a 2002 facelift conversion and subtle flared fenders from Downforce USA. This will help us fit wider tires in anticipation of more than…

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Project IS-F, Restoring the Factory Brembo Calipers with West Coast Calipers

Posted on August 26, 2020
byMike Kojima

Project IS-F is a daily driver. It is garaged and well taken care of but it is subjected to daily use and is parked outside during the day. One day…

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Project NSX: Part 7 – Installing PFC Multi-Pad Monobloc Calipers

Posted on April 22, 2020April 30, 2020
byBilly Johnson

Project NSX is back! (Again!) We return by installing arguably the most advanced brakes ever to be fitted on an NSX, in anticipation of more than doubling the stock output…

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Project Acura RSX, Improving the Stopping Power!

Posted on February 23, 2020
byMike Kojima

You might have been following the progress on our 300 whp pump gas K engine over the past few weeks which went onto a 2005 DC5Acura RSX Type S. With…

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StopTech/G-Loc Combo for the Devine Force Racing STi

Posted on November 3, 2019November 3, 2019
byDevin Hofmann

We’ve all been there, that moment coming down a long straightaway, absolutely HAULING FAST as possible, as the unforgiving braking zone approaches. A quick tap to the brake pedal with…

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Project Porsche 987.2 Cayman S: Making Awesome Brakes More Awesome with Stoptech!

Posted on September 16, 2019
byMike Kojima

The 987.2 Cayman S has pretty decent brakes in stock condition. It comes from the factory with Brembo 4 piston calipers with 318x28mm front rotors and 299x24mm rear rotors. However,…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 22 – I Missed Winter…

Posted on August 6, 2019
byErik Jacobs

When we last left Project SC300 things had gone totally sideways and now the entire suspension of the car was all apart. With a box of Toyota/Lexus OEM replacement components…

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WATCH: Fixing Brake Knock-Back & Laguna Seca Fail!

Posted on July 19, 2019July 19, 2019
byJeff Naeyaert

MotoIQ Project Infiniti G20 Racecar has been experiencing some braking issues and we try to resolve them before Martin takes it for its first trip to world renowned Laguna…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 21 – Winter is Coming

Posted on July 8, 2019
byErik Jacobs

When we last left Project SC300 we had just installed our Grannas Racing T56 transmission swap kit and had gotten back out on track. With a solid drivetrain, it was…

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Tech

Where are the Best Places to Lighten Your Car For Increased Performance? Read This and Find Out!

Posted on February 11, 2019February 11, 2019
byKhiem Dinh

“A pound of rotating weight is equal to ten pounds of static weight”. Or seven pounds. Or three pounds depending on who you ask. And they’d all be correct and…

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Features

Industry Insider: A Look Inside StopTech’s Production Facility

Posted on January 10, 2019January 10, 2019
byMike Kojima

We have worked with StopTech on many of our project cars evaluating their excellent brake upgrades for street cars as well as some of our more involved motorsports projects in time…

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Tech

Drift Car Brake Development

Posted on December 24, 2018
byMike Kojima

Action shots by Valters Boze When we first got started with our technical involvement in Formula Drift’s Pro Series 10 years ago, the state of the art in drift car braking…

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WATCH: Stoptech Big Brake Upgrade for Subaru WRX

Posted on October 12, 2018
byJeff Naeyaert

Our latest project car, a 2002 Subaru WRX gets a huge improvement in stopping power thanks to a set of Stoptech big brakes! Hopefully you read the article we…

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Upgrading the WRX brakes with StopTech

Posted on October 7, 2018October 9, 2018
byMike Kojima

After almost a quarter million miles of neglect and abuse on our WRX, it was time we started upgrading the Subaru WRX brakes. The brakes on Ian’s trusty WRX have seen…

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Fixing the DC2 Acura Integra’s Crappy Stock Brakes!

Posted on September 3, 2018September 6, 2018
byMike Kojima

When track testing our Project DC2 Acura, the limitations of the stock brakes quickly became an issue. Even though we had originally rebuilt the old worn stock brakes with Stoptech OEM replacement…

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Project SR E30: Part 5 – Installing the SR20

Posted on August 12, 2018August 13, 2018
byNikita Rushmanov

Hello and welcome back to the Project SR E30 series! In this episode, we will be addressing the last few issues holding us back from finally installing the engine once…

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WATCH: Project C7 Corvette RETURNS to Buttonwillow Raceway!

Posted on August 6, 2018August 6, 2018
byJeff Naeyaert

WATCH: Project C7 Corvette RETURNS to Buttonwillow Raceway! We’re back at Buttonwillow Raceway with our Project C7 Corvette Stingray and a bunch of new upgrade parts from Chevrolet…

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Project V8 E46 M3 Racecar: Adding KW Motorsport Suspension and StopTech Trophy Big Brakes!

Posted on March 4, 2018May 29, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project V8 E46 M3 Racecar: Adding KW Motorsport Suspension and StopTech Trophy Big Brakes! by Mike Kojima When we last left our E46 M3 Project, it was a body in white…

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Project DBA R35 GT-R: Upping Stopping Power with Brembo and Race Technologies

Posted on January 9, 2018July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project DBA R35 GT-R: Upping Stopping Power with Brembo and Race Technologies by Mike Kojima As you can see so far in this series, we are doing a lot of…

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Project C7 Corvette Stingray Z51: Improving Stopping With a Chevy Performance Big Brake Upgrade Kit

Posted on August 29, 2017February 23, 2019
byMike Kojima

Project C7 Corvette Stingray Z51: Improving Stopping With a Chevy Performance Big Brake Upgrade Kit by Mike Kojima When we did our baseline test of Project C7 at Buttonwillow Raceway configuration…