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Project EP3 Civic Si, Improving the Brakes with Fastbrakes, Stoptech and Willwood by Mike Kojima In the last edition of Project EP3 Civic Si, we explained how we went about…

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How To Do A 5 Lug Conversion the Right Way! Project EP3

Posted on April 6, 2017July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

How To Do A 5 Lug Conversion the Right Way! Project EP3 by Mike Kojima As we finally start to mod our much-maligned shop EP3, the car that everyone loves…

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Project 5.0 Mustang (The White One) Making it Stop with Essex Parts AP Radi-CAL Brake System

Posted on October 19, 2016January 29, 2021
byMike Kojima

Our Project Mustang came stock with pretty decent brakes. From the factory our Ford features 4 piston Brembo calipers with 355x32mm one piece rotors. However, we still wanted to upgrade…

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PE Engineering’s Innovative Easy to Install Pedal Box

Posted on July 27, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

PE Engineering's Racing Pedal Box: The Easy To Install Pedal Box by Mike Kojima When building a race car, the only way to get true brake proportioning is to install…

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Project S2000: Part 24 – Bridgestone Potenza RE-71Rs and DIY Brake Ducts

Posted on June 1, 2016February 26, 2019
byKhiem Dinh

Project S2000: Part 24 – Bridgestone Potenza RE-71Rs and DIY Brake Ducts by Khiem Dinh If we go way back to the very first episode (sorry, been listening to some…

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Project VA WRX: Upgrading the Brakes with Stoptech Part 2 – Getting it Done!

Posted on October 20, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project VA WRX: Upgrading the Brakes with Stoptech Part 2 – Getting it Done! by Mike Kojima In our last edition of Project VA WRX we showcased some of the…

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Project VA WRX: Upgrading the Brakes with Stoptech Part 1, Getting a Baseline

Posted on August 25, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project VA WRX: Upgrading the Brakes with StopTech Part 1, Getting a Baseline by Mike Kojima Our Project VA WRX does not have the trick Brembo brakes that come standard…

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Project V8 RX-7: Wheel, Brake and Tire 3 PART MEGAPOST! Part 2 – Stoptech Big Brake Kit

Posted on July 7, 2015March 23, 2023
byJeff Naeyaert

Ever since our projects, Project FR-S and Project STI got the Stoptech Trophy kit on them and we felt how amazing and confidence inspiring those brakes were, we HAD to have them…

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Project Tundra: Fixing the Brakes with Stoptech

Posted on February 22, 2015July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Tundra: Fixing the Brakes with Stoptech by Mike Kojima So as we alluded to in our last article, our powerful supercharged Tundra without a limited slip was continually activating…

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Project Fiesta ST – Improving the Brakes with a Gold Coast Automotive Big Brake Kit and a Ford Racing Brake Controller

Posted on February 21, 2015July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Fiesta ST – Improving the Brakes with a Gold Coast Automotive Big Brake Kit and a Ford Racing Brake Controller by Mike Kojima When we last left off, our…

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Project SEMA Scion Tuner Challenge FR-S: Brakes and Wheels

Posted on October 27, 2014July 24, 2020
byMike Kojima

In our last installment of build a SEMA car in two weeks, we went over our suspension refresh with parts from Whiteline and KW Suspension. Now we are turning our…

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Project Fiesta ST – Improving the Brakes with mountune USA

Posted on September 22, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Fiesta ST-Improving the Brakes with mountune USA by Mike Kojima So far we have improved the handling and shifting on our Project Ford Fiesta ST with some stuff from…

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Project FR-S: Interim Progress Report

Posted on April 27, 2014July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project FR-S: Interim Progress Report by Mike Kojima If you have been following the build up of our our Project FR-S and the Ticket to Ride FR-S you might have…

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Project FR-S: Getting Stopping Power with Stoptech Brakes!

Posted on July 23, 2013July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project FR-S: Getting Stopping Power with Stoptech Brakes! By Mike Kojima Our FR-S isn't the fastest thing but it has inspiring handling and best of all it's rear wheel drive. …

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Making the Fast Car Faster with a Wilwood Big Brake System!

Posted on March 20, 2013July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Making the Fast Car Faster with a Wilwood Big Brake System! By Mike Kojima Edik Stepanyan's Integra was already one of the fastest cars in the MPTCC series. To make…

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Project Lexus IS-F, Improving the ride via the brakes with FIGS Engineering

Posted on January 24, 2013July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Lexus IS-F, Improving the ride via the brakes with FIGS Engineering By Mike Kojima In our last edition of Project IS-F, we had gone through our brake system with…

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Project GD STI- Getting it Slowed Down with Stoptech

Posted on October 29, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project GD STI- Getting it Slowed Down with Stoptech By Mike Kojima The Subaru GD STI comes with pretty good brakes from the factory, big Brembo 4 piston front and…

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Refresh Your Brakes With Stoptech’s Sport Kit

Posted on September 15, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Refresh Your Brakes With Stoptech's Sport Kit By Mike Kojima Usually at MotoIQ we evaluate brake systems that make a big difference on our project cars, bigger rotors, calipers…

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Project Toyota Tundra Part 9- Installing TRD’s big brakes with Volk Wheels

Posted on August 15, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Toyota Tundra Part 9- Installing TRD’s big brakes with Volk Wheels By Mike Kojima When we last left off we had just gotten our TRD big brake…

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Project Toyota Tundra Part 8- Upgrading the Brakes with TRD

Posted on July 5, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Toyota Tundra Part 8- Upgrading the Brakes with TRD By Mike Kojima Its been a long time since we last visited Project Tundra. Our super truck has been performing…

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Project IS-F Part 5: Sikky Manufacturing Rear Sway Bar, Figs Engineering Adjustable Lower Arms and Toe Links, Project Mu Brake Rotors and Pads

Posted on June 19, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project IS-F Part 5: Sikky Manufacturing Rear Sway Bar, Figs Engineering Adjustable Lower Arms and Toe Links, Project Mu Brake Rotors and Pads By Mike Kojima When we last left…

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Project 350Z- Improving the Brakes with Stoptech

Posted on January 17, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project 350Z- Improving the Brakes with Stoptech By Mike Kojima In our last edition of Project 350Z, we upgraded our wheels and tires to Motegi TrakLites and Nitto NT01’s. When…

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Modeling Braking: Braking Harder Means Less Brake Fade

Posted on October 30, 2011June 30, 2018
byKhiem Dinh

Modeling Braking: Braking Harder Means Less Brake Fade By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions…

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Testing Fastbrake’s Bigger Brake Kit

Posted on March 24, 2011July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Testing Fastbrakes’ Bigger Brake Kit By Mike Kojima Fastbrakes is an Arizona company whose claim to fame is making affordable brake upgrade kits for many cars and having applications for…

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Project Infiniti G35 Part 2: Improving Stopping Power with Brembo, Project Mu and DBA

Posted on February 15, 2011July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Infiniti G35 Part 2: Improving Stopping Power with Brembo, Project Mu and DBA By Mike Kojima In our last edition of Project G35 we set out to improve our…

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Performance Friction’s Killer BMW 135i Brake System. Track Tested, Street Durable!

Posted on November 29, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Performance Friction’s Killer BMW 135i Brake System. Track Tested, Street Durable! By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert In a Time Attack car, the brake system is just as…

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Project Nissan Sentra Spec-V Part 6: Modifying the Brake System

Posted on October 31, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Nissan Sentra Spec-V Part 6: Modifying the Brake System By Mike Kojima When we last left off working on Project Spec-V, we were modding our engine and suspension for…

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Project Subaru WRX STi Part 4: Brake System Upgrades

Posted on October 20, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Subaru WRX STi Part 4: Brake System Upgrades By Mike Kojima The old engineers joke that “speed doesn’t kill, rapid deceleration does” applies to all vehicles capable of attaining dangerous velocities. …

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How To Rebuild Brake Calipers

Posted on September 6, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

How To Rebuild Brake Calipers (example shown on an E36 BMW M3) By Billy Johnson Rebuilding the brakes is not as challenging as it may seem. There are only a…

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Performance Friction, State of the Art Braking Systems

Posted on July 19, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Performance Friction, State of the Art Braking Systems By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert Those in the know are very familiar with the Performance Friction company. Performance Friction brakes…

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Stoptech’s Nissan 350Z Bombproof Brake Upgrade

Posted on June 24, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Stoptech's Nissan 350Z Bombproof Brake Upgrade By Mike Kojima Team Falken Drift Ace Dai Yoshihara is currently developing a Nissan 350Z roadster for competition in Time Attack street classes. …

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Project Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X Part 2, Making Great Brakes Even Better!

Posted on April 28, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project EVO X Part 2, Making Great Brakes Even Better! By Mike Kojima When we last worked on Project EVO X we installed a very comprehensive yet very streetable suspension…