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When driving Project FR-S on the track we had noticed that although the car had excellent handling in general, it had understeer in high-speed turns. We also noticed in pictures…

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Prevent Recovery Damage with Raceseng (and Mount Your Go Pro)

Posted on May 12, 2022
byMike Kojima

We have seen cars damaged at races and track days by corner workers and tow truck drivers many times. Often the damage caused by recovering the car is worse than…

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The Best of 2021, #3: Resurrecting Project FR-S: Wisefab Track Suspension

Posted on December 30, 2021December 30, 2021
byMike Kojima

Our Project FR-S was already a really good handling car with the stuff we had done to it with parts from KW Suspension, Whiteline and Cusco but we wanted to…

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Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Conclusion

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

Dai Yoshihara's 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Conclusion by Mike Kojima So if you have been following along with our mini-series on what an end of season refresh on Pro…

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Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Continued!

Posted on March 21, 2018July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Dai Yoshihara's 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Continued! by Mike Kojima So the rush to freshen Dai's car for 2018 by Eimer Engineering continues. In our last story, the chassis had gotten…

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Building an FA20 Race Engine for Michele Abbate: Part 2

Posted on January 27, 2018August 9, 2018
byMike Kojima

So when we last left off, we were putting together some awesome parts for Michele’s engine and were about to embark on assembling it. In the interest of long-term durability, we…

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Project Unpimp My Ride: Pedders Easyfit Suspension and Swaybars, Street Performance for the Toyota86/BRZ/FR-S

Posted on December 4, 2017January 8, 2021
byMike Kojima

Not all of us want a race car for the street. Although many of us are hardcore track day participants, autocrossers or canyon runner nuts, there are a lot of enthusiasts who…

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Building an FA20 Race Engine for Michele Abbate: Part 1

Posted on November 25, 2017August 9, 2018
byMike Kojima

We have known Michele Abbate ever since she was a college student doing track days with her trusty Mazdaspeed Protege and have followed her career as friends as she has…

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Building the FR-S FA20 Engine with Stay Crushing, Assembling the Engine!

Posted on January 23, 2017July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the FR-S FA20 Engine with Stay Crushing, Assembling the Engine! by Mike Kojima In our previous installments of the Stay Crushing FR-S engine build, we have been accumulating the parts…